I got mine within 3 months, but that was nearly 25 or 30 years ago. They were handing out invitations to doctors to apply. I still get the invitation to convert at every PR renewal...

Good luck with yours.

Not really. Interesting that people like MooMoo decided to come to Singapore for health matters, as opposed to staying back for the RM1 treatment in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by hksgmy: Feb 4 2024, 11:49 AM

What biopsy did your wife do that cost so much, if you don't mind me asking?

To be honest, I get a very extremely skewed picture of health costs in Singapore and Australia, because my colleagues will waive this and waive that, and hospitals will give me discounts for inpatient stays etc, since I'm a fellow health professional, and a teaching faculty member.

So, while people keep going on about how expensive things are, I just keep quiet.

Sorry to hear that about your wife. I hope she's all good now. SGD7000 is on the high side, even for private hospitals. I don't know when this was done, but this may not have been in line with MOH's latest fee guidelines. Obviously, the technical difficulties of the patient will alter the guideline fees somewhat, but I guess the important thing was that your wife's all well now. And that it was covered by insurance (which makes me wonder whether the price was "adjusted" to take that into account).

You can check out the guideline fees for a Breast Biopsy HERE

Pretty sure once the hospital knew it was covered by insurance, the knives were sharpened. This is one aspect of private healthcare in Singapore that I have serious reservations about - but, again, because it really doesn't affect me (doctors even in private sector, will waive consultation fees and procedural fees for fellow doctors, or at least offer a very generous discount), I really cannot comment too much.

Good luck bro

Some of my friends who are applying for PR say that the longer you wait, the more likely you'll get it. The rejection letter apparently comes really quickly if they deem you unsuitable/undesirable/not qualified.

Good luck to you too!

Can have security in employment

To be honest and as much as I would hate to admit it, I’ll very likely take up Singapore citizenship before I retire and give up my treasured Malaysian passport. The bulk of our properties and the majority of our wealth is parked in Singapore. My annuity is paid out in SGD. I have 0 KWSP but more than a million in my CPF. And with citizenship I won’t have to worry about whether my PR will expire while I’m based in Australia.

Once I’m in Australia, I intend to stay out and do domestic travel for at least 4 years without leaving Aussie shores. That’s why I planned the round the world trip to shake the wanderlust out of my system. Once those 4 years are fulfilled, I’ll apply for Aussie citizenship and keep my Singaporean one on the side

With a PhD, I don’t see the issue with them not granting you PR… good luck in advance!

Yeah, I thought like you once....

This post has been edited by hksgmy: Feb 5 2024, 11:45 PM

If you don’t mind me asking, in which field of study/ research was your PhD?

I’d imagine you would have NCID staff knocking on your door for your expertise especially during COVID! I reckon you’re a shoo-in for PR. Singapore would be lucky to have you

Not really, it won't help your cause if you're above 21 years old.

When I applied for mine, they went so far as to ask which denomination my religion was….

Mine was 30 years ago. Paper.

Yeah, 25-30 years ago, world was a different place.

Congratulations bro

It seems quite clear he/she will need clearance. Good luck.

That's enhanced retirement sum. The basic retirement sum is 4 times less than the enhanced, IINM

This post has been edited by hksgmy: Feb 22 2024, 02:00 PM