Last week, I received my Letter of Approval for Singapore Citizenship and was informed that I have to proceed to renounce my Malaysian Citizenship before registering for Singapore Citizenship.
Before going to the High Commission of Malaysia, have these documents with you. They are open from 8am-11am. Unlike passport application, you do not need to go super early to get a queue number. In fact, there is no crowd. Usually just about 10-15 person in the consular office at one time.
- Original Approval Letter for Singapore Citizenship registration + 2 Photocopies of 1st page. (Attachment page is not required.)
- Latest Passport (There is no need for your previous/expired passports.
- Original Birth Certificate (Laminated) + 2 Photocopies front and back.
- Original MyKad (Malaysia IC) + 2 Photocopies front and back.
- Original Blue IC (Singapore PR NRIC) + 2 Photocopies front and back.
- 3 Passport Size Photos (White Background)
- SGD $10.00.
So today, I headed down to Jervois Road (High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore) to process it.
**I believe you should always be nice to everyone you meet along the way. It makes things easier, release tension and you also feel happier.**
Head first to the security guard house outside.
Exchange for a visitor pass with an alternative identification card (For eg: Driving License etc). This is because you will need your MyKad (Malaysia IC) and Blue IC (Singapore PR NRIC) with you for verification and submission.
Next go in by the side gate, you may ask any person where is the consular office. Its actually on the far right if you are facing the office for passport application.
At the consular office, there is a officer in white at the corner of the room where all the forms are.
Go to him and let him know that you wanted to renounce your Malaysian Citizenship since you have the approval letter.
He will go through your documents to see if you have it all ready.
Once clear, he will pass you 1 set of forms (renunciation of malaysian citizenship, K form and additional info) in white to fill up.
He will also inform you to fill it up in BLACK PEN, CAPITAL LETTERS and NO CANCELLATION. I wrote in capital letters because it is still ringing in my head. Haha.
Somebody fill it up in blue and was reprimanded by him. Haiz. Sorry I have no answer for you if you were to ask "why must it be in black pen?"
Ok, once you complete the 1st set of forms in white return it to him and he will pass you another 2 pieces of K form. This time the forms are in yellow. And yes, same instructions BLACK PEN, CAPITAL LETTERS and NO CANCELLATION.
When all are completed (White and yellow forms), again he will verify everything and he will take both your left and right thumbprint and give you a queue number.
This is the easier part. Once your number is called, go to the counter and the lady will ask for all your photocopy documents and originals. The only item she will return to you is your Blue IC (Singapore PR NRIC), the rest of them will be kept. She will also paste the passport size photos onto your forms.
Once she is done, she will ask you for payment which is SGD$10 and issue you a collection slip that looks something like this.
As you can see, I submitted my documents on 29 October 2013 and it was reflected on the slip that I can collect it on 1st November 2013 between 2:30pm to 3:30pm. Approximately 3 working days later.
Additional info: If you do not know how to fill up forms in Malay Language, download these sample forms K Form Sample and you may get a friend to help you translate or get translation online first before you go to the High Commission of Malaysia.
I was there at 10am and was done by 1030am. Hope this information helps you!
(Updated 24th February 2014)
However before I do that I had to first go to ICA (6th Floor) to request for a true certificate of Singapore which took 2 weeks to process.
-2 photocopies of the true Singapore Citizenship (Front and Back)
-2 photocopies of Singapore Passport (Bio-data page only)
-2 photocopies of the Certified NRIC from ICA (Front and Back)
With that, I can collect the Borang K from Malaysia High Comm.
Note, collection is from 2:30pm to 4pm Mon - Fri only. And in your letter there will be a cut off date so careful with that.
After you have collected your Borang K, do not forget that you have to again submit it to ICA.
(Updated 22nd March 2014)
Hi guys,
We have a nice reader who personally emailed me these information to share with you guys.
we hope it helps you.
Direct from our kind reader and contributor "Clee",
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1) for children less than 16, do not have to do the renunciation. Just bring them directly to the registration appointment with the approval letter from ICA and other required docs beside the renunciation letter.
2) For property and insurance I think need to update the info cox need to ensure your ownership of these assets.
3) For Bank account need to make sure you maintain the accounts in active status. Bank Negara ruling if an account no in n out movement for 1 yr then will be inactive. If the account inactive, and you no longer holding Malaysian NRIC, you need to go to the home branch to update your info to reactive the account. I did that last week for my maybank because I need to withdraw my EPF.
4) For EPF withdrawal, only can be done after received the official Borang K. Together with Borang K, EPF withdrawal form, payment info like bank details or bank draft mode, singapore passport, you may proceed to ANY KWSP branch to submit the application. Process only take 2 weeks to disburse the payment. alternatively, you can get any 'authorised' person to certified the documents then send to KWSP by post. Pls note if direct into the bank account, you need to update your citizenship with the bank. If bank draft then will send to your address stated in the EPF form.
5) if you have a newborn babies just born before your registration date of Sg citizenship. He/She need to apply PR first (to ensure the bb can stay longer period in Sg before he/she become Singaporean). Once you done the registration of citizenship you can on the spot apply Sg citizenship for your newly born bb. Mine got approved in 1 week time.
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