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by sundaymorningstaple » Mon, 26 Aug 2019 6:10 pm
You have to apply. As to whether your are eligible or not will depend on the differences of criteria between 2008 and 2019. There has been two GEs here since then and since 2011 it has been extremely hard for an EP holder from the Sub-continent to get PR. Their criteria and internal quotas (we assume there are as they spent a fair bit of time once they found out the demographics had shifted several percent for one of the minorities and the majority dropped 2 percent. Having had PR and given it up AND withdrawing your CPF signaled you had your fill of Singapore. As the government has a long memory and is vindictive in nature, I wouldn't bet a wooden nickel on you being successful of obtaining PR again, regardless of the fact that you top up your CPF inclusive of all interest that would have been accrued over the past 11 years. In fact, they state that topping up CPF is a requirement if you want to reapply for PR, but it also states that it isn't a guarantee that you will receive PR. I wouldn't bet on it, truth be known.
First thing you would need to do is contact ICA for the relevant steps and advice. They may be helpful enough to tell you whether to apply or not to bother. We have no inside track to either MOM or ICA or IRAS but we collect anecdotal evidence over long periods of time and try to read the tea leaves as much as possible. Our readers are our database (and our archives).
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
