An ICA officer interviewed a man suspected of being in a sham marriage during a raid in Singapore on December 11, 2024. The man was arrested for allegedly making false declarations in applications for immigration facilities. The number of marriage of convenience cases has increased significantly in 2024.
An ICA officer interviewing a man (left) suspected of being in a sham marriage during a raid on Dec 11, 2024. A Vietnamese woman suspected of being in a sham marriage was also arrested. - ST PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): According to marriage documents, a man living in a Bukit Batok flat had been married to a Vietnamese woman for several years and was living with her there.On Dec 11, ICA officers raided the Singaporean man’s flat.
When they entered the room of the 33-year-old, they found no evidence of a married couple living there. There were no women’s clothes, and his mother told ICA officers that she did not know her son was married.He was arrested for allegedly making false declarations in applications for immigration facilities.The man was arrested for allegedly making false declarations in applications for immigration facilities. - ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN Between January and September in 2024, there were 32 cases of marriage of convenience, up from four cases during the same period in 2023. A marriage of convenience is when two people tie the knot for the sole intention of acquiring an immigration advantage. Before the raid at the man’s Bukit Batok flat, which The Straits Times was invited to, a briefing was conducted at the ICA Building in Kallang to discuss the identities of the couple and locations to be raided.The man had also allegedly sponsored his wife’s applications to extend her long-term and short-term visit passes, and they had declared that they were living together at the same residential address. While the ICA was holding its briefing on the raid at 5.30am, teams of officers were already deployed to the two locations. At around 6am, when ST arrived in Bukit Batok, the flat was silent, but just outside, a hive of activity was taking place. Three ICA officers gathered outside the unit, while several others acted as lookouts from the opposite bloc
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