Citizenship Application Cases

Chinese male, 24yo. Came to Singapore at age 6. PR since age 10. Started from P1 locally. NUS undergrad final year. Served NS.

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

Applied after 1 year of PR, NUS master's, single.

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.

24yo female, Chinese national, single, self-applied. Primary through master's all in Singapore. NUS master's student. Been in Singapore 12 years. PR for 7-8 years.

Waiting.

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!

Rejected.

Male. NUS undergrad + working in Singapore. Came Jul 2014 on student pass, PR since Jun 2020. Internet industry programmer. Applied for citizenship Jan 2023. Single, owns a condo. Highest education: bachelor's. Changed jobs Aug 2023 with 30% salary increase, submitted new employment letter. Applied for parents' LTVP Jan 2024, approved in 4 weeks — didn't affect citizenship application. Proactively updated documents Mar 2024, submitted 6-month pay slips and followed up once, got admin assistant reply. Saw approval Jun 3, 2024. Official email Jun 5. Total: 1 year 5 months.

Husband applied with son and daughter, wife keeping PR. Applied after 2 years of PR. Monthly salary $7k+.

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.

Been in Singapore 6 years. Local university master's graduate. Worked at MNC since graduation, never changed companies. Pending 1 year 5 months. Grateful.

Sponsored by Singapore citizen. Applied at PR 2+ years. Waited 14+ months.

25 years old, 15K, finance industry, PR 2 years.

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!

Husband is main applicant. PR turned 2 years. Been in Singapore 10 years. Monthly salary 20K. Applied with two sons and wife. Still waiting... when will they give a result.

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!

Single male, 30. NTU master's. Owns property. Internet/tech industry. 200K+. Applied when PR turned 1 year.

Came to Singapore in 2009 to study, PR for 5 years. Manufacturing industry, applied on my own. Contributing data.

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.'