How's the economy in Calgary?
Picking up.
So you are back in sg for $?
How's the economy in Calgary?
Nope, and no 'back' coz I'd already left. Just visiting as a FT
In order to renounce your citizenship you first have to gain citizenship in another country. Otherwise you'll end up stateless.hi everyone, i have a dilemma, yr advise will be appreciated! I'm 36 years old, married with 2 kids age 7 and 5. My job is home base (or any where within APAC) and im considering of moving to vietnam as my wife is from ho chi minh. This is a huge decision and my only concerns are my kids, i know that there are good american schools out there after doing my research but then again, you never know. So if i renounce my citizenship, will i get every penny or am i subjected to pay anything back to the government like the housing loan interest etc? I'm just very tired of Singapore because of its high living cost and im the only sole bread winner........my kids will grow up eventually and still have their SG citizenship but i dont know how it will turn out when that time comes....haiz.....
hi everyone, i have a dilemma, yr advise will be appreciated! I'm 36 years old, married with 2 kids age 7 and 5. My job is home base (or any where within APAC) and im considering of moving to vietnam as my wife is from ho chi minh. This is a huge decision and my only concerns are my kids, i know that there are good american schools out there after doing my research but then again, you never know. So if i renounce my citizenship, will i get every penny or am i subjected to pay anything back to the government like the housing loan interest etc? I'm just very tired of Singapore because of its high living cost and im the only sole bread winner........my kids will grow up eventually and still have their SG citizenship but i dont know how it will turn out when that time comes....haiz.....
In order to renounce your citizenship you first have to gain citizenship in another country. Otherwise you'll end up stateless.
Move lah. When you have another citizenship, then you claim back your CPF. Sell your assets in sinkapore before you renounce.
I have seen many Singapore citizens who renounced Singapore citizenship and now regret - correction, deeply regret - their decision. The fact that they have withdrawn their CPF monies is of little consolation.
Whatever misgivings you may have about Singapore, the fact remains that Singapore is still your home. In a foreign country (Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand, wherever) you are and always will be a lesser human being, and you will always be short-changed and exploited when it comes to work and earning a living. You WILL face racially-motivated hostility and prejudice.
Want to rough it out for a few years overseas? Gain overseas work experience? Gain overseas life experience? Take up a second citizenship like what many other Singaporeans have done? (by right and by Singapore law dual-citizenship is disallowed, but by left, well just "don't ask, don't tell"). By all means do so. Has anyone heard of anyone else who has been publicly prosecuted for holding dual citizenship? No, I didn't think so. As long as you're not a trouble-maker and not publicly bad-mouthing anyone, no one will give you any trouble. Until you actually receive official notice from the Singapore Immigration Authority, why not just continue to tread that fine line? You have nothing to lose. Or just continue holding on to your Australian PR and renew it every few years when the time comes. You can call both Singapore and Australia home.
DO NOT give up your Singapore citizenship. Don't burn all your bridges. Retain your Singapore citizenship because eventualities will arise, and you will be grateful that you still have a way out, you still have a way back home.
Do not learn things the hard way. Take this piece of advice: do not give up Singapore citizenship. If anything untoward happens to you and you find yourself a victim in your new adopted home, viciously harrassed and harangued on all sides, you will have no way out and you will be well and truly alone. You will well and truly be at the mercy of your enemies. You may be temperate and peaceable, not the type to make an enemy out of anyone, wanting nothing more than a happy and peaceable life, but there will be legions out there who will only be too glad to make an enemy out of you for no other reason than because of your ethnicity and the fact that you are a foreigner.
In a foreign land, you are nothing more than a resource to be exploited. The attitude taken towards you will be clinically calculated, detached, methodical and unconscionable exploitation.
everyone is different. not all will end up no good.
Why migrate? Singapore is the best country in the world to live in. Most powerful passport, highest GDP, best quality of life, govt. plan your life from cradle to grave,etc.etc. Why give all these up to become 2nd-class citizen in a foreign land. Everything the govt. did was for the good of the country, and for your own good. For example, if return all your cpf to you, you might lose all your cpf in a jiffy. You should count your blessings, lucky Singaporeans.
FT means you working in sg lah. So for $$ still! LOL!
bro if i remember correctly once a person renounce their sg citisenship he or she are not allowed to work in sg.
bro if i remember correctly once a person renounce their sg citisenship he or she are not allowed to work in sg.