SINGAPORE: In the last three years, an average of 1,000 Singaporeans gave up their citizenship each year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said their reasons for doing so vary, and these range from marriage to foreigners, to yearning for a different environment.
Most of them took up new citizenship in countries in Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia.
Mr Wong gave this update in reply to a written question from Non—Constituency MP Sylvia Lim.
She had asked how many Singapore citizens emigrated from Singapore in the last three years, the countries they emigrated to and their reasons for doing so.
Mr Wong said those who emigrate generally do not declare this to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority when they leave.
So the only available data which gives an indication of the number of emigrants from Singapore is the number of Singaporeans who have given up their citizenship and left Singapore. — CNA/vm
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So are you planning to stay in Thailand and give up your citizenship?FinalDay wrote:SINGAPORE: In the last three years, an average of 1,000 Singaporeans gave up their citizenship each year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said their reasons for doing so vary, and these range from marriage to foreigners, to yearning for a different environment.
Most of them took up new citizenship in countries in Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia.
Mr Wong gave this update in reply to a written question from Non—Constituency MP Sylvia Lim.
She had asked how many Singapore citizens emigrated from Singapore in the last three years, the countries they emigrated to and their reasons for doing so.
Mr Wong said those who emigrate generally do not declare this to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority when they leave.
So the only available data which gives an indication of the number of emigrants from Singapore is the number of Singaporeans who have given up their citizenship and left Singapore. — CNA/vm
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that's because they never say avg span across how many years. If the figures is based on last 15 yrs then the figures will not show accurately. but if they say the figures is within the last 5 yrs then I'd agree the number is small.killersupra wrote:1000 people seems to be a small number
I expected more wahaha
I wonder how accurate is the figures.
Find a small island in thailand and we call oursleves kings.FinalDay wrote:what we see now is ppl who give up singapore citizenship.....we have not talk about ppl who leave outside singapore and may not wanna give up the citizenship but at the same time, do not want to stay in Singapore....
Sighs, I want to get out of sillypore but there is still no place like home.
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funny.......sillypore can always be your home but nobody ask you to stay at home..........get it?!Jer_ES8 wrote:Find a small island in thailand and we call oursleves kings.FinalDay wrote:what we see now is ppl who give up singapore citizenship.....we have not talk about ppl who leave outside singapore and may not wanna give up the citizenship but at the same time, do not want to stay in Singapore....
Sighs, I want to get out of sillypore but there is still no place like home.