ITEMS TO NOTE FOR RENUNCIATION OF SINGAPORE CITIZENSHIP This set of renunciation application form may take you approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete after reading the attached Instructional Note. You will need the relevant documents mentioned in this note to complete the application form. 1. A citizen of Singapore can only renounce his/her Singapore citizenship if he/she is of or over the age of 21 years and has acquired citizenship of another country. 2. Please complete the attached declaration form and take note of the following: It has to be affirmed before a Consular Officer of Singapore or a person for the time being authorised by law in your country of residence to administer an Oath for any judicial or other legal process (with his Official Seal / Name Stamp affixed OR Appointment letter.) Your name written on the form is to follow Singapore Identity Card or Singapore Birth Certificate (if you were not issued with a Singapore Identity Card). To countersign next to any amendments if you have made on the form. (Please do not use correction fluid on the form). To complete all the attached forms (including the Personal Particulars / Family Background forms). 3. When submitting the declaration to this Office for registration, please forward the following:- a. A processing fee of US$27 in the form of a Money Order or Cashier’s Check made payable to “Singapore Consulate-General”. Please do not send cash by post. Payment may be made in cash if you are submitting the application in person over the counter. Please note that personal/corporate checks will not be accepted. b. Photocopy of your Singapore birth certificate OR return the original Singapore Citizenship Certificate for cancellation. c. Return the original Singapore identity card AND original Singapore passport for cancellation (Please note that ICA would be retaining these documents). d. *If you have misplaced any of the above documents, you are required to make a statutory declaration or provide a police report explaining the loss of the document/s. If the document lost is the identity card, please also complete the thumbprint impression form attached, which is required to be duly notarized by a Notary Public/Commissioner for Oaths. e. A certified true copy of your foreign citizenship certificate and passport. Such certification must be made by a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths or the foreign embassy in Singapore. f. If you have changed your name, you have to produce documentary evidence from the relevant authorities to substantiate the change (eg Deed Poll, Marriage Certificate, Change of Name Certificate, etc). Privacy Statement The ICA collects personal information to administer immigration and registration functions in Singapore. We may share necessary data with other Government agencies (or non-Government entities which have been authorised to carry out specific Government services) to process any applications you have made or to render you a service, so as to serve you in a most efficient and effective way, unless such sharing is prohibited by legislation. Processing time is at least 12 weeks from the receipt of complete documents. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority will inform you in writing if you have successfully renounced your Singapore citizenship. Singapore Consulate-General 595 Market Street Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel : 415-543-4775 Fax : 415-543-4788 Email : [email protected] Renun. Note 18 August 2015

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ITEMS TO NOTE FOR RENUNCIATION OF SINGAPORE CITIZENSHIP

This set of renunciation application form may take you approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete after reading the attached Instructional Note.

You will need the relevant documents mentioned in this note to complete the application form.

1. A citizen of Singapore can only renounce his/her Singapore citizenship if he/she is of or over the

age of 21 years and has acquired citizenship of another country.

2. Please complete the attached declaration form and take note of the following:

It has to be affirmed before a Consular Officer of Singapore or a person for the time being authorised by law in your country of residence to administer an Oath for any judicial or other legal process (with his Official Seal / Name Stamp affixed OR Appointment letter.)

Your name written on the form is to follow Singapore Identity Card or Singapore Birth Certificate (if you were not issued with a Singapore Identity Card).

To countersign next to any amendments if you have made on the form. (Please do not use correction fluid on the form).

To complete all the attached forms (including the Personal Particulars / Family Background forms).

3. When submitting the declaration to this Office for registration, please forward the following:-

a. A processing fee of US$27 in the form of a Money Order or Cashier’s Check made payable to “Singapore Consulate-General”. Please do not send cash by post. Payment may be made in cash if you are submitting the application in person over the counter. Please note that personal/corporate checks will not be accepted.

b. Photocopy of your Singapore birth certificate OR return the original Singapore Citizenship Certificate for cancellation.

c. Return the original Singapore identity card AND original Singapore passport for cancellation

(Please note that ICA would be retaining these documents). d. *If you have misplaced any of the above documents, you are required to make a statutory

declaration or provide a police report explaining the loss of the document/s. If the document lost is the identity card, please also complete the thumbprint impression form attached, which is required to be duly notarized by a Notary Public/Commissioner for Oaths.

e. A certified true copy of your foreign citizenship certificate and passport. Such certification must

be made by a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths or the foreign embassy in Singapore.

f. If you have changed your name, you have to produce documentary evidence from the relevant

authorities to substantiate the change (eg Deed Poll, Marriage Certificate, Change of Name Certificate, etc).

Privacy Statement The ICA collects personal information to administer immigration and registration functions in Singapore. We may share necessary data with other Government agencies (or non-Government entities which have been authorised to carry out specific Government services) to process any applications you have made or to render you a service, so as to serve you in a most efficient and effective way, unless such sharing is prohibited by legislation.

Processing time is at least 12 weeks from the receipt of complete documents. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority will inform you in writing if you have successfully renounced your Singapore citizenship.

Singapore Consulate-General 595 Market Street Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel : 415-543-4775 Fax : 415-543-4788 Email : [email protected]

Renun. Note 18 August 2015