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Immigration experience: My PR application experience
The narrator reports starting work in Singapore in November 2011 and applying for permanent residence in December 2013 after about two years of work. The online status changed from pending to rejected after five months, and the letter said the narrator could resubmit after six months. In a later post in the same thread, the same account reports a second application in April 2017 that was approved in January 2018. This is one person's reported sequence, not a typical processing timeline or evidence that reapplying after six months leads to approval. Forum replies speculate about rejection-letter meanings and do not establish ICA policy or the reason for either decision.
- Period described
- 2013-12 – 2018-01
- Narrator
- Foreign professional working in Singapore who applied for permanent residence
- Voice
- First person
- Population
- non-resident
- Source type
- forum post
- Publisher
- Singapore Expats Forum
- Published
- 2014-05-21
- Sensitive topics
- immigration status
What the narrator reports
Reported outcomes are anecdotal and self-selected. They cannot reveal official criteria, approval odds or the reason for a decision.
- Applied
- 2013 12
- Decided
- 2014 05
- Reported outcome
- rejected
- PR scheme
- unknown
- Attempt
- 1
- Application
- pr
- Years in Singapore
- 2
- Pass held when applying
- unknown
Reported amounts and durations are one person’s dated figures. Official rates and prices come from the linked knowledge records.
- Reported durations · First PR application pending before decision
- 5 months
- Reported durations · Second PR application pending before approval
- 9 months
Consistency checks
| Detail checked | Checked against | Result |
|---|---|---|
| A rejection in 2014 after about two years' work and a later approval are compatible with the article's description of PR decisions as selective and discretionary; the article does not confirm these personal dates.Consistency check only, not independent confirmation of the forum account or its historical processing times. | PR and Citizenship | Consistent |
Caveats
- The public thread's initial post and January 2018 follow-up were fetched; the follow-up is from the same forum account, whose handle is omitted here. All application dates, decisions and waits are self-reported.
- The second processing interval is approximate because only application and decision months are stated.
- The narrator's nationality, pass type, income and occupation category are not stated in the 2014 opening post and are left unspecified.
- This account does not establish current PR processing times, current rejection-letter wording, or likely outcomes for other applicants.
Sources
- My PR application experience Accessed
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