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And yes,it is things like flight diversions that I am worried about.But having a conviction on your head does not augur well for your career or life!

Sundaymorningstaple: what straight answer have you given me? FOr him to get arrested, imprisoned and then serve NS??? That is not an option! In that case, he would have done NS earlier which was just not possible. Please do not judge me, you do not know the circumstances leading up to all this, and ...

Thanks for your clarification.

What do you mean 'let sleeping dogs lie'? In what respect? He cannot serve NS as he would get arrested. The next best thing is to be divested of citizenship. What is the reason for hanging to the citizenship of a country where he would have no rights? The documents have to be returned anyway and I w...

If he is no longer a Singapore citizen, at least he does not have to state that in any questions/declarations in the future . I understand that he will continue to be a NS defaulter but will not be otherwise be connected to singapore. why go through the process of renunciation only to be denied and ...

Apparently your citizenship lapses age 22 without a formal renunciation even though you stay wanted as an NS defaulter. if you formally renounce, you remain a singapore citizen because the renunciation is denied, and ifyou let it lapse, then you are no longer a citizen even though you still cannot e...

Apparently, if one writes a letter stating intention to renounce Singapore citizenship together with the documents like citizenship cert etc, and return them to ICA,the male citizen's citizenship will automatically lapse when he reaches age 22 as Mindef will not be consulted since there will be no f...

I was referring to job applications/interviews. And yes he has registered with US Selective Service. if this NS default thing shows up in a background check,is that a big deal, a minus point? It is not a crime per se in international law /definition, right. Is it something to even hide in job interv...

Good to know. About the banks, they don't directly ask about other citizenships but ask what other passports/identification numbers of other countries held. Are they in violation of any laws in so asking? And if they do a background check using that, this NS default thing will show up and be an issu...

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. And yes, there are orgs in the US that ask about citizenships like banks because they want to run a background check.I am wondering if the NS default thing would affect the appl,and show up in the background check. Just to clarify Mad Scientist, no I...

Thanks for all of your replies. Just couple more points to clarify if someone knows: I read somewhere that renunciation might be accepted while the person is still kept on Mindef's list as a defaulter? Also, for future references, how does one legally refer to oneself, example on job appls,? If Sing...

not valuable at all. just wish it could all be legal and aboveboard. your korea eg does not apply because it is not the US that objects to dual citizenship and he was a us citizen first, so why would they hang on to it? also, once you surrender the citizenship and ic, you no longer have documentatio...

If they do not allow him to renounce, he will be a dual citizen, and SIngapore does not permit that, so how does that work? Deferment was applied for and denied. He is a foreign citizen by birth.

Hi, hope someone can help with this.Mad Scientist, you seem to be highly regarded for your knowledge here. My son is a dual Singapore American citizen, has reached the age of 21. He did not do NS. I requested deferment till 21 as he wished to retain US citizenship only, but this was not granted. He ...