2024 Completion Rate for Pre-Marriage Long-Term Visit Pass Assessment

Question:

Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) in 2024, what proportion of Singapore citizens and their foreign spouse-to-be who applied for Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) have completed the Pre-Marriage LTVP Assessment (PMLA); and (b) what are the efforts made by ICA to raise the awareness and encourage more such couples to take the PMLA before applying for the LTVP.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:

1. Of the Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) applications from foreign spouses of Singapore citizens processed by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in 2024, 64% of the applicants completed the Pre-Marriage LTVP Assessment (PMLA) prior to applying for LTVP.

2. ICA has provided PMLA advisories in various languages on its website, and improved the accessibility of PMLA-related information through the search engines. The “Our Marriage Journey” online portal for couples getting married also carries information on the PMLA, and officers from the Registry of Marriages and Registry of Muslim Marriages prompt couples who have not completed the PMLA to do so.