Newborn Citizenship question - Indian Dad / Singaporean Mom

[SB13]

Hi, I am an Indian male (PR), married to a Singaporean citizen. We are expecting a baby girl in March, and I wanted to leverage the knowledge on this board to confirm my understanding how we should approach her citizenship. Ideally, we want her to keep both citizenships for as long as possible, to allow more optionality in future. Another possible advantage is a possible MOE exemption if we want to put her in an IB school (although this is a long shot).

Here's what I am thinking of at the moment:

1. Get baby's IC / Singapore citizen registration
2. Apply for Indian Passport
3. Apply for Right of Entry on the Indian Passport
4. Apply for Singapore Passport (for ease of travel)
5. When she's 18, make the final decision on citizenship; pay fine to the India ($1K) for holding on to the passport for longer than three years

Would all of this make sense / does anyone have a similar approach? Particularly unsure about 4 and 5.

[Mad Scientist]

If mom gives birth to child in SG, child is a Sger
Why do you go through all these just to make your life harder to navigate?
Seriously ??

[gold.spot]

You are not allowed, even for children under the age of 18, to hold Indian citizenship if you hold a foreign passport. This has nothing to do with Singapore, it's Indian law.

If your child travels to India, your child will get caught, then Indian passport and citizenship cancelled. Kiss goodbye to reverse this, as being an Indian citizen you know how efficient Indian bureaucracy is.

After that, kiss goodbye to any OCI applications either. Same reason as above.

But go ahead, please. Do destroy your child's future. It's the right thing to do.

[gold.spot]

Once you have gotten over the sarcasm above, what you should really be doing is to apply OCI for both your wife and your child. End of story.

[epo_anonymous]

Hi, I am an Indian male (PR), married to a Singaporean citizen. We are expecting a baby girl in March, and I wanted to leverage the knowledge on this board to confirm my understanding how we should approach her citizenship. Ideally, we want her to keep both citizenships for as long as possible, to allow more optionality in future. Another possible advantage is a possible MOE exemption if we want to put her in an IB school (although this is a long shot).

Here's what I am thinking of at the moment:

1. Get baby's IC / Singapore citizen registration
2. Apply for Indian Passport
3. Apply for Right of Entry on the Indian Passport
4. Apply for Singapore Passport (for ease of travel)
5. When she's 18, make the final decision on citizenship; pay fine to the India ($1K) for holding on to the passport for longer than three years

Would all of this make sense / does anyone have a similar approach? Particularly unsure about 4 and 5.

Not an Indian. But Indian law allows dual citizenship IF the child was born into it. This means they can hold two passports until age of majority then they have to decide.