Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) Scheme

[fai2485]

Is there a such thing called LPR in Singapore? I saw this website and they said:

"If you have acceptable professional or tertiary qualifications and are interested in relocating to Singapore but are not yet working in Singapore, you can apply for LPR under this scheme. Successful applicants have ONE (1) year to find a job or relocate their families to Singapore, upon which permanent residence will be granted."


http://www.smcmc.com/faqs/faqs3.htm

Is this legit or scam?

[Turnip]

Not a scam, just very old and out of date information.

Go to the ICA website for current information

[LPR]

I've met several people here on LPR.  All have been Indonesian Chinese.  Maybe a coincidence, but just stating what I've seen.

[elenia]

Does anyone know where to get application form for LPR fresh graduate??
i'm trying to apply by myself
Need helpp

[Spoon Feeder]

From the Guide Me Singapore website

The Landed Permanent Resident (LPR) scheme allows you to apply for Singapore permanent residence while you are still working and living overseas. What's the catch? The LPR Scheme is open only to those individuals who have top notch education or professional background. As a rule of thumb, you must be in the top 1% of your competitive landscape on a global basis in order to qualify for Landed Permanent Resident scheme. For an overview of various Singapore PR schemes available, refer to Singapore Permanent Residence Schemes guide.

Landed Permanent Residence means Singapore government is ready to grant you permanent residence subject to your actual relocation to Singapore. When your LPR application is approved, your have in-principle-approval from Singaoure government but still some work remains ahead of you. You will be given one year to find work and relocate to Singapore.

If jobs are hard to come by, all may not be lost.  Our past experience shows that as long as you have physically relocated to Singapore, rented or purchased a residential property, have put your children in Singapore schools, authorities will be willing to grant you the Singapore PR status. Normally, PR status is granted for five years initially and renewable thereafter as long as you continue to reside in Singapore. You are eligible to apply for Singapore Citizenship after two years of obtaining your PR status.

[WTF?]

The information provided by Spoon Feeder is quite interesting. 

On the one hand, "The LPR Scheme is open only to those individuals who have top notch education or professional background. As a rule of thumb, you must be in the top 1% of your competitive landscape on a global basis in order to qualify".  On the other hand, "If jobs are hard to come by, all may not be lost."

Now, excuse me for being amazed but would you expect people who are in the top !% of their profession on a global basis to find jobs hard to come by?!!

Moreover, how many people at the very top of their careers want to relocate permanently to Singapore from other places?  Nice place though it is,I would say it is a very small pond for such big fish to swim in, don't you?

[LPR seen it]

I've had two girls (both, as someone else said above, Indo Chinese) who were LPR's.  Both were young and recent university grads - certainly not the top 1% of anything except spoiled rich girls from moneybags Indo families.

From what they told me, you cannot apply directly.  There is an "approved agent" that you must use.  It costs some not insignificant money.  You need to be Chinese ethnicity.

[MAYA M]

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I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THINGS ARE SUBMITTED TO ATTAIN THIS
LPR APPLICATION AND HOW LONG DOES VERIFICATION TAKE? HOW ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN EPEC? WILL THEY STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LPR STATUS?

[yesyougo]

hi all, is a chinese ethnic guaranteed an approval of LPR? we can make LPR through SMCMC spore, right? or is there anyelse place I can go to? I am a fresh graduate, and hope can work in spore, thank you 

[well in the past....]

Singapore had an unashamedly pro-Chinese migration scheme (still is, just better hidden) so if you are ethnic Chinese, LPR is definitely a good way to go.