Citizenship Application Cases

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

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

30yo. NUS PhD. Applied at PR 1 year independently. Got married 4 months later. Finance industry. Salary 7K.

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.

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.

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

Female, married. PR 2.5 years. Husband is a citizen.

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

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

Submitted in 2023, approved in Aug 2025, took about 13 months.

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

SM2, male, unmarried. Been in Singapore 14 years (including 2 years back in China). PR since 2018. Approved after 15 months, following an email to update documents.

Born in the 90s, female, applied with son. PR 4 years. NUS master's.

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Couple with 35/31 yr. Owning one condo. Salary 300k++ annually, which is one of income sources. Looking for good news in 9-15 months.

Male, Malaysian, 35yo. Been in Singapore 11 years. PR 7 years. Annual salary 90-100K.

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

Born 1996, female, married, no kids. Applied immediately when PR turned 1 year. Individual application. Husband on EP with PhD. IT industry. Been in Singapore 7 years. 985 from China, NTU master's. Annual salary 200K+. Waiting.

Chinese, single female, 30, PR for 2 years. Bachelor's from a regular tier-1 Chinese university, master's (short program) from UK. Engineering consulting industry, base salary $11,000 but no year-end bonus. Applied right when PR hit 2 years.

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