Citizenship Application Cases

Female, been in Singapore 10 years, late 30s, single. Local bachelor's and master's degrees. Internet company.

Female, age 40. Mother applied with two daughters (ages 13 and 10). Husband keeping PR. Annual salary 200K, director at a foreign company. Over 14 months now, still pending. Hoping for good luck. — Woke up to an email from ICA. Approved.

Been in Singapore 15 years, PR for 1 year, local Diploma. Applied together with son.

Female, age 30, applied alone. Been in Singapore 7+ years. SP 2013, PR 2016, Citizen 2020. Entry-level role at a large company, basic salary 4.2K. Diploma from China, SG MBA in progress. Approved after nearly 18 months.

Male, age 24, single. NUS bachelor's and master's. Finance IT. Annual salary 112K.

Polytechnic graduate. Came to Singapore in 2007. PR 2007. Husband and child are citizens. Applied under own name. Received request for additional documents on 19 Jan 2021.

Male, single, 28, been in Singapore 18 years. Primary school, secondary school, and Poly all here. Salary only $2,800. Applied for citizenship 1 year 11 months after getting PR, waited a full 1 year 6 months... Thought it was going to be rejected... Unexpectedly got approved the day before the general election. Thank goodness! I think it would've been faster without COVID.

Applied after 1.5 years of PR, undergrad degree, 38 years old. When getting PR, my wife and I each owned a condo. Nominal salary 12K. Applied together with 10-year-old son. Wife kept her Shanghai, China residency.

PR 7 years, returned to China for a period in between. Applied for SC once in 2015, waited 18 months, rejected. Married, female, sales, 70K, Poly education. Planning to pursue a private degree.

Married male, 32, applied alone. Had PR for 3 years at time of application. 211 university undergrad in China. Salary 120K. Daughter born in 2019 and added to application. Now pending for 15 months.

28, married, Poly graduate, PR 3 years. Accounting, monthly salary 4,200.

Local polytechnic graduate + ACCA in progress. Occupation: financial accountant, monthly salary $4,300. Came to Singapore in 2010, got PR in 2016. Married.

Female, 27, single, came to Singapore 11 years ago. PR 8 years. Took O and A Levels. Private university graduate. IT role at a large local engineering company. Started working last June and submitted the online application right away. Went to submit documents on Nov 12 with only 4.5 months of payslips, was nervous, but the ICA officer was nice and didn't ask me to come back after 6 months. First year salary just over 3K. This May, base salary increased 20% due to company policy changes. Emailed ICA to update Employment Letter. Worried about rejection because I didn't meet the tax threshold last year since I only started working in the second half of the year, so I have no tax records.

PR 11 years. NUS undergrad graduate. IT industry. Monthly salary 4K+. Baby due early next month. Husband on SP. Married 3+ years. Wondering about chances of approval. Update: Approved, exactly 14 months.

Applied individually, married, 26. Been in Singapore 8 years when PR was granted, 13+ years when applying for citizenship. Poly graduate. Salary 40K. Finance industry, Consultant position.