The e-PR system is ICA's online service for submitting Singapore permanent residence applications and the required applicant declarations and documents.
The sponsor or main applicant starts the application through ICA's e-Service using Singpass or the login method ICA provides.
Each person added as an applicant must review and declare the application before submission under the current process.
Required documents depend on the applicant category and must include official translations where necessary.
ICA may ask for additional information after submission.
Applicants can check status through MyICA or the linked ICA e-Service.
The sponsor or main applicant starts the application through ICA's e-Service using Singpass or the credentials ICA provides. In a spouse-of-citizen sponsored application, the Singapore citizen spouse submits. Where an adult PR applies together with a PR spouse and qualifying unmarried children below 21, each added applicant reviews and declares the application before it is submitted.
The declarations belong to the applicants. An adviser, including Pier, can review records and prepared answers within a written engagement scope, but cannot make the declarations or submit the application on the applicant's behalf.
The documents ICA asks for depend on the applicant category, so confirm the correct category before preparing the checklist. Documents not in English need accepted translations. Each person in the application needs a passport with at least six months' validity at the point of application.
ICA charges S$100 at submission for each Singapore PR application. This government fee is separate from any adviser's fees.
ICA sends an acknowledgement after a successful e-PR submission. It says applications are generally processed within six months when all required documents are submitted, although some cases take longer. During review, ICA verifies the submitted documents and declared information and may request additional documents or clarification.
A pending application is not frozen. ICA's e-Service lets applicants check the application status, use the online update function for specified changes such as address, employment or marital status, and submit requested documents through ICA's stated channel. Keep copies of the acknowledgement, the submitted forms and every update.
ICA communicates the outcome through its official channels. An approval-in-principle contains the completion instructions. After a rejection, ICA allows an online appeal within 12 months of the rejection letter with new or updated information or documents. A fresh application is a separate route, and ICA does not publish a universal mandatory waiting period for it.
No. The sponsor or main applicant submits through ICA's e-Service, and each added applicant makes their own declaration. An adviser can review records and prepared answers but cannot declare or submit for you.
ICA says PR applications are generally processed within six months when all required documents are submitted and in order, although some applications take longer.
Yes, for specified changes. ICA's online update function covers changes such as address, employment or marital status, and requested documents go through ICA's stated channel.
ICA charges S$100 at submission for each Singapore PR application. Any adviser's fees are separate from this government fee.
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The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is the Singapore government agency responsible for immigration, border control, registration services and identity documents.
Singapore permanent residence (PR) is an immigration status that lets a non-citizen reside in Singapore on a permanent basis and work without an employer-sponsored work pass.
A Re-Entry Permit (REP) is a travel document for Singapore permanent residents that supports retention of PR status while they are outside Singapore; it is not a document for Singapore citizens.