Written Replies to Parliamentary Questions

Written Reply to Parliament Question on Statistics of Successful Citizenship Application from 2012 to 2016 by Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law

Published: 11 September 2017

Question:

 

Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the last five years, how many PRs and non-PRs were successful in their application for citizenship respectively, broken down by age group.

 

Answer:

 

In the past five years, about 20,900 individuals were granted Singapore Citizenship (SC) annually. More than half of them were aged 30 years and below when they were granted SC. About 85% were Permanent Residents (PRs) when they were granted SC. The others were children of Singapore citizens born overseas who subsequently registered for SC, as well as the minor children of successful SC applicants. Under the Constitution, minors do not need to obtain PR status first in order to be eligible for citizenship.

 

Year SC Granted
  PRs Other  Total
2016 18,380 (83%); 3,722(17%) 22,102
2015 17,442 (84%) 3,373 (16%) 20,815
2014 17,364 (85%) 2,984 (15%) 20,348
2013 17,468 (85%) 3,104 (15%) 20,572
2012 17,958 (87%) 2,735 (13%) 20,693
Annual average granted for 2012-2016 17,722 (85%) 3,184 (15%) 20,906

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