STEP 1
Ensure that your child acquires another citizenship before the age of 11. “This is a very important point that is often missed,” the article insists because “simply by being a Singaporean citizen with no other citizenship obliges the Singapore Government to provide you protection in a foreign country and to receive you if that country no longer wants you around,”the website said.
STEP 2
Inform MINDEF before the child turns 11 of your child’s intention to renounce Singaporean citizenship.
STEP 3
Apply for the necessary exit permits for your child from the age of 13. Exit permits are required for the male child to legally remain out of Singapore from the age of 13.
STEP 4
Obtain deferment at age 18 till age 21, when your child may legally renounce Singapore citizenship.
STEP 5
Do not use or benefit from your child’s Singapore citizenship after age 11. Do not “obtain “socio-economic benefits” for the child. This includes applying for/ renewing a passport, getting NRIC, travelling on a Singapore passport, residing in Singapore as a citizen”, the writer of the article advised.
STEP 6
Renounce citizenship at an embassy or consulate or in Singapore upon turning 21.
