Singapore PR renewal/Becoming citizen

[bububibi]

My husband and i are both Singapore PR, he is amercian while i'm malaysian-chinese. we are now working and residing in the US. Our PR will soon be expired in March 2008 and we would like to keep our PR as we might come back to singapore one day to work again. even thought we left singapore already but we still have our CPF accounts in Singapore, now the question is, can we renew our PR without working in singapore? i also have another question, has anyone been able to become a singapore citizen without having to renounce their original citizenship, like the american or malaysian? is there a way to renew our PR without a job/working in singapore?is there a way to renew PR from overseas?

Thank you!

[not sure but...]

not sure but if you havent worked for enough of the first 5 years of PR then renewal may be hard. also not sure, but i had thought renouncing was a necessity once you acquire Sing citizenship. however, perhaps the Sing government wont notice and you certainpy wont need to renounce as far as the US or Malaysians are concerned. but, if you do move back to Sing to work and your husband still has US citizenship then he will be required to pay US taxes on all of his Sing income above US$80,000 and each US$ above this threshold willbe taxed at the higher rate, i.e, $US90000 wont be taxed at a negligible level like its his only US$10000, it will be treated like it is US$10000 at the upper rate, i.e., 40% or whatever the prevailing rate is.

[not sure but...]

...as far as i know, you have to spend a minimum of two years in Singapore out of the five to keep your PR.

[NRD]

Not applciable if spouse of the pr is a citizen, in which case the spouse's re-entry permit can be renewed indefinitely for as long as the citizen spouse retains his/her singapore citizenship, even if they do not live in singapore.

[employment necessary]

gainful employment in Singapore for at least 3 years is necessary for renewal.

[hubby of citizen]

Think I will go for my PR.  Wife is a citizen.

[NRD]

Employment is necessary only if PR was granted under the Professional Category. For PRs granted under Spouse category, one only need to show the Singaporean spouse's NRIC at the time of renewing the Re-entry permit.

[joecamel]

To become a Singapore citizen you must prove renunciation of your existing citizenship. I just did it, converting from American to Singapore citizenship, and had to submit the renunciation letter I received from the US embassy. In addition, I am also required to submit to the Singapore ICA the loss of nationality certificate that the US State Dept will issue to me in a couple of months, before I am presented with my pink IC. I did get the Singapore passport however.

[hubby of citizen]

Jusy curious ..Can a male spouse apply for citizenship ? My wife seems to think so.   Would I be forced to give up my British citizenship then or could I hold dual citizenship...I would not want to give up my UK citizenship, yet I do plan to stay here permanently.  Any brits here done this ??

[Blaze]

Male spouse can naturally apply for citizenship. Although at the same time you have to give up your previous citizenship, regardless of your country of origin.

You might also want to check where do you stand with the NS.

[hubby of citizen]

I am over 40 so am exempt.

[NS local]

You will be invited to serve NS but the next generation will have to.

[hubby of citizen]

Read the rules.  Over 40's dont do it.

Me or my wife dont have a problem with our sons doing it.  They are both singaporeans anyway.

[BTDT]

NS local, you don't know what you're talking about. New citizens get an exemption from NS letter from Mindef. That's hardly an invitation to serve NS.

[to BTDT]

Yes he does, you do not.

You are only exempt if you get it through your profession, getting it through marriage you are not exempt.

Additionally, those who get it through profession are STILL INVITED, they just do not have to accept the invitation.