Singapore Expats

Learnt a great deal from this forum. So one additional input for those following trends on this forum..(not that I believe in trends though when it comes to ICA )

Nationality: Indian (yes...some odds exist however unfavorable )
Duration of stay in Singapore: 15 years (for most part as PR)
Education: Masters in Engineering from NUS
Employment: Engineering professional with a manufacturing firm (European company)
Income: 110K+ (single income family. house wife and two daughters part of the application)

Processing time: close to two years

Very well done. We need more people like you!

Congratulations!

I am very curious, did ICA contact you (via email or telephone) to verify / update your employment details (Payslips, currently employed, etc.) before receiving an approval?

If so, how long after submitting this info did the approve?

Thank you and congrats again.

Hi Daniel,
In my case no further queries were made (i.e. after the initial submission of documents and before the receipt of approval-in-principle) . This might vary from case to case. Not sure if there would be further requests for documentation, as I am only at the first step of formalities to accept.

Hi yesitsme,

When your application is approved in principal, what is the status shown on ienquiry? Approved-in-principal or Pending?

You said your processing time is 2 years is it from the date of documents submission and verification?

Thanks.

Hi streetvendor38,

ienquiry still shows the status as 'pending'. So looks like that's how the system is setup. Sponsored applicant information has all disappeared as well. May be the pending needs to be read as 'pending sgjourney'.

For approval it is `~18 months from document submission.

Thank you and very informative.

I do not want to jinx anything so once I have an outcome I will put up a full post of mine and my families bio details.

Congrats again.

Well, that's one way to cause others to be denied. Go for it!

yesitsme wrote:Hi streetvendor38,

ienquiry still shows the status as 'pending'. So looks like that's how the system is setup. Sponsored applicant information has all disappeared as well. May be the pending needs to be read as 'pending sgjourney'.

The same happened recently to me also....

singaporeflyer wrote:

yesitsme wrote:Hi streetvendor38,

ienquiry still shows the status as 'pending'. So looks like that's how the system is setup. Sponsored applicant information has all disappeared as well. May be the pending needs to be read as 'pending sgjourney'.

The same happened recently to me also....

Yes, you must complete the Singapore Journey first before it changes to Approved. After that, you will receive another letter to complete your Singapore Citizenship Registration, must be done within 2 months.

Congratulations

btw do you apply for yourself only? Or including your family?

cittakaro wrote:

singaporeflyer wrote:

yesitsme wrote:Hi streetvendor38,

ienquiry still shows the status as 'pending'. So looks like that's how the system is setup. Sponsored applicant information has all disappeared as well. May be the pending needs to be read as 'pending sgjourney'.

The same happened recently to me also....

Yes, you must complete the Singapore Journey first before it changes to Approved. After that, you will receive another letter to complete your Singapore Citizenship Registration, must be done within 2 months.

Congratulations

btw do you apply for yourself only? Or including your family?

Thanks. I applied with my family..

congratulations :) I might have missed your previous posts but would you mind sharing your profile..as that might be of use for some future applicants..

yesitsme wrote:congratulations :) I might have missed your previous posts but would you mind sharing your profile..as that might be of use for some future applicants..

Me and my wife are from India. In SG for 9 years. PR since 2012.

I did my masters in NUS and served the 3 years MOE bond.
I work in IT and she works in HR
Applied close to the first REP renewal.
We own a HDB in SG

yesitsme wrote:congratulations :) I might have missed your previous posts but would you mind sharing your profile..as that might be of use for some future applicants..

Sent you a PM. Please check.

SF