I applied under my wife (citizen). However, I was already employed for 2 months prior to my application.

Your case is similar but different at the same time. I would say the chance would be low given that you're a PR not a citizen, she may need to secure at least a job.

Get her a LTVP .. at least she gets to stay in sg wit you and look for a job.

This post has been edited by malz89: Nov 25 2024, 07:56 PM

its still so tough looking for a job.How long did it take for your approval?

This post has been edited by CrazyPizza: Feb 27 2025, 02:17 PM

It took me about 4 months .. actually better to go without sponsor. I applied under my wife because we wanted to get a house ASAP. Else I would have applied by myself, which shouldn't be an issue given my niche ..

Account is highly demanded, no? Could easily get into any SME .. MNC on the other hand is harder given the competition, unless she was from an MNC background.

I applied together with my wife with nil exp in SG. Not even an LTVP. Malay too. i think just go for it.

YoLo .. haha

He applied, just wondering what's the chances are only. It will be low, doesn't mean it's zero.

Is your wife citizen? How long did it take

My wife tagged to me. Im an EP holder. We apply tgther.

Asking this for opinions if anyone has similar experience. My other who is a Singaporean is currently working in sg and I am based somewhere else. We are planning to register and that she will sponsor me for pr. Realistically what are my chances to get an approval for pr? Or no chance better get ltvp first… hopefully someone went through this before

Stay inside 1st to consider better chance I guess ? Married duration ?

Well we are just going to register. Planning to do it after cny 2025..

Well u are qualified apply , concern that just what your total time in Singapore.
With Singaporean wife/husband eventually will get for Malaysian spouse, just when get only.
But for other case some report just work <6months and fresh into Singapore can get .

Try to apply after a year? You guys have to stay together throughout the period to avoid being suspicious of "marriage of convenience", which I was afraid during my application.

Get a job/ltvp first as PR would take some time.

This post has been edited by malz89: Nov 29 2024, 08:40 AM

There many factors, race, age, income, education, field. Need to know more to better predict your chances.

If u r both chinese, mid to early 30s, above average income, high demand field. Then u have high chances but will definitely get it after few months working in sg.

This post has been edited by CrazyPizza: Dec 4 2024, 06:08 PM

Get a bto or directly a resale without waiting after that. Win win .. haha

Lucky u, married to citizen can buy bto or resale immediately. Are u planning to convert? Im still thinking whether me or my wife should convert and the other retain malaysian citizenship so as to allow to retire in my in future.

No plans for now. Given that my wife and kid are citizens, maybe in the future. Actually there's a CPF plan that can support you for life, if you hit a certain limit by 55. They will pay out that amount until you die. So it is pretty much sustainable in sg.

When members reach the age of 65, they can withdraw 20 percent from their 4th account, the Retirement Account, in Singapore's CPF system.




But make sure you have many retirement sum in your cpf.



This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Dec 9 2024, 12:31 PM

Usually shouldn't be a problem to most given that salary is freaking high for Singaporeans. People around me can easily hit that just by maintaining their current salary (without increment) for 20 years.

Do you means monthly salary remains constant (with no increments) for 20 years, your total CPF contributions (without considering any CPF interest) will match the Full Retirement Sum (FRS) of $205,800 ?


without considering any CPF interest or with consider interest ?

To calculate how many years it will take for your CPF contributions to reach the Basic Retirement Sum (BRS) of $102,900, we need to break this down step by step.

Assumptions:
Monthly salary: $2,500
Total CPF contribution rate: 37% (17% employer + 20% employee)


Monthly CPF contribution amount:
2500 × 37% =925



No withdrawals are made, and no interest is considered for simplicity (actual growth will be faster due to CPF interest).
Calculation:


Annual CPF contribution:


925×12=11,100 SGD


Number of years to reach $102,900:
102,900÷11,100
≈ 9.27 years

102,900÷11,100

If the monthly salary is $2,500, it would take 9.27 years to reach the Basic Retirement Sum with CPF contributions alone.

The cost of living in Singapore is so high!

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Dec 9 2024, 03:55 PM

Haha people around me r easily earning 3 to 5x of that. So, even their salary stays at current. They will still reach that.