E&H Immigration Consultancy

Your parents' wisdom about the importance of education rings true, especially when it comes to securing Singapore permanent residency or citizenship. Data from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore’s authoritative body overseeing Singapore Permanent Residency (SPR) and Citizenship (SC) applications, reveals a compelling trend: 4 out of 5 successful applicants possess educational qualifications beyond secondary school level. Examining the Educational Landscape of SCs and PRs in 2022 The statistics prompt a critical question: Does spending more time in educational pursuits beyond secondary school inherently increase one's chances of becoming a Singapore permanent resident ? Or does the applicant pool naturally comprise a higher proportion of individuals with advanced education? The answer likely lies in a blend of both factors, emphasizing the value placed on education in the application process. Read more if you want to  Simplifying the Journey & Your Pa

Getting approved for Singapore Permanent Residency or Citizenship (SC) is notoriously hard with numerous stories of multiple failed attempts over many years. One reason for this is that the yearly approvals have moved to about an average of about 30,000 for PRs and 20,000 for SCs due to the Singapore government moving to a more restrictive and controlled immigration framework in late 2009. We are expecting these approvals to increase by around 1% on average per year as the population grows. Chart 1: ICA approvals of Singapore PRs and Citizens Source: Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority Based on the latest data in Jun 2023, there is a pool of around 540,000 of PRs that could, taken to the extreme, apply to be citizens. However, since not all PRs want to be citizens and only some may make the decision to apply, we think the amount of new applications each year is perhaps 60,000 to 100,000 each year. For PRs, there are around 662,000 of non-residents are eligible to be PRs.