Eligibility for Citizenship - Residency requirement?

[digitalfruits18]

I was going through the official requirements for citizenship as per Singapore's Constitution. See below.

Foreigners over the age of 21 may become Singapore citizens by naturalisation after residing in the country for at least 10 of the 12 years preceding an application for citizenship. Applicants must fulfill a basic language knowledge requirement (in English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, or Tamil), intend to reside in Singapore permanently, renounce any previous nationalities, and swear an oath of allegiance to the state. Foreign women who marry Singaporean men are eligible for a reduced residence requirement of two years; there are no facilitated paths to citizenship for male spouses of citizens.[19]


Does that mean that when you are applying for citizenship for the entire family, both the husband and the wife need to have completed the residency requirement? Or only the main applicant?

[lavenderhaze]

That's interesting, this answers the question of why the ICA website said I'm eligible to apply for citizenship. I've been living in Singapore continuously for the past 13 yrs this year (since I was a poly student), though I only got my PR last month. I don't really have an answer for your question but just wanted to thank you for that info about the constitution because I've been bewildered since I opened the ICA website