PR Approval Chances 2025

[indieman26]

Just wondering when people say
"Still under submitted status (not even processing yet!)". Is the application not change to processing immediately, by default?
What other status exist?

[mewithc]

Thanks mshan82

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Just wondering when people say
"Still under submitted status (not even processing yet!)". Is the application not change to processing immediately, by default?
What other status exist?

Sorry if I was unclear.

seems there are 2 stages where
1/ application is 'open' : can still upload supplementary documents
2/ application is 'closed' : officially/actually being processed (no further changes can be made)

Mine has been on stage 1 for 6 months or so

[shpamee]

Hi, I was employed full time for 7 years then got retrenched and then found a job as EP 2 months later. Would ICA see my track record as a new EP holder when applying for PR and disregard the past 7 years because of the 2 month gap (where I didn't have an EP), or do they still consider my entire stay including the 7 years? Thank you.

[Addadude]

Hi, I was employed full time for 7 years then got retrenched and then found a job as EP 2 months later. Would ICA see my track record as a new EP holder when applying for PR and disregard the past 7 years because of the 2 month gap (where I didn't have an EP), or do they still consider my entire stay including the 7 years? Thank you.

If you have just started working on your new EP, I think you would be best served to wait a year or two before applying for PR. This will demonstrate your 'stability'.

More important factors determining your success will be your racial/nationality profile, your age, income, nature of your work, family circumstances - Married, Single, likelihood of producing offspring who will serve as NS cannon fodder and, of course, your ability to 'integrate' into Singapore society. (Nobody knows how ICA calculates this.)

It's important to remember that PR is generally regarded as the first step towards becoming a Singapore citizen. If ICA feel for whatever reason that you are unlikely to fully commit to becoming a Singaporean, then your PR application will be unsuccessful.

[myaccsef]

Hi everyone, I appreciate any insights or advice you may have. I submitted my PR application the end of Feb 2025, still waiting for the outcome. A bit anxious about the possibility of rejection, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on my chances based on my profile.

Here are my details:
Nationality: Chinese (PRC)
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Education: PhD from NUS
Employment: Research Fellow at NUS
Monthly Salary: S$6,000
Length of Stay in Singapore: 6 years (since July 2019)
Current Pass: S Pass

Has anyone with a similar background recently received PR, or has any advice on what else I should consider? Thanks for your feedback.

[raptor_from_vietnam]

Just my personal thoughts (I am not qualified to give any assessment): your ethnicity (Chinese) and education background (PhD from NUS) are your strengths. Length of stay is alright. Salary can be an area for improvement. I have some friends from the mainland. They have all become PR. Some of them did not succeed on their 1st attempt though.

[myaccsef]

Just my personal thoughts (I am not qualified to give any assessment): your ethnicity (Chinese) and education background (PhD from NUS) are your strengths. Length of stay is alright. Salary can be an area for improvement. I have some friends from the mainland. They have all become PR. Some of them did not succeed on their 1st attempt though.

Thank you for your insights. I will remain in my current role and wait for the outcome.

[MOCHS]

Hi everyone, I appreciate any insights or advice you may have. I submitted my PR application the end of Feb 2025, still waiting for the outcome. A bit anxious about the possibility of rejection, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on my chances based on my profile.

Here are my details:
Nationality: Chinese (PRC)
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Education: PhD from NUS
Employment: Research Fellow at NUS
Monthly Salary: S$6,000
Length of Stay in Singapore: 6 years (since July 2019)
Current Pass: S Pass

Has anyone with a similar background recently received PR, or has any advice on what else I should consider? Thanks for your feedback.

Tamper your expectations and don’t be surprised by a rejection.

I got a friend single, PRC female, mid-30s, also RF at NUS. Only in SG for 3 years, failed to get PR twice, now in Canada waiting for Canadian PR.

She tried to game the system with volunteering for Red Cross. Obviously we know volunteering for the sake of PR is something ICA doesn’t look upon favourably.

If you didn’t try to game the system, just continue waiting for the outcome. Usually Chinese from geographically closest neighbours (Malaysia & Indonesia) have higher chance.

Disadvantage is that you’re single. Married is preferred since got potential to birth new citizens.

[myaccsef]

Hi everyone, I appreciate any insights or advice you may have. I submitted my PR application the end of Feb 2025, still waiting for the outcome. A bit anxious about the possibility of rejection, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on my chances based on my profile.

Here are my details:
Nationality: Chinese (PRC)
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Education: PhD from NUS
Employment: Research Fellow at NUS
Monthly Salary: S$6,000
Length of Stay in Singapore: 6 years (since July 2019)
Current Pass: S Pass

Has anyone with a similar background recently received PR, or has any advice on what else I should consider? Thanks for your feedback.

Tamper your expectations and don’t be surprised by a rejection.

I got a friend single, PRC female, mid-30s, also RF at NUS. Only in SG for 3 years, failed to get PR twice, now in Canada waiting for Canadian PR.

She tried to game the system with volunteering for Red Cross. Obviously we know volunteering for the sake of PR is something ICA doesn’t look upon favourably.

If you didn’t try to game the system, just continue waiting for the outcome. Usually Chinese from geographically closest neighbours (Malaysia & Indonesia) have higher chance.

Disadvantage is that you’re single. Married is preferred since got potential to birth new citizens.

Thank you for your input. The best thing I can do for now is just wait and take it easy. Will update here once I hear back.

[shpamee]

Hi, I was employed full time for 7 years then got retrenched and then found a job as EP 2 months later. Would ICA see my track record as a new EP holder when applying for PR and disregard the past 7 years because of the 2 month gap (where I didn't have an EP), or do they still consider my entire stay including the 7 years? Thank you.

If you have just started working on your new EP, I think you would be best served to wait a year or two before applying for PR. This will demonstrate your 'stability'.

More important factors determining your success will be your racial/nationality profile, your age, income, nature of your work, family circumstances - Married, Single, likelihood of producing offspring who will serve as NS cannon fodder and, of course, your ability to 'integrate' into Singapore society. (Nobody knows how ICA calculates this.)

It's important to remember that PR is generally regarded as the first step towards becoming a Singapore citizen. If ICA feel for whatever reason that you are unlikely to fully commit to becoming a Singaporean, then your PR application will be unsuccessful.

Hi, thank you for your response. Is that still the case since I had been on EP already for 7 years. Wouldn't ICA see the retrenchment as something outside of my control and still consider the 7 years?

[MOCHS]

Hi, thank you for your response. Is that still the case since I had been on EP already for 7 years. Wouldn't ICA see the retrenchment as something outside of my control and still consider the 7 years?

If you left Singapore during your two month gap and came back on new EP, your time in SG is reset and the prior 7 years isn’t taken into consideration.

Other people get retrenched too, ICA isn’t going to give special consideration.

[hoping4TheBest]

Hello All/Experts,

Can give some outlook on my PR chances?

Going to be my 4th application with my Family. 2018, 2020 and 2023 was my previous application all with my Family, 2025 planning to apply this year with my Family again.

Details:
Nationality: Filipino
Married for 10 years both holding SPass with combined salary of 13k+ a month
3 boys all studying in Singapore local school: eldest in Primary and the other 2 in pre-school
Staying in Singapore for 9 years.

Thank you in advance!

[sundaymorningstaple]

If both only on S pass, can only say try again but also think about a Plan B. If all three are boys and in local schools you might get lucky. But all you can do is keep trying and also making a Plan B might not be a bad idea.

[hoping4TheBest]

If both only on S pass, can only say try again but also think about a Plan B. If all three are boys and in local schools you might get lucky. But all you can do is keep trying and also making a Plan B might not be a bad idea.

Thanks, Sundaymorningstaple. Yes, we are both holding S Passes, and right now I don’t see a way to switch back to an Employment Pass due to the salary requirement.

Could you help guide me on this idea? I’m looking for ways to increase our chances. My father is Chinese, but he was not married to my mother, so only my mother’s maiden name appears on my birth certificate. They separated when I was 2 years old, and both have their own families now. I lost contact with him when I was in university, but I can try to reach out since I know where he is staying. What I don’t know is whether he is still alive. If he isn’t, I will try to seek support from my stepbrothers instead. Given my situation, do you think this can help? Also, what kind of proof or evidence would ICA be looking for to show that I am of Chinese descent? (so I can prepare in advance)

[sundaymorningstaple]

Without a birth certificate listing him as the father, I'm honestly not sure if there is another way as only the Birth Certificate will show father's parentage.

Having said that, I recently had DNA searches for me and both of my adult children. I basically knew of my ethnic origins but my wife is Tamil so my kids are mixed Caucasian-Indian. My daughter married a S. Western Indian and my son married a Ceylonese Burgher/Peranakan Chinese mix. Both now have two children each so my daughter asked me if we could do a DNA search for all three of us (Wife not necessary as she is pure Tamil). But the DNA searches show both of my children had historical links through my wife to not only Tamil but also Sri Lankan Indian. The whole purpose was the give the four grandkids a better understanding of where they came from (they age from 2 to 9 years old at the moment).

I don't have a clue if it's ever been done here or not, but it might be worth contacting ICA on the possibility of having a legal DNA search on yourself to show your ethnic make up as well as a DNA Search for your mother as it would also show the ethnic linkage from both parent in your DNA. They would have to be a legally valid searches and not just the run of the mill search (most of the DNA organizations provide both or it could possibly done locally with a bit of searching) If the father was born in China and is ethnically Chinese then up to 100% of his DNA would show that which would translate to up to 50% of your DNA being Chinese. The other 50% would be your mother's DNA which, if Filipina, could be a mixture of various Indonesian, Spanish, American, Asian and any other race that helped populate the 'peens over the centuries. But the father's DNA should show Chinese. Possibly a number of ethnic Chinese groups depending on where the ancestors originated from within China.

Other than that I cannot think of another way with having the fathers name/race appearing on a same legal document with your name. Let us know how it goes.

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