---
id: sgtest.immigration.pr-rejected-after-two-years-2014
kind: testimony
title: "Immigration experience: My PR application experience"
url: https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/testimony/sgtest.immigration.pr-rejected-after-two-years-2014
language: en
evidence_status: self-reported-unverified
collection_as_of: 2026-10-16
---

# Immigration experience: My PR application experience

> Self-reported and unverified. This is one person’s account, attributed to the narrator. It is not a statement of fact or of current rules; check official sources before relying on any detail.

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.

## Record details

- **Consistency checks:** Notes: Consistency check only, not independent confirmation of the forum account or its historical processing times.; Detail checked: 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.; Result: pass; Checked against: [PR and Citizenship](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/article/sgkb.daily-life.pr-and-citizenship)
- **All domains:** daily-life
- **Period described:** 2013-12 – 2018-01
- **Themes:** pr-application; rejection; approval; processing-time; reapplication
- **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.
- **Entities:** [Immigration and Checkpoints Authority](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/entity/sg.agency.ica)
- **Narrator:** Voice: first-person; Population: non-resident; Role at time: Foreign professional working in Singapore who applied for permanent residence
- **Reported durations:** Notes: As reported by the narrator; applied in December 2013 and the status changed to rejected in May 2014.; Unit: months; Label: First PR application pending before decision; Value: 5; Notes: Approximate interval from April 2017 to January 2018 as reported in the later post; exact submission and decision days are unstated.; Unit: months; Label: Second PR application pending before approval; Value: 9
- **Published:** 2014-05-21
- **Publisher:** Singapore Expats Forum
- **Topic ids:** [Work passes, PR and citizenship](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.daily-life.immigration-status)
- **Sensitive topics:** immigration-status
- **Source type:** forum-post
- **Verification:** plausible
- **Self reported:** 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
- **Testimony type:** immigration

## Sources

- [My PR application experience](https://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=102034) — Accessed 2026-10-11

## Explore connections

- Articles: [PR and Citizenship](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/article/sgkb.daily-life.pr-and-citizenship)
- Topics: [Work passes, PR and citizenship](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.daily-life.immigration-status)
- People & organisations: [Immigration and Checkpoints Authority](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/entity/sg.agency.ica)

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