Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) FAQ

1. Are all LPR applications guaranteed to be approved?
   No. There are no guarantees that your LPR application will be approved. You can check with your local agent, and they will also say the same. Singapore Immigration & Checkpoint Authority is the final approving authority for LPR application. But all my clients so far are all approved. My advice is as long as you fulfill all the requirements, and you do not have any bad records in Singapore, you have a big chance to be approved.
   
   
2. Is LPR the same as PR ?
   The answer can be yes or no. Yes, if it's related to job offer. LPR is treated the same as PR in job application. But LPR is only a temporary PR, it only allows you to stay and look for job for at most 1 year, you have to find a job within that time to convert to PR. After you get your PR, you can stay long term and enjoy more benefits compared to other foreigners.
   
   
3. What are the benefits of being PR?
   As a PR, you are considered a Singapore residence, so you can stay for long term in Singapore, without feeling worry for visa extension. You can apply for a library membership, credit card easily. You get subsidized on medical bill. You can purchase public housing flat, etc.
   
   
4. I heard that being a PR, my salary is cut off? Is that true?
   That's absolutely wrong! As a PR, your salary is added by the company, for first year PR, you earn 104% of your salary, 2nd year 109%, 3rd year and so on 114.5% . The amount that is deducted is your cash portion, but the deduction plus additional from company will go into your CPF saving account. This is still your money, you can use it to buy property, for medical bill, and for retirement. For more info about CPF, please click here.
   
   
5. Can't find the answer of your questions, please leave comments below.
   

Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) Service

Who am I ? My name is William, I am currently staying in Singapore. I went into Singapore by LPR, and I found my first job here just 3 days after my LPR approval came out. I want to help everyone who wants to apply LPR, until now I already applied 10 LPR applications and the results are all approved. My mission is to help you to apply LPR with affordable fee and good service.

My service will cover:

1. I will explain personally to you in detail what are the documents needed.
2. I will also explain on how to translate and certify your documents.
3. After documents are all ready, please mail to my home address and I will check everything.
4. You transfer the amount of cash to submit your LPR application, the LPR fee for my service is S$ 1200 for fresh graduates and S$ 2000 for non-fresh graduates. Fresh graduates are everyone who has not exceeded 1 year after degree graduation and has no work experience when applying LPR. For anyone who has exceeded 1 year, they have to pay non-fresh graduates fee. The fee is not refundable regardless on your LPR approval.
   
5. I will do preparation and arrange the submission, and submit your documents.
6. Wait for the processing time around 6 months to 1 year.
7. LPR approval letter will be sent to my home address, I will inform you when the result come out, and give all approval documents to you once you arrive in Singapore.

Why do you choose me?

1. Cheaper fee.
   You can compare the fee with your local agent, from what I know, an agent in Indonesia charges S$ 1500 for fresh graduates and S$ 2300 for non-fresh graduates.
2. Faster Process
   Once I received all documents completely and also the fee, I will directly arrange for submission and submit it directly to Singapore. I will submit one for every application I receive, I do not pool and wait for some applications and submit them together.
3. Trustability
   I have submitted 10 LPR applications from either my friends or my friends' friend or even from someone who really doesn't know me at all. After they got their LPR, they flew to Singapore and they got a job in less than 1 month.
   

If you have any questions, I have list down common questions on FAQ section, or if you want to engage my service, you can leave your email on comments below. I will get back to you soon :)

How is the procedure to apply Landed Permanent Residence (LPR)?

After knowing that you are eligible to apply, these are the procedure to apply Landed Permanent Residence:

1. You must translate and certified your documents to English
   I will explain the documents needed in detail, if you are really interested to apply LPR, you can contact me here.
   
   
2. You have to choose agent in your country who provides LPR application service. In Indonesia, they charge for S$ 1500 for fresh graduates and S $2500 for non-fresh graduates. Fresh graduates are everyone who has not exceed 1 year after degree graduation and has no work experience when applying LPR. For anyone who has exceed 1 year, they have to pay non-fresh graduates fee.
   
   
3. Documents submission to Singapore, this will be done by your agent or by yourself if you come directly to Singapore and process it by yourself.
   
   
4. Wait for 6 months to 1 year processing time, and the LPR approval letter will come out and sent to your home address or your agent. Congratulations for your LPR!

This is where I provide my service, I can help you to apply LPR, of course with better offer compared to agents. You can still stay in your own country while doing the process and waiting for LPR approval and finally you come to Singapore armed with LPR :)
But before you decide to engage my service, let me introduce myself here.

Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) Eligibility

Before we go to the procedure, we will discuss what is the eligibility to apply for LPR?

1. You must hold a tertiary education qualification.
   You have to hold at least Bachelor Degree from reputable university in your country. Sorry for Diploma holder, you are not eligible to apply, but you can pursue your Bachelor Degree first and apply for LPR.
   
   
2. You are not more than 50 years of age.
   Singapore needs a young and productive workforce, so you have to be less than 50 to be eligible to apply. If you are more than 50, and you have your kids graduated, you can apply LPR for your kids, and once your kids get LPR approved, and find a job, he/she can apply Long Term Social Visit Pass (LTSVP) for their parents.
   
   
3. You are not working in Singapore
   This is the most fundamental requirement, you are not allowed to work in Singapore when you apply for LPR. If you are currently working under working visa, you are not allowed to apply LPR, but you are allowed to apply PR after at least 6 months of work.

Next is the procedure to apply Landed Permanent Residence, read here.

Why Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) ?

Actually, you do not need to apply LPR in order to work in Singapore. You can use the working visa scheme, as long as you can find a company which want to sponsor for you. Unfortunately, there is a quota limitation in sponsoring foreigner working visa for every company (source: MOM). That is why most companies prefer to hire citizens or PR rather than foreigners. In addition to that, the advantage for employers is that there is less paperwork, formalities and expenses involved. So it's better for you to apply LPR first prior to coming and looking for job in Singapore.

When you come to Singapore, you are given 30 days tourist visa, which means you are allowed to stay in Singapore only for 30 days, you can extend your visa once, so total you get 2x30 days to find a job with company who wants to sponsor visa. If let's say you can't find a job within 2x30 days, sorry, you have to leave Singapore.

The easier way is by using Landed Permanent Residence (LPR). By holding LPR status, you are entitled to 2x6 months, total 1 year visa, more than sufficient time to find a job! And more over, you are treated equally as Singaporean and PR for job application, because you do not need visa sponsorship from company. There are no companies which do not want to employ PR status, while many companies do not want to sponsor working visa for foreigner.

As soon as you get a job in Singapore, you can convert your LPR to PR very easily, and congratulations for your new job and your future better living in Singapore!

Interested to find more about LPR? What is LPR eligibility? Please click here.

What is Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) ?

First of all, for you who intends to work in Singapore, you need to have a status, unless you work as illegal worker or immigrant.

The status could be:

1. Singaporean (Singapore citizenship)
   This is a local citizen, which would not be appropriate for you, because you are definitely still holding your home country citizenship. So I wouldn't explain on this.
   
   
2. Permanent Residence (PR)
   This is a residence status, you are still holding your own country citizenship, while you are eligible to stay and work in Singapore. PR is equivalent to Singaporean, in terms of job finding, most of job ads put "Singaporean / PR may apply", means they only consider applicants which is Singaporean or PR, and not foreigner. As a PR, you are free to stay in Singapore for long term, without feeling worry about your visa extension.
   
   
3. Working Visa (S-Pass, E-Pass)
   This is the working visa for foreigner. You have to be employed to get this visa. Company MUST sponsor and pay for you! and there is quota limitation for it. That is why most company do not want to hassle with this, and it's much more convenient for them to hire PR / Singaporean. Using this visa, if you resign on your job, your status becomes tourist visa again, which means, you have to find other company to sponsor visa for you, or else you have to leave Singapore in 30days.

From the title, What is Landed Permanent Residence (LPR) ?
LPR is a temporary PR, which allows you to look for job in Singapore for 1 year. LPR status is equivalent to PR or even Singaporean, so you have the same chance to be hired among them. As soon as you find a job, you can upgrade your LPR status to PR easily.

Then, you maybe have some questions in your mind, why do we need LPR? Can we find a job without LPR? Find your answer here.

Working in Singapore?

Tired of daily traffic jam, flooding, and especially low wages/salary? Have you ever dreamed to leave your country and relocate to other country for better living? Many people thought of going overseas to work, but their intention never come to reality, because of fear and not-confidence. Some people who are brave enough to leave their home country, can achieve a better quality of life. Are you thinking the same as this?

Singapore is one of the best country in Asia, or even in the world, to get a better living. It's located on the strategic location, between Indonesia and Malaysia, it's a small country, but yet a powerful country, especially for its technology applied for living.
For you living in Jakarta, Indonesia, you have a very bad public transportation (sorry to say this, but it's true), even Busway doesn't solve the problem. For you who have a car, you still have to struggle through traffic jam, daily, from your home to office, and unwillingly, your life is wasted on the road. At a glance, Singapore has what so called Mass Rapid Transportation (MRT), it's a public transportation city train, fully air-conditioned, very fast speed, serving most of location in Singapore, and of course it's very convenient compared to Indonesia's public transportation.

The cleanliness and security in Singapore makes you feel comfortable when you walk on side of the road, without feeling worry of pickpocket or robbery. The food is not as tasty, but it's guaranteed of its freshness and hygiene standard, as the government really put their effort to ensure the food quality is there.

So, what are you waiting for? Read more here.