Hi,JR8 wrote:Can I clarify one thing? Is the situation that you wish to move together with your parents, on a long-term basis: Or are you simply trying to facilitate them being able to come and visit on a frequent basis?
p.s. If you advise their passport/nationality that also would help, as different passports carry different entitlements (visas, visa on arrival etc).
Ok, I see. There are others here with more knowledge of this situation, but I will give you some thoughts.schulegend wrote: Hi, I am currently based in UK, and have a UK passport. We will like our parents to be able to stay with us on a longer term basis and not just for frequent visits. They are both Indian nationals. Thanks
[and earlier you wrote: Can someone pls provide any guidance on how long the LTVP is granted for. Also, if it is granted for lets say 1-2 years, is there a maximum stay period (like 3 months) and then they have to leave the country and return again?]
Hi,JR8 wrote:Ok, I see. There are others here with more knowledge of this situation, but I will give you some thoughts.schulegend wrote: Hi, I am currently based in UK, and have a UK passport. We will like our parents to be able to stay with us on a longer term basis and not just for frequent visits. They are both Indian nationals. Thanks
[and earlier you wrote: Can someone pls provide any guidance on how long the LTVP is granted for. Also, if it is granted for lets say 1-2 years, is there a maximum stay period (like 3 months) and then they have to leave the country and return again?]
A difficulty in these kind of circumstances is the government look at non-productive parents as 'collateral baggage'. No offence, but it is a term you will hear. They contribute nothing, but instead drain resources (take up room on subsidised public transport, add to the queues at subsidised local doctors surgeries, and so on). It sounds harsh I know, but that's the fact of the matter.
Now if you had a newborn or something that might give a little leverage in the 'parents as proxy-nanny' line, but you do not suggest you're in these shoes.
AFAIK ...
- The LTVP is valid for a year, and you can apply to have it renewed on the basis that you're still entitled to it.
- There is no maximum stay within the validity of the LTVP, that I am aware of (speaking as someone who has had an LTVP).
Try to consider it within the context of:
- very small very cramped island
- half of Asia's dispossessed would move to SG if they could
- many public services are subsidised
- as it stands your parents would be considered a net-negative for SG, and that, often sadly, is precisely how clinical the thinking in such matters goes.
schulegend wrote: Hi, Thx for your considered advice. I can understand from the country's perspective. I have a 4 and a 9 year old so not exactly new borns. Is the LTVP always for 1 year? I read somewhere that I can apply for upto 5 years but obviously it depends on the authorities how long they give it for.
Also if anyone has recent experience of trend in terms of getting LTVP for parents in similar condition; is it being provided etc, will appreciate any advice. Thanks.
OK. Thanks for the information. Appreciate it.sundaymorningstaple wrote:There was a 5 year LTVP scheme back in 2011, but I do not think that is valid any longer (it was a long term Investor scheme so you had to drop a lot of dosh here in order to get it). The link, originally posted on BritishExpats.com is no longer a valid link and I cannot find any LTVP that will be issued longer than 12 months.
The LTVP+, however, will be issued for 3 years initially and subsequently 5 years but that is for dependent foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens (not available for PRs).
SMS, I think the 1 year LTVP you are talking about is the one attached with a PR.sundaymorningstaple wrote:There was a 5 year LTVP scheme back in 2011, but I do not think that is valid any longer (it was a long term Investor scheme so you had to drop a lot of dosh here in order to get it). The link, originally posted on BritishExpats.com is no longer a valid link and I cannot find any LTVP that will be issued longer than 12 months.
The LTVP+, however, will be issued for 3 years initially and subsequently 5 years but that is for dependent foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens (not available for PRs).
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