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by DumbAndDumber » Tue, 26 Mar 2019 5:16 pm
Hi, I am bumping up this old thread for a similar question:
I got my in-principle-approval for PR, and it says I "may be liable for full time NS"... I didn't anticipate that, and since I am 41 years old with a job and two kids, that's a bit worrying. I now realise that I should have applied under the skilled worker scheme (automatically exempted) rather than as a dependant of my wife, but too late for that. Live and learn.
Various people keep telling me different versions of "they won't call you lah", but if I read the Enlistment Act, it is possible that I would have to serve full time NS:
“person subject to this Act” means a person who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident thereof and who is not less than 16 years and 6 months of age and not more than 40 years of age or, in the case of a person who —
(a) is an officer of the armed forces or a senior military expert; or
(b) is skilled in an occupation which the Minister by notification in the Gazette designates as an occupation required to meet the needs of the armed forces,
not more than 50 years of age;
I could not find out what happened to the Original Poster, which is probably a good sign, as I suppose we would have heard from him if he got a call from CMPB... Are there some recent examples of similar situations? Are there cases of new PRs who have to serve full time NS after 40, under (b) above?