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Leaving Singapore but would like to remain a PR?
I'm presently leaving Singapore for a contract job back home but would like to keep my PR status for as long as possible so I can return if/or when it's over. I realize that this can't be done for long as every 5 years or so they review your status and determine whether to keep you as a PR and that requires you are collecting a decent wage locally (or something like that). But in the short term, how do I go about this? Must I notify any authority? I don't want to collect my CPF but I would like to pay my tax debt off in full ASAP if allowed. Does the SG Government frown upon this sort of activity?
- Perry
P.S. Sorry if this question has been asked numerous times!! : (
- Perry
P.S. Sorry if this question has been asked numerous times!! : (
Just leave, pay taxes online via IRAS. You might manage to renew REP once, but no more without local presence (I did it once in Shanghai, China but that was in the good old days). PR is not really meant to be a backup for you to run back to Singapore (unless you have legitimate overseas posting). Can try tho.
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If you are out of sg for too long (more than 2 years in a 5 year REP period) , the next time you renew your REP, you may be given a 1 year REP only (they may also just reject your renewal). Within that year up to the next REP expiration, you are expected to be gainfully employed (related to your profession, flipping burgers may not cut it if you are a professional/executive) before they will give you another 5 year REP. It is also possible that the government may become more strict in the coming years depending on public citizen feedback.
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No, it means "Permanent Resident" not part time resident. Simples.PerryCaravello wrote:I guess the PR status falls under the 'Use it or Lose it' rule.

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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Re: Leaving Singapore but would like to remain a PR?
I'm a PR who has left Singapore. I contacted ICA regarding my status. I gave them an address change (USA), and they dutifully sent me the new address strip for the back of my NRIC card. I was told that my PR and REP is good until it expires and then a case by case decision will be made as to whether I can renew.PerryCaravello wrote:I'm presently leaving Singapore for a contract job back home but would like to keep my PR status for as long as possible so I can return if/or when it's over. I realize that this can't be done for long as every 5 years or so they review your status and determine whether to keep you as a PR and that requires you are collecting a decent wage locally (or something like that). But in the short term, how do I go about this? Must I notify any authority? I don't want to collect my CPF but I would like to pay my tax debt off in full ASAP if allowed. Does the SG Government frown upon this sort of activity?
- Perry
P.S. Sorry if this question has been asked numerous times!! : (
I left in 2012 and paid my personal and corporate taxes for 2012 this year in accordance with IRAS schedules.
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Risk on risk, I don't think you can find a better rate anywhere else.. In fact, when I turned 55 I could have withdrawn half of mine, but left it all intact, purely because I been burnt on other investments to the tune of bankruptcy back in 1973 so have been rather risk adverse ever since.
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