Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Number of Persons who Renounced their Singapore Citizenship and Subsequently Reapplied in the Last Ten Years

Question:

Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the last 10 years, what is the number of applicants who have renounced and subsequently reapplied for Singapore citizenship; (b) of these applicants, what is the proportion of those who are successful; and (c) what are the primary reasons for the unsuccessful applications.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:

1.   None of the individuals who had renounced their Singapore Citizenship (SC) from 2012 to 2021 have reapplied for SC, to the best of our knowledge.