Singapore Expats

Hi Friends,
I am planning to apply PR with my family and like to know the chance of approval.Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 35
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Engineering Graduate from India
Job: Senior Software Engineer
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.5 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 14 Years
Salary:93k+
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working
- First son - 7-year-old (Born in India)
- Second son- 1 month old (Born in Singapore)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreceiated.Thanks a lot for your help.

For honest two cents, it sounds like a run-of-the-mill indian software engineer's profile, and chances are likely Low-to-very low.
The only indian people I've heard of being approved for quite a while now are those married to a locals, studied here, or have otherwise assimilated over the long term to be indistinguishable from the locals.

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 6:27 pm

Hi Friends,
I am planning to apply PR with my family and like to know the chance of approval.Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 35
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Engineering Graduate from India
Job: Senior Software Engineer
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.5 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 14 Years
Salary:93k+
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working
- First son - 7-year-old (Born in India)
- Second son- 1 month old (Born in Singapore)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreceiated.Thanks a lot for your help.

What is your exact job scope and duties? IT in which domain/industry? Is your son studying in a local school?

What is your exact job scope and duties? --> Business Analyst and Software testing

IT in which domain/industry?-->Banking

Is your son studying in a local school?-->He is studying in International School as we didn't get P1 admission in local school when we applied in 2018.

singaporeflyer wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 9:53 pm

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 6:27 pm

Hi Friends,
I am planning to apply PR with my family and like to know the chance of approval.Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 35
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Engineering Graduate from India
Job: Senior Software Engineer
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.5 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 14 Years
Salary:93k+
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working
- First son - 7-year-old (Born in India)
- Second son- 1 month old (Born in Singapore)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreceiated.Thanks a lot for your help.

What is your exact job scope and duties? IT in which domain/industry? Is your son studying in a local school?

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12 pm

What is your exact job scope and duties? --> Business Analyst and Software testing

IT in which domain/industry?-->Banking

Is your son studying in a local school?-->He is studying in International School as we didn't get P1 admission in local school when we applied in 2018.

singaporeflyer wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 9:53 pm

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 6:27 pm

Hi Friends,
I am planning to apply PR with my family and like to know the chance of approval.Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 35
Race: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Engineering Graduate from India
Job: Senior Software Engineer
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.5 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 14 Years
Salary:93k+
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working
- First son - 7-year-old (Born in India)
- Second son- 1 month old (Born in Singapore)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreceiated.Thanks a lot for your help.

What is your exact job scope and duties? IT in which domain/industry? Is your son studying in a local school?

Dont take it personally, chance is going to be very low. There are enough number of business analysts from the local workforce I think.

singaporeflyer wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:21 pm

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12 pm

What is your exact job scope and duties? --> Business Analyst and Software testing

IT in which domain/industry?-->Banking

Is your son studying in a local school?-->He is studying in International School as we didn't get P1 admission in local school when we applied in 2018.

singaporeflyer wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 9:53 pm

What is your exact job scope and duties? IT in which domain/industry? Is your son studying in a local school?

Dont take it personally, chance is going to be very low. There are enough number of business analysts from the local workforce I think.

@Singaporeflyer--Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Dont think other wise ,I am doing volunteering with various organisations in Singapore for more than 4 years and clocked around 500+ volunteering hours.

Is there any way i can mention in my application so that my profile can be improved ?

Please note that i am doing volunteering not for PR purpose. My volunteering journey keeps on going where ever I am and irrespective my status in Singapore.

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:59 pm

singaporeflyer wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:21 pm

kkr8235 wrote: ↑

Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12 pm

What is your exact job scope and duties? --> Business Analyst and Software testing

IT in which domain/industry?-->Banking

Is your son studying in a local school?-->He is studying in International School as we didn't get P1 admission in local school when we applied in 2018.

Dont take it personally, chance is going to be very low. There are enough number of business analysts from the local workforce I think.

@Singaporeflyer--Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Dont think other wise ,I am doing volunteering with various organisations in Singapore for more than 4 years and clocked around 500+ volunteering hours.

Is there any way i can mention in my application so that my profile can be improved ?

Please note that i am doing volunteering not for PR purpose. My volunteering journey keeps on going where ever I am and irrespective my status in Singapore.

See if you can upload it as a supplementary document.

i applied for PR recently so can confirm that uploading volunteering evidence is not possible on the e PR site, there simply is not an option to submit anything 'additional' apart from what they have asked for.

Soon after submitting my PR app, i had some profile/ salary changes so I emailed ICA with those details, and also sent volunteering evidences in the same email. Got a very clear response back from them saying they do not need it if they haven't asked for it, so we should refrain from sending them such stuff. So... keep on volunteering but do not bother ICA with it .

Hi kozizi, Thank you for that. We've been trying to tell people they burned the volunteering ruse a number of years ago. But yes, keep on volunteering. It could help when you apply for SGC as a history of volunteering pre- and during PR continuing may help. Also your confirmation on only submitting what they ask for. Appreciate you input here. Keep your fingers crossed for a good outcome.

Hi Friends,
I have applied PR with family via e-PR on ICA website few months back (feb 2020).
considering the virus situation, what is the processing time for the PR application and what are the chances of getting PR ?
This is my second attempt, first one was not approved (2.5 yrs back)
Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 37
Race: Indian
Nationality : Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Masters (engineering) from Germany & Bachelor of Engineering from India
Job: chemicals procurement, for a global MNC company
For this trade, singapore is a global hub and its relatively difficult to find professional in this industry (not sure if MOM understands this)
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.75 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 12 Years
Base Salary: 150k+
Tax filling : 4 yrs
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working / Wife education is equivalent of CFA (CA from India)
- Daughter - 6-year-old (Born in India)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreciated. Thanks a lot for your help.

pcoleo wrote: ↑

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 4:05 pm

Hi Friends,
I have applied PR with family via e-PR on ICA website few months back (feb 2020).
considering the virus situation, what is the processing time for the PR application and what are the chances of getting PR ?
This is my second attempt, first one was not approved (2 yrs back)
Please help to provide your valuable inputs based on your experience in this forum.

Age: 37
Race: Indian
Nationality : Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: MSc. in Engineering from Germany and Bach. of Engineering from India
Job: Global procurement/chemicals for an European MNC's regional office in SG
Length of stay in Singapore: 4.5 years (worked in the same company till now)
Income Tax Assessment : 4 Submitted
Total Job Experience: 12 Years
Base Salary: 150k+
Pass: EP

applying with
- my wife on DP -Not working
- Daughter - 6-year-old (Born in India)

Your inputs on my post is highly appreceiated.Thanks a lot for your help.

May be around 20% chance unless your job scope/occupation has something special and hard to find in SG. If it is more like a manager, etc, chance will be very less

thanks for quick reply,

i am a senior manager and the scope of job is very niche in chemicals industry - it took about 3 years for my current employer to fill up this position with me. However, i am not sure this would be visible to MOM.

Hello, could you please assess my chances for PR approval

Age : 32
Race : Indian
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married for 5 years
Kids: 1 son 3 years born here
Education : bachelors in engineering
Current Field of Work : software engineer in MNC
Total experience - 9 years
Experience in current co - 3 years plus
Length of stay in SG : 6 Years
No of tax return : 5 or 6 returns
Salary : Basic 84K plus bonus Of 2 months
Pass : EP
Applied Previously: Yes 3 times
Applied now - No


Spouse Age : 33
Race : Indian
Gender : Female
Education : MBA from India and CA inter
Current Field of Work : Finance in a SG company
Current company - 4 years plus
Length of stay : 5 Years
No of tax return : 5 returns
Salary : Basic 38.4K plus bonus

what is probability in my case, given the current economic scenario and uncertainty due to COVID19. Please suggest If any changes are required to increase our chances.

PRCSRC wrote: ↑

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 9:29 am

Hello, could you please assess my chances for PR approval

Age : 32
Race : Indian
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married for 5 years
Kids: 1 son 3 years born here
Education : bachelors in engineering
Current Field of Work : software engineer in MNC
Total experience - 9 years
Experience in current co - 3 years plus
Length of stay in SG : 6 Years
No of tax return : 5 or 6 returns
Salary : Basic 84K plus bonus Of 2 months
Pass : EP
Applied Previously: Yes 3 times
Applied now - No


Spouse Age : 33
Race : Indian
Gender : Female
Education : MBA from India and CA inter
Current Field of Work : Finance in a SG company
Current company - 4 years plus
Length of stay : 5 Years
No of tax return : 5 returns
Salary : Basic 38.4K plus bonus

what is probability in my case, given the current economic scenario and uncertainty due to COVID19. Please suggest If any changes are required to increase our chances.

Chance is going to be low.

PRCSRC wrote: ↑

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 9:29 am

Hello, could you please assess my chances for PR approval

Age : 32
Race : Indian
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married for 5 years
Kids: 1 son 3 years born here
Education : bachelors in engineering
Current Field of Work : software engineer in MNC
Total experience - 9 years
Experience in current co - 3 years plus
Length of stay in SG : 6 Years
No of tax return : 5 or 6 returns
Salary : Basic 84K plus bonus Of 2 months
Pass : EP
Applied Previously: Yes 3 times
Applied now - No


Spouse Age : 33
Race : Indian
Gender : Female
Education : MBA from India and CA inter
Current Field of Work : Finance in a SG company
Current company - 4 years plus
Length of stay : 5 Years
No of tax return : 5 returns
Salary : Basic 38.4K plus bonus

what is probability in my case, given the current economic scenario and uncertainty due to COVID19. Please suggest If any changes are required to increase our chances.

FWIW. newborn are given PRs as well, so those numbers for EP conversions to PR will be even less.
Historical chart above.
Throw in covid + electoral results into the mix.