On 26 February 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong addressed the Committee of Supply debate with the most significant population policy announcement in over a decade. Singapore, he confirmed, would increase its Permanent Residency intake to approximately 40,000 per year through to 2030 — up from around 35,000 granted in 2025. For the same [...]
Singapore granted 35,264 permanent residency approvals in 2024 — the highest figure since 2010 and the clearest sign yet that Singapore is actively expanding its permanent resident community. For anyone tracking Singapore PR approvals 2026, the release of this data alongside Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong's announcement of a new annual target of approximately [...]
Singapore's Permanent Residence system is not a points table you can game, a queue you can jump, or a process with a guaranteed outcome. It is a holistic assessment conducted by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) against criteria that balance Singapore's economic, demographic, and social priorities. Understanding the three pathways — and what ICA [...]