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Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore

You can find contrarians in any situation. Closer to home, while many Malaysians of Chinese descent would probably kill to have the opportunity to work in Singapore, my Singaporean Chinese cousin headed north to work in Penang. I find the pattern pretty interesting. Here, we have Indian nationals be...

I have just come into contact with someone who did exactly this. She submitted the passport renewal application in Singapore whilst declaring on the form that she is also an Australian citizen. The outcome is that ICA told her that her Singapore passport will not be renewed until she renounces her A...

MS, how do you explain the case of Tan Sri Hassan Marican, the former CEO of Petronas who is set to become the chairman of Singapore Power in June? Do you think they might have parachuted him into a PR-ship or who knows maybe even citizenship given his calibre? Immigration policy 1. No Malay/Muslim ...

I was not asked to pay back any subsidies that I had enjoyed be it medical or education. neither was I asked to pay back the CPF housing grant. And I got back the entire sum in my CPF accounts. I have also been entering Singapore on SVPs since renouncing my citizenship so no issues there either. The...

iirc, the cases MS referred to were those of children who were granted citizenship by descent, not by birth. I too had tried but my request was denied.

"It does surprise me that, especially with the increase in intermarriages, the government has not found a more... nuanced way to deal with those born with dual nationalities." Oh, I am pretty sure they have thought about it. It is not the nature of the Singapore government to leave anything to chanc...

beppi, from my reading of the clause it says that the child born overseas to a Singaporean parent would not be a citizen by descent if he obtained citizenship of the country of his birth by virtue of being born there only if the parent him/herself is a Singapore citizen by registration. I can confir...

On past visits using an Australian passport, I've always entered the exact number of days that I had truly intended to stay, 2 days, 5 days etc, but a lot less than 90. In all instances, the officer stamped a 90-day SVP on my passport, no questions asked both through Changi Airport and Tuas (by bus ...

MS, "If mother is PR you can apply for PR instead of citizenship but that will remove the issue of NS if child is a male" Are you referring to a child born in Singapore to parents of whom one is a Singapore citizen and the other a PR? Based on my experience that was not the case. When my first son w...

Based on my experience, a child born in Singapore with at least one parent being a Singaporean citizen will acquire Singaporean citizenship by birth. That status is conferred automatically when the parents register the birth. There is no option to decline the child's Singapore citizenship. Of course...

I checked with an accountant in Sydney. According to him, even renunciation of citizenship will not entitle one to withdraw his/her superannuation. He said that it used to be allowed but the ATO has apparently wised up to the loophole that allows resumption of citizenship. So, it is now a blanket no...

PHK, just courier your son's Sg passport from overseas with a cover letter stating intent to renounce and enclosing evidence of you and your spouse renunciation of Sg citizenship and/or PR. That was what I did. Got a reply letter back from Ms Pang stating that she had passed the passports to the Pas...

MS, do I also need to cc a copy of the letter + docs to CMPB/MINDEF? Or do we only need ton inform CMPB/MINDEF once ICA has approved the boys' renunciation?

MS, 1. We left Singapore in 2004. 2. They have travelled back using Singapore passports in 2007 and 2008. Why did you travel with SG PP on those two dates? How long for on each trip. ? Have they not gotten OZ PP by then ? 3. We emigrated to Australia. 4. Our two Singapore-born sons acquired the cit...

MS,

1. We left Singapore in 2004.
2. They have travelled back using Singapore passports in 2007 and 2008.
3. We emigrated to Australia.
4. Our two Singapore-born sons acquired the citizenship of my wife's country by registration before they were one year old. This fact was not declared to ICA.