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She got PR via FTS, but because her parent’s got it via GIP back in the 1980’s, they still seem to look at her through the GIP lens when they renew her REP (or even approve our daughter’s PR last time). To be on the cautious side, we shall default to your wife and daughter getting PR via FTS instea...

SC for your wife: Depends if ICA offered SC to her years ago. If yes but she rejected back then, ICA probably won’t approve the SC. If no, hard due to age even if she’s still working. Quite sure PR is approved via one scheme, not more than one scheme. Either she was approved via FTS or GIP, not both...

IPA is not a visitor pass.

You can use IPA to extend the STVP.

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Sun, 26 Apr 2026 7:54 am

That will take 6 months and the opportunity will be gone by then so I will need an EP for now before moving to LTVP.

Correction: LTVP can take up to 6 months to process, not purely 6 months. So, it can be processed in a shorter time.

I know CRBA is until 18 but wasn’t aware he could still claim US citizenship past that age too.

But SG wouldn’t allow dual citizenship past 21, anyway?

So… hubby and I are contributing to the TFR and expecting a boy. Unlike majority of SG-US couplings, we are the opposite where we are highly likely to live out our lives in SG. We are okay with our son going through NS even though my dad and my brother are negative towards NS in general ‘cos they ha...

He and I both started out as a single EP holder, we both applied for PR in our early years without family ties, both of us got rejected… and then we both married a local lass. Yes, different era, but same outcome. However, that is where our similarities end. He now has family ties and intends to ta...

I intend to live in Europe for 2 more years after which I will move back to Singapore. Why waste money to apply for LTVP in the first place if you’re not gonna live in Singapore afterwards…? Long Term Visit Pass is for you to live long term in SG. Not get LTVP and then stay overseas for most of the...

I know the bitter taste well. I too was rejected after working on an EP for several years, and despite 25 more years on an EP I never reapplied. However, my situation was unique because I had the same employer throughout and they had a CPF substitute, so PR offered no real benefit. In fact, staying...

Right now, we are feeling quite lost as I have read online that if we ROM without the PMLA approval and later apply for LTVP, ICA will become angry and then reject all future passes. … Where did you get this misinformation from?? Read the “Important Information” section of PMLA . Have PMLA = LTVP p...

You mention she’s on WP, did you get the MOM approval to marry? If no, get it done now.

July still quite far away, I doubt ICA will drag that long.

Confirm she has no previous suspicious records in SG?

MOM approval letter is from MOM.

PMLA & LTVP is from ICA.

Both are different entities. Just because MOM changed their mind about the appeal doesn’t mean ICA will feel the same way.

Could follow admin sms’s nephew where the ex-WP spouse was granted 1 year LTVP to give birth and then subsequently banned from SG.

Won’t be surprised if only 1 year LTVP is given too in this case and renewal could be rejected. We don’t know how ICA will process in this case.

So are you legally married or not yet…? The usage of the word “wife” is a bit confusing. But you said waiting for ROM so I assume not married 1. Maybe, if you show evidence your ROM location is booked. An existing LTVP application has no bearing on STVP extension unless she has been granted IPA for ...

Already answered on this page , need to scroll down a bit. Not marry a Singapore citizen or permanent resident in or outside Singapore without MOM's approval. This applies even after their Work Permits have expired, been cancelled or revoked . Not get pregnant or deliver a child in Singapore during ...