FAP Traitors Accord New Shityzens the Flexibility to Change Names. Implications?

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MORE PRC NEW CITIZENS CHANGE THEIR NAME TO HAVE SINGAPOREAN SOUNDING NAMES

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8 Oct 2014 - 2:15pm








According to the latest figures from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) More Singaporeans are applying to change their names. Part of the reason for the rise in name change applications is due to many PRC new citizens wanting to change their name to a more Singaporean-sounding name to fit in better.

These days, the ICA is getting an average of 6000 applications to change names each year. 10 years ago, the numbers were about 4,800 a year.

To change names, individuals usually go through a lawyer and have a deed poll drafted. This service usually costs between $70 to $100 and the deed poll then needs to be taken to ICA.

Several law firms here shared that they have seen many odd requests but have indeed seen many migrants wanting to change their names to blend in better.

Some common changes include adding English or Christian names while others, especially for PRCs include changing their hanyu pinyin names to dialect names.
For example, surnames like Wang are often changed to Wong or Chen to Tan.







Another popular minor change includes splitting up PRC given names into two words to reflect the naming trend in Singapore. For example, the China name Yumei might be legally changed to Yu Mei as this is close to the naming convention which is popular here.

Other interesting changes, which lawyers here have come across, include drastic changes where individuals want to take on names of celebrities, game characters, numbers or even words that they like.

Changing name is popular at the age of 30 when Singaporeans need to make a new IC anyway.

In terms of restrictions, the ICA advised that names longer than 54 characters are not permitted as they don’t fit on the IC and they generally advise parents against giving their children names which include vulgarities or have no phonetic significance such as those made of numbers of symbols.
The ICA reserves the right to assess each application on its merits.


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