Citizenship Application Cases

6 years in Singapore at time of application, PR for 1.5 years, single.

Malaysian, 31yo at application, married, no children at the time. LCCI Diploma, accountant, monthly salary $3,100. Been in Singapore 10 years. Husband is Singaporean (not sponsor). Self-applied at PR 1 year 9 months. At month 9: emailed ICA while 6 months pregnant asking if extra documents needed — ICA replied they'd upload updated info. At month 15: baby 3 months old (Singaporean), emailed ICA about status — replied 'still under consideration,' submitted latest 3-month pay slips (salary $3,300). Approved at month 24: didn't email after month 15 — maybe that's why it took so long. Almost exactly 2 years.

Been in Singapore 12 years. PR 6 years. Poly graduate. Part-time NTU CS degree. IT industry. Monthly salary 7,800. Hoping for good luck.

Female, 36, unmarried, PhD from a top-2 Chinese university. Applied after 1.5 years of PR. Monthly salary $5k, no property, 6 years working in Singapore. Grateful.

30+, male. China undergrad, overseas master's. Applied after PR 3+ years. Got married during the wait. Waited exactly 22 months. Monthly salary 10K+.

28yo, applied alone. Came to Singapore 2008 on MOE scholarship. Got PR in 2012. NUS undergrad. Bought condo in 2021. ===== Wrote to MP in Nov to follow up.

Worked in Singapore 8 years, PR 5+ years, 45, finance IT industry, 300K+, applied with one child.

Came to Singapore for university, 11 years now, PR 5 years, married, applied with daughter, wife retaining SPR, salary 180K.

Male, family of 3, Malaysian, 8 years in Singapore, 6-7 years PR. Bought a resale 3-room HDB last month. Hope to get citizenship approved so child can enroll in school.

30, male, single. 16 years in Singapore. SM1 scholarship, PR for 5 years. Education industry. NUS graduate.

Chinese national, PR 7 years, married, no children, monthly salary 3500.

Junior engineer, PR for 6 years, father applied with son — second attempt.

Malaysian, applied through wife's sponsorship. University graduate, PR for 19 years, applied alone. Saw 'Approved' on myICA on 10 May 2023.

Citizen spouse. Self-employed. Self-applied. Been in Singapore 8 years. PR 5 years. Local diploma. Salary 6K.

SM1. 28yo. Married. PR since 2019. Base salary 7.5K, average 10K/month including bonuses. For everyone's reference.

Applied after 1 year of PR. Local primary school + secondary school + polytechnic, currently studying part-time at a local private university. Salary $2.5K, 18 years in Singapore, applied alone. Hoping for approval!

29, Malaysian male, married, degree holder, tech industry, average $7k/month. Applied after 1 year of PR.

Father applied with child after 1 year of PR, 6.5 years in Singapore, salary $12k+.

Been in Singapore 4.5 years. Got PR in 1.5 years. Applied for citizenship with son when PR turned 1 year (didn't include husband). Finance industry, 20K+. No supplementary documents requested. Approved after 17 months.

PR for 3 years, applied with wife, one son (8) and one daughter (14 months). Bachelor's from Australia, 10 years in Singapore.