Foreign Spouses

Parliament of Singapore · 9 January 2012

Official Report, 9 January 2012, Vol 88, Issue 9 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ang Hin KeeTharman Shanmugaratnam
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Mr Ang Hin Kee asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower in the past three years (a) how many Singaporeans have foreign spouses who are not Singapore Permanent Residents; (b) how many of these foreign spouses have work permits; and (c) how many work permit applications submitted by these foreign spouses were rejected.

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Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The table below shows the figures for the 2008-2010 period:

a) average number of foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens (SCs) on Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP), b) average number of foreign spouses of SCs on Work Permit (WP), and c) average proportion of rejected WP applications submitted by foreign spouses of SCs.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 9 January 2012. Republished on SGParliament.