New Citizens Renouncing Singapore Citizenship and Permanent Residents Renouncing PR Status
Parliament of Singapore · 1 August 2022
Official Report, 1 August 2022, Vol 95, Issue 65 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
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Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) for each year since 2000, how many new citizens have renounced their Singapore citizenship; and (b) for each year from 2000 to 2018, how many permanent residents (PRs) have renounced their PR status.
Mr K Shanmugam: Between 2000 and 2021, an average of about 290 naturalised Singapore citizens (SCs) renounced their SC status annually.
Between 2000 and 2018, an average of about 3,370 Permanent Residents (PRs) renounced their PR status annually.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 1 August 2022. Republished on SGParliament.