PR Approval Chance 2023

[globalhuman]

Hi,

I would like to ask for your advice on my PR chances. I'm planning to apply mid 2023 and the below would be my profile by then.

Nationality: Indian
Age: 26
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Applying for: Myself only
Education:
BSc in Industrial Engineering (Philippines)
MBA (awarded by US uni, delivered by a private institute) (Singapore)
MSc Analytics (awarded by top NZ uni, delivered by PSB Academy Singapore)
Achieved manga cum laude/distinction in all my degrees.
I have co-authored 4 peer-reviewed academic journals too.
Length of stay in SG: 4.5 years by mid 2023 (I came to SG in Jan 2019 for my masters and been here since then)
Pass type: EP (Issued Jan 2022, I was on students pass before this)
Occupation: Data Visualization Manager (Analytics role)
Salary: ~ S$70k
Work experience by mid 2023: 4.5 years (2 years in Philippines + 1.5 year remote work in Singapore but for US company during masters (no tax paid in Singapore) + 1.5 years on EP)
SG Tax Assessment: 1 year
Professional Society: INFORMS, I also hold CAP (Certified Analytics Professional) certification and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Do I stand any chance and is it worth applying?

Thank you so much!

[mr.green]

Nationality: Indian

You have a huge competition ahead of you. This is the 7.5% population pool with a ton of EP holders applying.

Education:
BSc in Industrial Engineering (Philippines)
MBA (awarded by US uni, delivered by a private institute) (Singapore)
MSc Analytics (awarded by top NZ uni, delivered by PSB Academy Singapore)
Achieved manga cum laude/distinction in all my degrees.
I have co-authored 4 peer-reviewed academic journals too.

Quite strong education background. However, PSB Academy study is not the same as a local degree. So those will probably be seen as foreign education. You travelled quite a bit!

The research probably doesn't hold much weight at your circumstances. Usually the dissertations you have to do add up, quite common.

Length of stay in SG: 4.5 years by mid 2023 (I came to SG in Jan 2019 for my masters and been here since then)
Pass type: EP (Issued Jan 2022, I was on students pass before this)

Work experience by mid 2023: 4.5 years (2 years in Philippines, 1.5 year remote work for US company during masters (no tax paid in Singapore), 1.5 years on Singapore EP)
SG Tax Assessment: 1 year

The length of stay would be good. However, you may want to wait till you pay 3 years of full time income derived income taxes.

Occupation: Data Visualization Manager (Analytics role)
Salary: ~ S$70k

Your salary is honestly on the low side, especially considering your double masters degrees. Indian EP holders vastly outweigh you on this.

Professional Society: INFORMS, I also hold CAP (Certified Analytics Professional) certification and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

This really doesn't mean anything to them unless you're an honorable position holder. Simply being a member doesn't add too much weight.

Just my 2 cents! Not an immigration expert.

[gold.spot]

Close to zero chance.

Reasons:
1) only 1.5 year stay
2) salary is on the low side
3) many applicants of the same race
4) single

You can't change reason 3, so change reasons 1,2,and 4 and you stand a better chance.

[simple_guy]

what should be his ideal salary then according to you???

[mr.green]

what should be his ideal salary then according to you???

https://stats.mom.gov.sg/bt/Pages/salar ... loyer.aspx

[simple_guy]

thanks... I think he is in 65%+ ; don't think it is less at this age!

[MOCHS]

Work experience in other countries that isn’t Singapore holds no water for PR application. They want to see how long you’ve worked in Singapore for a continuous period of time.

Peer review journals also has zero value unless you’re looking for a job in academia. Plenty of PhD holders apply for PR too and fail to get PR so journal papers clearly doesn’t help.

Wait till you have 3 income tax assessments in Singapore then apply. Don’t over-embellish your profile either as a lot of the time, it doesn’t work at all. ICA isn’t school, stellar accomplishments won’t impress them. ICA is looking for people who want to sink roots here.