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

60% ABSD is to cool down the property market. If they would allow pass holders to buy at less the effect would be reduced. Keeps local property owners also happy with an endless flow of tenants. Some foreigners still get lucky due to FTA’s. PR’s of CH/NO/IS/FL pay even less ABSD on their first prope...

Indeed, there’s no need to wait 2 years after marriage if you’re Western on EP. Applied under FTS PR a month after marrying my SG spouse and it got approved within a year. Went straight from EP to PR this way as EU citizen. My guess is that they assess the risk of a sham marriage to be very low in t...