Data on applications for and approval rates of permanent residency by Singapore citizens for aged parents from 2020 to 2025

Question:

Ms Lee Hui Ying: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) what has been the annual number of applications for Permanent Residence by a Singapore citizen for an aged parent; and (b) the respective approval rate for such applications from 2020 to 2025.

Answer:

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

1. From 2020 to 2025, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) processed an annual average of 1,900 applications for Permanent Residence (PR) from Singapore Citizens for their aged parents. An average of 1% were approved.