Singapore's PR approval odds by salary band are one of the most searched — and most misunderstood — questions in the immigration space. The honest answer is that the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) does not publish approval rates, does not disclose a minimum salary for PR, and explicitly states that applications are assessed holistically. [...]
On 26 February 2026, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Gan Kim Yong addressed Parliament during the Budget Committee of Supply debate and made a landmark announcement for Singapore's immigration landscape: the government would increase the annual permanent residency intake to approximately 40,000 grants per year, sustained across the five-year window from 2026 to 2030. [...]
In February 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong announced in Parliament that Singapore plans to increase its annual permanent resident (PR) intake to approximately 40,000 approvals per year over the next five years — up from around 35,000 in recent years. For the roughly 100,000 to 120,000 people who apply for Singapore PR each [...]