Citizenship Cases: With Children

Second application. First applied late 2023 when PR had just turned 2 years, didn't include wife and child — rejected. Second application Apr 2025, included wife but not child. Income above SG 95th percentile.

Parents been in Singapore 18 years, both PRs. Eldest daughter came at age 7, now graduated from Poly, already a citizen. Son currently in Sec 1. Now father, mother, and son applying for citizenship together. Father is self-employed, mother is a preschool teacher. Salaries not high, ordinary family, living in HDB. Hoping to be approved ✅

UK master's + UK PhD. Household income 300K+. One child aged 4. Second application. Bought property.

Husband is main applicant, annual income 300K+. Wife is homemaker. Both have overseas master's degrees. Three kids (oldest is 7). Whole family had PR for just 2 years at application. Waiting.

Couple applied together, no children. Been in Singapore 11 years, construction industry, no property. Household monthly income 14K. PR since 2022. First application at PR 1 year — rejected. Second application at PR 2 years. Notified in Aug — second rejection.

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

Whole family applying together. Both bought property during PR. Have one daughter.

Malaysian female, 30, with two children. Accountant.

Been in Singapore 5 years, PR 1 year. Couple + child applying.

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.

Chinese family applied with two children. Been in Singapore 15 years, PR for 5 years. 20 years as a precision metalworker. Approved about 13 months after the whole family applied together. Primary school education, annual salary about 70K.

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.

Male, Filipino-Chinese. Been in Singapore 5 years. Ivy League master's from US. Management consultant. Applied with PR wife and PR son. PR 2 years. Approved after 8 months.

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

Chinese single mother, Malaysian university graduate. Came to Singapore with daughter, both got PR in 8 months. Applied for citizenship 2 years later, both approved in 5 months. No property. Monthly income 5K+.

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

Couple + 1 daughter. PR 4 years. Been in Singapore 6 years. Household income 400K+. Owns one condo. First application: father with child — rejected. Second application: whole family — approved after 14 months. Followed up with ICA every 3 months. Finally used child's upcoming primary school registration as reason to push ICA — approved 2 weeks later.

43yo. 985 undergrad + master's from China. Been in Singapore 13 years. PR 7 years. Applied with child. Annual salary ~300K.

Independent application. Been in Singapore 14 years, NTU undergraduate. IT industry, PR 5 years. Married with property. Spouse and two children are all citizens.

Malaysian female with two daughters (in SG government primary school). Came to Singapore 2021 on EP, children on DP. Applied after PR turned 1 year in 2023. Citizenship approved one year later. Good luck to everyone.

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

Husband is a second-generation immigrant. Two children are citizens. PR 15 years.

Male. Both spouses PR for 2+ years. Applied in 2022 with two children (son 12yo in local primary school, daughter 4yo in full-day local childcare). Wife kept PR. Been in Singapore 13 years. China undergrad. Equipment engineer, monthly salary 8.5K (annual income 150-160K with OT and bonus). Got PR Jul 2020. Submitted citizenship application Aug 2022. Still pending.

Applied at PR 1 year with two children. Been in Singapore nearly 4 years. European PhD. R&D at local company. 13K salary.

Been in Singapore 5.5 years. Applied at PR 2 years. One daughter. Annual income 350-400K. Approved after 14 months.

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

PR for 3 years, father applied with 2 daughters. Mother keeping PR. Family income above median.

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

PR 5 years. Mother applied with 6-month-old son. Both spouses been in Singapore 10+ years. China top-2 university undergrad + SG top-2 master's/PhD. Been waiting 12 months.

SM2. Been in Singapore 14 years. PR 8 years. Married, wife is PR. Applied independently. Later added newborn son proactively. Income 230K+. Still waiting, hoping for quick approval!

Malaysian male, born 1982. University degree. Been in Singapore 18 years. PR 13 years. Monthly salary 5K+. Manufacturing. Currently single, no children.

Malaysian male, born 1982. University degree. Been in Singapore 18 years. PR 13 years. Monthly salary 5K+. Manufacturing. Currently single, no children. Took 13 months.

Whole family. Two sons. Salary 7,000. PR 4.5 years.

At application, PR was 2+ years. Was calm at first, not in a rush. After 12 months of submission, started getting impatient, checking almost every month. After nearly 17 months, wrote a letter to ICA to follow up — approved the next day. Construction industry, PM. Wife and child became citizens last year. Independent application.

Applied with daughter at PR 1+ year. Waited 14+ months, wrote to ICA, got the expected official reply 'under consideration.' Two days after the reply, saw Approved status, but clicking in still showed pending. A few more days later, it changed to approved inside too. Now doing SGJourney. Good luck to everyone!

Male, 36yo. Been in Singapore 7 years. PR 2 years. Working at a local bank. Annual salary 120K+. Applied with 5-year-old daughter. Approved after 12+ months. Good luck to everyone!

Male, 36, been in Singapore 7 years, PR 2 years, working at a local bank, annual salary 100K+, applied with 5-year-old daughter. Hope to get approved smoothly. Good luck to everyone!

Sponsored by Singapore citizen. No children. PR for 5 years. Working at a big tech company. Got it in 15 months.

Wife and child are already citizens. Held PR for 5 years. PhD. Works at a government agency. Wife sponsored the citizenship application. Mar 24 (Sunday) 11pm, system emailed about status update — logged into ICA and found 'approved in principle.'

Got PR Oct 2020. Submitted application Nov 2022. Monthly salary 11K. Local NTU master's. Bought a condo. Added son's citizenship application May 2023 mid-process. Long wait. Wishing everyone good luck together.

First application (father with son) failed. Updated with latest documents, whole family applying together, currently waiting. Household annual income 300K+. Have condo and car. Father has top-20 university degree, internet industry. Mother has overseas undergrad + master's, finance industry.

Chinese, 46, applied with secondary school daughter. Applied just after 1 year of PR. Salary $4K. Hoping for good luck!

Male, 39, PR 1 year, monthly salary 6K+, applied for citizenship with two children (son 4, daughter 11), wife retaining PR.

NTU MSc. Been in Singapore 14 years. PR 7 years. Wife and child are citizens. Salary 8K.

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.

Construction engineer, 53, $6k+, applied alone. Wife keeping PR, son already a citizen.

Applied 1 year 3 months after PR, with child. Monthly salary $5.7K.

Spouse is SC sponsor. Own monthly salary 6.6K. Two sons (already citizens).