Persons Granted Singapore Citizenship
Parliament of Singapore · 14 May 2012
Official Report, 14 May 2012, Vol 89, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Mrs Lina Chiam asked the Prime Minister of the number of persons granted Singapore citizenship annually from 1980 to 2011, what are the annual breakdown figures in terms of (i) permanent residents; and (ii) foreigners.
(for the Prime Minister): In the past five years, there were on average about 18,500 individuals granted Singapore Citizenship (SC) annually. Close to 90% were Permanent Residents (PRs) when they were granted citizenship. The others who were granted SC were children of Singapore citizens born overseas who subsequently registered for Singapore citizenship as well as minors of successful SC applicants. Under the Constitution, minors do not need to obtain PR status first in order to be eligible for citizenship.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 14 May 2012. Republished on SGParliament.