For every parent that did the right thing, I wonder how many have sons who will never see Singapore for the rest of the lives.
The form requires providing everything about parents and all siblings, from the moment they are born. In the meantime, someone who has never been a Singaporean, never been to Singapore has a shorter form to fill and the response is faster.
The form requires providing everything about parents and all siblings, from the moment they are born. In the meantime, someone who has never been a Singaporean, never been to Singapore has a shorter form to fill and the response is faster.
I was having dinner with some former Singaporeans last night in Perth. The older of them had been in Oz for nearly 15 years now. He related 2 anecdotes which I found quite enlightening.
The 2nd story is about himself . He had already given up Singapore citizenship many many years back, and was on an Australian passport. Then a few years ago, he company wanted to send him to look after their branch in Singapore. So now he would be an expat. But when they applied for his employment pass, it seemed that the Singapore government was tracking his "ex-Singaporeaness" and gave another stack of forms to fill out - which asked for his parents personal details (now deceased) like what the father worked as, etc, his siblings details - including NRIC, address, etc. He was pissed off and returned the unfilled application back with a letter saying:
"I am not applying for a job. I already have a job. I am not applying for permanent residency. We have a choice of setting up our company in Singapore, Hong Kong or Shanghai, and we chose Singapore for business reasons. If you have any issue about granting me an employment pass, please let me know, and we shall shut down our branch in Singapore and we shall pull out our operations and move to either Hong Kong or Shanghai as required." He copied the letter to the head of another stat board.
He received a reply shortly, stating they apologised for the incovenience, and he would be issued his employment pass without any further delay.
Of course, I have no corroboration as to whether the second story is true, but there seemed to be no reason for him to make up the story. If true, it shows that the SG govt does track those (or at least some) who give up their citizenship, and then make it very hard for them to get back into the country.