Rejected Citizenship Cases

Married couple, both Chinese nationals, both PhDs — one in public sector, one in private sector. Joint application. Came to Singapore Oct 2019. Had PR for 1.5 years at application, over 2 years at rejection. Timeline: Applied mid-Jun 2025, rejected on Feb 12, 2026. Strangely, the boxes were still showing the day before rejection! Then received ICA SMS about status update — indeed rejected. The rejection letter contained no useful information.

Chinese national, been in Singapore 6.5 years, IT male, single, base 25K. Rushed to submit SC application at PR month 11, rejected after 5 months.

Chinese family. Both parents have 211 master's degrees. Two boys. Been in Singapore nearly 6 years, IT industry. Second child born in Singapore, both kids in local kindergarten. Bought a condo. Applied for SC after holding PR for 1 year 9 months. Rejected after 6 months of pending.

Male, Chinese, 40+, been in Singapore 4 years, PR 10 months. Dual master's from non-SG QS top 200 universities. Applied with two young sons. Working at a North American fintech company, base 360K+. For reference, and wishing for good luck.

Came to Singapore Jun 2017. PR Jun 2019. Applied for citizenship second half of 2022. Rejected after 18 months. Appeal failed. Reapplied Oct 2024. Second rejection Jun 2025.

Married male, income 15K+. Applied after PR turned 2 years. Individual application.

Been in Singapore 8 years, PR 3 years. Bought property. One daughter in PCF kindergarten. Whole family second application. ~250K.

Family of three applying. PR 3 years. Annual income 300K. No property.

PR 11 months, applied with 7-year-old P1 child. Rejected on 6/6.

Got PR in 2022. Second citizenship application rejected. Monthly salary 10K+. Been working in Singapore for 6 years.

SM2, been in Singapore nearly 10 years. Salary at 90th percentile.

Family of three. Daughter born in Singapore. Annual income ~230K. Waiting for BTO. Applied at PR 1 year. Wishing us good luck! Update: No luck, rejected at 10 months. Will try again next time.

Been in Singapore 8 years, NTU PhD. Applied with daughter after PR turned 1 year. Hoping for a good outcome.

PhD from overseas top-20 university. Been in Singapore 6.5 years. Whole family with child applied when PR was nearly 1 year. Monthly salary 10K+. Rejected after 10 months. PR still under 2 years at time of rejection.

Couple with child applying together. Came to Singapore in 2010, PR 3 years. China undergrad, Singapore master's. Household monthly income 18K.

Male. Been in Singapore 8 years. Applied at PR 3 years with child. Waited 1 year, rejected. Never contacted ICA during the process.

Chinese national, single male. Applied at PR 1 year.

Chinese national, Female, 31 yo, Single, Local master, ~7 yrs in SG, Monthly 11k+

24yo, single, currently in university.

Been in Singapore 6 years. Undergrad degree. PR 1 year. IT industry. Single, bought a condo.

Rejected. Hoping for better luck next time.

NTU master's. Been in Singapore 7+ years. Applied at PR 1 year. Rejected at month 11.

SM1. PR since 2010. Salary 4K+. Unemployed for many years. Married. Husband and child became citizens in 2019. Independent application.

SM2. PR since Oct 2022. Applied at PR 1 year 3 months. Working 3.5 years, IT industry, single, no property. Rejected after waiting 11 months.

985 undergrad + master's. Came to Singapore 2019. PR 2 years. Unmarried. IT income 300K. Update: Got married last month, rejected this month.

Been in Singapore 5 years, PR 2+ years. 985 undergrad. Applied with child.

Been in Singapore 6 years. 985 + NUS master's. Applied when PR turned 1 year. IT income at 90th percentile. PR was just 2 years when rejected.

SM2, male, single. Been in Singapore 10+ years. SG undergrad + PhD. PR 2 years. IT industry. Annual income 160K.

Mainland Chinese. 985 undergrad, two SG master's degrees. Came to Singapore 2018, PR since 2022. Single male. Traditional finance industry, annual income 160K. Slowly waiting on this long road, sharing info for good luck and wishing everyone the same. Update: Rejected Jan 14, 2025.

Single female, 39, finance industry. PR 6 years. Was in China for 3 years during COVID. No property, no car. Just returned to Singapore early this year.

NUS undergrad. Been in Singapore 10 years. IT industry. Rejected after 13.5 months.

Been in Singapore 6 years. NUS master's. Applied when PR turned 1 year. Single, bought a condo. Rejected after waiting 13.5 months.

Applied when PR turned 1 year. Mother applied with child. Annual salary 300K.

Male, married, no kids. 985 undergrad from China + SG master's. Been in Singapore 8 years, PR 4 years. Spouse is PR. Finance industry, income 300K. Surprised by the rejection. Probably won't apply again.

Whole family PR 1 year. 38yo father applied with one son. Household income ~280K. Rejected after 10 months.

Female. 985 + NTU master's. Been in Singapore 10 years. PR 4 years. Married, no kids. Spouse is a citizen. Wrote to ICA once at month 13. Rejected at month 14.

Base 15K, 33yo, single. IT/internet industry. Been in Singapore 5+ years. Rejected at 10 months. Will try again.

Applied at PR 1 year with child. Wife applied independently.

Mother PR 8 years. Applied while pregnant, added son to application after birth. Father has been on EP in Singapore for nearly 10 years.

35yo male, Malaysian. PR 8 years, been in Singapore 10 years. Annual salary 60K at application. Wife is also PR.

22yo female. Been in Singapore 9 years. Local secondary school + JC. Currently just finished NUS year 2.

PR 15 years. Spouse of child is a citizen. Bought property.

Single, 27. Been in Singapore 6 years. Applied when PR turned 1 year. Rejected after 13 months 3 weeks of pending.

SM2, male, single. Been in Singapore 11 years. PR since 2020. Sense of belonging has grown recently. Submitted application.

Rejected.

Single male, born 1997. Came to Singapore 2015 for Poly. Got PR Jul 2020. Just graduated Jan 2024 from NUS part-time degree. Salary 4.7K. No property, no car, no savings, no partner. Planning to approach an MP for appeal, though most appeals on Xiaohongshu seem unsuccessful.

17months

Applied at PR 1.5 years. Seeing others here getting approved. Husband applied alone. 46yo, annual salary 240K. Spouse also works full-time but didn't apply. No property, no children. Rejected after waiting 17 months. Not sure if it was insufficient income or applying before PR turned 2 years.

Came to Singapore mid-2017 to work. Got PR mid-2019.

Been working in Singapore 12 years. Married to a Singapore citizen. Have one daughter. PR 9 years. Self-applied. Waited 21 months, rejected. Maybe salary wasn't high enough.