Non-Citizens
Second Generation Permanent Residents are required to go through
compulsory full-time national service as well as reservist duties
after they have completed their full-time national service and
turns operationally-ready.
After completing full-time national service, they are eligible to
apply for Singapore citizenship. However, citizenship is not
guaranteed for all applicants, as there are certain criteria that
must be met such as educational qualifications and income
qualifications. From 2006 to 2010, about 2% of 3,000 Second
Generation Permanent Residents who completed full-time national
service and applied for Singapore citizenship were rejected.
If the person does not hold Singapore citizenship but still holds
Singapore permanent residency, he is still required to serve the
service requirement, i.e. reservist duties after he turns
operationally-ready.
Singapore Permanent Residents who served national service but did
not acquire Singapore citizenship will be treated equally to those
permanent residents without service obligation; they would not have
access to the privileges granted to Singapore citizens.