Question:
Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past five years, how many Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) applicants have requested for non-spousal sponsorship for their LTVP renewals.
Answer:
1. In the past five years, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) received an average of 24,255 applications each year from Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) holders who requested for the renewal of their pass through non-spousal sponsorship. These LTVP holders include children and parents of Singapore citizens and permanent residents. The breakdown of applications per year from 2015-2019 is as follows:
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Number of LTVP renewal applications with non-spousal sponsors
(unique)
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26,723
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24,776
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22,788
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22,382
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24,604
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