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Hi all, Haven't posted here in a long time since I got my PR approved. I have something interesting I thought this community would have expertise in. It all started a few months ago when I told a family member about my PR journey. I told him all the agencies are a scam and I did not use them, this m...

Lol I'm 44. Yes, quite aware of the background. In a Teams meeting and multi tasking at the moment so my brain just defaulted to the terminology I've been hearing since I was a kid. :D All good haha! I admire the multi tasking skills with being able to write up such a strong analysis while in a cal...

What helped to a large extent is most likely your marriage to a Singaporean. On your point that you have been married for much less than 2 years. You are right that it is empirical evidence and the suggestion to wait for that long is also based on empirical evidence. Just that the latter is with mo...

Hi all, as of today my PR has been approved. Posting my journey here so that it may assist others in the same situation. This post is purely informational only. I notice on this forum people like to randomly question other peoples motivation for getting PR. This post is not about that. Any comments ...

Hi all, my PR was approved Will do a detailed new post soon so that can help others.

Congratulations!!!! Wishing you all the best in your new PR journey! Reading your account has given me some hope as I have some similarities with yourself. Currently on LTVP and and applied for PR a few months ago with less than 2 years of marriage on record. Am also in the "others" category just li...

And for a PR application, they will ask: - Residential addresses you’ve stayed in for the past 10 years - Countries you’ve been to in the past 10 years and duration you stayed for - Your parents’ current residential address and occupation - Educational certs (if you wanna go all the way back to pri...

@jrrrcircle You’d be surprised at the stuff ICA looks at. I’m very sure they know all of the honey traps, including the long-game (which I believe was invented in the Philippines). Yeah I am sure they do. But PMLA is very vague. It literally only asks for passport details from the Non-Resident, edu...

@jrrrcircle Actually it is quite relevant if you look at it from ICA's perspective. Where she comes from within the country or countryside could have a great bearing on the person's life upbringing and associations. Take me dating someone from the USA. Okay you say? Me too. However should I have me...

Just apply now with PEP, later when you change to EP make sure to inform ICA.

Just be sure to always have a valid pass.
I don't think keeping PEP until just before expiry would be seen as a bad thing as long as there is no period you are not on a pass.

Sorry I forgot to mentioned those things. I have been working since 2022. Previously before army and while I was in Poly, I already did part time jobs then entered Army then during covid I also volunteered then after I went to get my degree then work. I’m an SC She’s a Filipino. So she’s a pinay… p...

I think it is usually approved a few days before or after the 6 week expected timeframe. I did it last year and it was approved 1 day before the 6 week period. I had over 5 years of experience in SG + was on an EP when I applied. Speaking to friends, they have had similar experiences. Assume they do...

Civilized countries use a point system. You get points for age, education level, occupation, language ability, health, dependents etc. Race is not a factor. If more Indians get more points, come in. So what you're saying is that the racial makeup in Singapore should be solely determined by the perc...

Ask your husband to sponsor your PR after 2 years of marriage to show ICA that the union is stable. Apply too soon and it is seen as marriage of convenience. ICA doesn’t care what your in-laws do so don’t bother adding it in. To add on to this, they don't care what your in-laws do but they do care ...

I did manage to find this - https://www.mha.gov.sg/mediaroom/parliamentary/written-reply-to-pq-on-the-number-of-permanent-resident-and-citizenship-applications-received-per-month-in-the-past-three-years/ So looks like around 4.7K places for FTS PR where spouse is Singaporean? And like 12 (2% of 600...