Citizenship Application Cases

Single female. Came to Singapore on scholarship to study NUS undergrad. Got PR after starting work. Got SC after waiting 15+ months.

Couple applied jointly when PR turned 2 years. Dual income, have property, no children. Waiting for results...

29, married, 4.5 years in Singapore, submitted after 1.5 years of PR. Individual application, annual income $250K, software engineer. Wishing for good luck.

Applied 1 year 3 months after PR, with child. Monthly salary $5.7K.

Spouse is SC sponsor. Own monthly salary 6.6K. Two sons (already citizens).

29yo female, independent application. Been in Singapore 13 years. Had PR for 4-5 years. Studied secondary school and university locally, working here. Emailed ICA twice during the process about job and address changes. Uploaded documents to e-portal three times, including salary increase and supervisor's recommendation letter.

Married. Self-applied. Been in Singapore 10 years. PR 4 years. Salary 7K.

Male. NTU undergrad. Applied right when PR turned 2 years. Been in Singapore 11 years. Dec 21, 2023: Received notification at 15 months and 5 days.

Applied at PR 14 months with two children. Wife kept her PR. Waited 18 months. Saw rejection Mar 18, 2024.

20 years in Singapore, mother applied with daughter. Local primary and secondary school plus currently studying at a private university. Monthly salary $7,500, hoping for approval.

Couple + daughter applying together. Dual-income family. I've had PR for 12 years; husband and child had PR for 2+ years when submitted. One in F&B, one in admin. Child in Singapore school. Mother-in-law is a born-and-bred Singaporean. Submitted updated pay slips after 1 year. Waited another 18 months, emailed ICA about progress, got the expected reply. After 20 months still no news, almost gave up. Finally approved at nearly 1 year 10 months! Almost gave up — wishing everyone good luck too!

Wife applied with child at PR 2 years. 37yo, annual salary 120K. Been in Singapore 8 years. Bought property.

Male, 38yo. Applied with one son and one daughter. Wife kept Chinese nationality and PR. Applied when PR turned 2 years. Contacted MP to write a letter at the 1-year mark. Still waiting, almost 15 months now. Good luck!!!

Malaysian. Master's degree. Tech industry. Monthly salary 12K. Single.

Been in Singapore 16 years, local university bachelor's and master's, wife and kids are all citizens.

Chinese national, female, 30+. Finance industry, salary 8K+. Applied when PR turned 1 year.

34yo. Mid-tier 985 undergrad from China, NTU master's. Applied at PR 3 years. Personal annual income 160K+, household annual income 300K+. Mid-level at MNC. IT industry. Owns condo and a car locally. Applied with daughter, wife kept PR. Approved after 1.5+ years.

Female, born after 1985, Chinese national. Applied with child. Husband kept PR. Local master's. Monthly salary 9K+.

Born 1973. PR 17 years. Diploma-level education. Tuition teacher. Daughter graduated from NUS, already a citizen for several years. Still waiting after 20 months of application.

PR just over 1 year, mother applied with K2 son — effectively a dependent PR + 6-year-old child. Wishing for good luck, smooth citizenship approval, and a good school for the child.