We finally got down to applying for a passport for Mikayla in anticipation of heading back to Singapore in December. The queue at the post office wasn't long, but the wait for the passport is going to be. It's going to take three months and that's not guaranteed. Expediting it would have cost us $140, which is an extra $60 - and still we would have had to wait eight weeks. Thanks, but no thanks.
Applying for her passport got me thinking about her citizenship again. As far as I understand it, we've up to a year to get her Singaporean citizenship http://www.mfa.gov.sg/sanfrancisco/citizenship.html. We're at the halfway mark and we still haven't made up our minds. None of the Singaporean moms I polled informally here have applied for Singaporean citizenship for their kids - they tell me they see no reason to, especially when their little ones are boys. With National Service and all, I can see how things can get complicated once they turn 16, but for little girls, the only real downside is going through the trouble of renouncing her citizenship (if she chooses to) at 21...unless of course girls get pulled into National Service as well.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
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