With stricter approval criteria and stringent screening of applications the much coveted Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) status is becoming elusive for foreign immigrants, but most applicants are taking the Professionals Technical and Skilled workers scheme route and remain optimistic says Rikvin Consultancy
Singapore government has been raising the bar higher for PR hopefuls, in response to the sentiments on ground. The gripe against competition from foreign talents did not go unheard and measures were taken since last year to pace down their influx in order to tame the competition. The strong hint of reassurance came early this year when the then DPM Wong Kan Seng, revealed that only 29,265 foreigners were granted PR, which is less than half of what was granted in 2009 (59,460 passes). Notably, this fades much in comparison against the previous years’ approval numbers – 79,200 foreigners were granted PR, in 2008 and 63,600 approvals were made in 2007. Full story
