Citizenship Application Cases

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

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.

17months

Approved after 14 months.

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!

Single. Been in Singapore 7 years. PR 3 years. Hesitated about switching citizenship for a long time, but finally decided to apply. Waited 13 months. Wasn't particularly thrilled when approved — changing nationality is a big deal after all. But what's done is done.

Applied at PR 1.5 years. Seeing others here getting approved. Husband applied alone. 46yo, annual salary 240K. Spouse also works full-time but didn't apply. No property, no children. Rejected after waiting 17 months. Not sure if it was insufficient income or applying before PR turned 2 years.

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

China undergrad, US master's, local PhD. Applied at PR 1.5 years. Been in Singapore 8 years. Hoping for good luck. Traditional industry, salary around median.

Came for secondary school 2009. Graduated Poly 2017. Got PR in 6 months. NUS part-time, graduated 2022. Applied for citizenship Nov 2022. Got married during the wait. No property, no car, no kids. Salary 4.5K. Wrote to MP in Jul 2024 to follow up.

Male, 41, PR 5 years, annual salary SGD 290K. Giving it a try.

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

SM2 scholarship, NUS undergrad. Born in the 90s, male. PR 6 years. Working 7 years. Owns condo and car. Unmarried, independent application. Annual salary 300K+.

Approved after 18 months.

Came to Singapore mid-2017 to work. Got PR mid-2019.

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.

Single male, been in Singapore 10 years, PR 6 years, annual salary ~100K.

Couple came to Singapore in 2011. 985 undergrad, NTU master's. Annual salary 280K + 100K. Approved in 1.5 years — seems to be the standard timeline for mainland Chinese applicants.

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