Singapore Permanent Residents Relinquishing Their Permanent Residency Status
Parliament of Singapore · 15 October 2012
Official Report, 15 October 2012, Vol 89, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Prime Minister (a) what is the annual number of Singapore permanent residents who gave up their permanent residency status between 2006 and 2011; and (b) what are the common reasons cited.
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Mr Teo Chee Hean (for the Prime Minister): An average of 3,400 Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) renounced their permanent residence status each year from 2006 to 2011. This works out to an annual renunciation rate of about 0.7% out of the average stock of 500,000 PRs during this period. PRs are not required to give reasons for their renunciations.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 15 October 2012. Republished on SGParliament.