His British wife will do the autocorrecting. No worries.
Should be "Can someone ADVISE me.....".
"Advice" is a noun.
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Should be "Can someone ADVISE me.....".
"Advice" is a noun.
hi scroobal
can you advise me what i should do..
My family and i left SGP on Nov 2010 , my son is born on 2006 Aug.
Right now we are based in the US and would be getting the Green Card in 30 - 45 days time...
My plan is to decide if me and son should give up our SGP citizenship and take up US citizenship.. which will take 5yrs approx.. for the naturalization process to start.
When must i inform CMPB for my son's NS obligation.. ? at what age based on his BD months. he is 9yrs old this month.
he only has completed 1 yr of Singapore Primary Education and have only been back for 15 days in Mar 2011 / 5 days in Jul 2011.
When do i need to apply exit permit and when do i need to indicate that he wants to renounce his SGP citizenship?
and if i renounced my SGP citizenship, will i loose my HDB flat? My spouse will still remain a SGP citizen.
i am thinking of holding dual citizenship.. as i have read.. there is no law in Singapore that dictates that
thanks for the help and i apologies if the questions are repeated or seem similar..
The forummers and I are happy to help wherever we can and no need to worry about repeating anything.
1) Your son is well within the cut-off age. It is used to 11 and now 12/13 (this has been a moving target)
His British wife will do the autocorrecting. No worries.
Really thankful that we have forummers here to answer questions regarding NS and immigration. Esp with the laws so secretive no wonder Singaporeans are so timid to their foreign invaders in their own country.
This is what I thought of the Singapore govt > :oIo:
Even the Chinese govt do a better advising their own people on how to settle down in other countries. This go beyond the Laws advising them on how to behave overseas. Eg do not pick flowers or bring back the ducks from the parks to make dinner.
Eg. There are handbooks listing how Perth works, how it is like to live in Perth compared to Australia as a whole, all the services and contacts on how to seek assistance and the common English words to use if they are not confident in speaking in English.
There is even a section on mental health, explaining that loneliness may set in because of the small Chinese community here and the geographical distance, etc. How they should make friends, do meaningful work, etc
What do we expect from the Singapore govt or high commission ? This > :oIo:
If you want bad service, visit any Singapore Embassy worldwide. Have horror stories from the ones on San Francisco and London for you.
there is no sg embassy in san francisco.
Yes there is its right off mission. Been there a few years ago did it close? or do you mean its a consulate not an embasy? God how nit picky
I have a question for the resident sages here.. how easy is it for someone who has given up SG citizenship, gone to a new country, taken up new citizenship there & later want to go back to SG & be citizen again? I'm curious becos those who want to have dual citizenship have to siam here, siam there just to be able to go back see family & especially when there's a kid & NS involved.
It would be nice if they had a system where you choose not to withdraw CPF, renounce citizenship and "convert" to be come Singapore PR.
Just curious though, do Singapore PRships expire? Is there a minimum residency period required to renew?
you need to apply for pr first. and you need to replenish any cpf savings that is withdrawn in the pr application process. was asked nicely to become a pr, but declined when they confirmed the cpf replenishment policy for returning ex sinkies only. it's on the ica site.
dey gif u tis re-entry permit, which lasts 4 5 or 10 yrs ... if u dun renew ur re-entry permit, den dey can consider ur pr has lapse ...... spr lasts as long as you wish to be a pr of sg. there's no renewal that i know of, unless you forgo your spr and then re-apply again. they allow you to re-apply, but they will take a looooong time to grant you a new pr ...It would be nice if they had a system where you choose not to withdraw CPF, renounce citizenship and "convert" to be come Singapore PR.
Just curious though, do Singapore PRships expire? Is there a minimum residency period required to renew?
btw, they call it "reinstatement" of cpf (and interest) if you're ex sinkie and apply for spr, and if you give up spr and re-apply for spr again.
dey gif u tis re-entry permit, which lasts 4 5 or 10 yrs ... if u dun renew ur re-entry permit, den dey can consider ur pr has lapse ...
if u 4go ur pr n re-apply, not a big prob 1 la ...
if u wanna get pr, if u r below 55 now, apply after 55 la ... lidat u nid oni put back half ur cpf ...
thanks scroobalwe just received our green cards 1 week back and indicates we are PR since Aug 11, 2012... this is beginning of a new journey....i read up looks like the naturalization process will take us about 3-4 yrs to archive...