PR Rejected

[Ah A]

got my approval yesterday after 6months

May i know when did you apply?On which year and month?
Cause i'm applying for my wife very soon.Thanks.

[Ah A]

Interesting.....this is the first concrete bit of news I have seen regarding REP...

Yahoos news blog

ICA turns down 2% of PRs’ re-entry permits annually
By Faris – January 11th, 2011

For the past three years, the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) has rejected about 2 per cent of re-entry permit applications from permanent residents (PRs).

This was revealed by the Home Affairs Minister, K. Shanmugam, in response to a question from Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Audrey Wong, on the number of PRs who could not renew their re-entry permits.

According to The Straits Times, PRs are required to have a valid re-entry permit if they wish to travel out of Singapore, so they can retain their PR status while away from the country. They are required to renew the re-entry permit on a periodic basis.

However, Mr Shanmugam said that reasons for rejection of applications included an applicant’s prolonged absence from Singapore, lack of gainful employment at the time of a renewal application or lack of family roots in Singapore.

In addition, for PRs who are dependents such as spouses or elderly parents, the loss of the PR status of their sponsor would mean that their re-entry permit applications would also be rejected.

Can you share with me,what about the gross salary do this count as well?Cause i'm a low income earner.I earn only a gross of $1200 only per month.Thanks.

[LAC]

Hello All,

If my PR is rejected does that mean that my EP will be revoked? How does this work. I have been in Singapore for 4 years, I am English, P1 Employment pass, working in financial industry. I have no education, so am a little worried about the rejection.

Any advise much appreciated.

 

[MB7]

LAC, PR(processed by ICA) and EP(processed by MOM) are two different things and rejection of your PR application will in no way affect your EP. You can still continue with your EP as long as your company want's to keep you.

[CoolBuddy]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to update the forum with my PR approval. Thought it might help some one who is looking for any good news..

I am from India, living here for the past 4.5 years.

My Profile:
Salary: S$ 11k per month
EP Pass: P1
Family: PR application with my wife and one year old son.
Education: Me and my wife hold an MBA from a good university in India
PR Approval time: 2 Months and 29 Days

Hope this is helpfull and wish every one GOOD LUCK.

[also applied]

I applied for PR for myself, wife and daughters but not my son because we may not be  here at the time he is up for NS.  I got a letter from ICA asking for an explanation of why he is not included in the PR application.  If we say we may not be here at that time, would that mean they are more likely to reject us?  It seems that it should be obvious that not all PR's will remain permanently and can't know this far ahead.  Has anyone else faced this?

[Eat your cake]

I applied for PR for myself, wife and daughters but not my son because we may not be  here at the time he is up for NS.  I got a letter from ICA asking for an explanation of why he is not included in the PR application.  If we say we may not be here at that time, would that mean they are more likely to reject us?  It seems that it should be obvious that not all PR's will remain permanently and can't know this far ahead.  Has anyone else faced this?

You have to ask yourself why immigration would want to approve your PERMANENT residency application for your family if you are already giving the impression that you want to jump ship the moment your son is liable for national service. Permanent residency confers certain privileges in exchange for certain commitments from the beneficiary. Just continue with your EP if you are not willing to enter this barter.

[Shades]

Well it is only permanent if you can get your re-entry permit renewed every ten years...

[In the pink]

Well it is only permanent if you can get your re-entry permit renewed every ten years...

Or five years even.

[Dejected]

4 years in Singapore working as a Private Banking RM. PR just rejected no reason given. Wife + 2 kids. Could not include my son as he must do NS in our home country (RoK).

[there you go]

4 years in Singapore working as a Private Banking RM. PR just rejected no reason given. Wife + 2 kids. Could not include my son as he must do NS in our home country (RoK).

That's the reason right there

[Cake was good]

I applied for PR for myself, wife and daughters but not my son because we may not be  here at the time he is up for NS.  I got a letter from ICA asking for an explanation of why he is not included in the PR application.  If we say we may not be here at that time, would that mean they are more likely to reject us?  It seems that it should be obvious that not all PR's will remain permanently and can't know this far ahead.  Has anyone else faced this?

You have to ask yourself why immigration would want to approve your PERMANENT residency application for your family if you are already giving the impression that you want to jump ship the moment your son is liable for national service. Permanent residency confers certain privileges in exchange for certain commitments from the beneficiary. Just continue with your EP if you are not willing to enter this barter.

Well, me and my wife applied (both P1) applied for PR and did not include our 3 sons. We just put a note in the application saying that we will also let them make the decision themselves in "due time". We got our PRs and the kids are now on student passes. This was mid-2009 though, obviously the "circumstances" are different now..

[justhangingaround]

4 years in Singapore working as a Private Banking RM. PR just rejected no reason given. Wife + 2 kids. Could not include my son as he must do NS in our home country (RoK).

that is the reason.

[Blaze]

I applied for PR for myself, wife and daughters but not my son because we may not be  here at the time he is up for NS.  I got a letter from ICA asking for an explanation of why he is not included in the PR application.  If we say we may not be here at that time, would that mean they are more likely to reject us?  It seems that it should be obvious that not all PR's will remain permanently and can't know this far ahead.  Has anyone else faced this?

I think it's a bit too obvious if you only leave out your son but include your daughters in your PR application. Same goes with "Dejected". The people I know have applied student passes for all their kids while applying PR for the parents. Seems to be much better, at least it was few years back.

[TO-ICA]

I just received my PR notice "REJECTED"... I work in my company for 3 years and this is the first time I applied and my salary is S$2,5++ holding S-Pass and I am staying in a condo for 3 years and I had 3 professional certificates and I had 14 years experience in IT and after 3 months I received the result "R E J E C T E D".... Why I C A? For bunch of application you received in your office how many are you trying to check all the applications for PR? I guess they are doing it on a raffle draw basis.... Too bad... Singapore can live without foreigners i guess.... Good luck Singapore...