The Non-Citizen Spouse Scheme allows a citizen with a non-citizen spouse to buy an HDB flat from the open market.

To buy a resale flat under this scheme, you must meet the following eligibility conditions:

Criteria	Detailed Description
Citizenship	You must be a Singapore Citizen.
Age	It depends on the validity of your spouse's social visit pass (including work permit) at the time of submission of resale application: Validity of at least 6 months You must be at least 21 years old. Validity of less than 6 months You must be at least 35 years old. If the social visit pass expires during the resale transaction, you must produce the renewed social visit pass on the resale completion date.
Family Nucleus	You are married to a non-citizen.
Income Ceiling	There is no income ceiling unless you are applying for CPF Housing Grant and/or an HDB Loan.
Ownership of Private Residential Property	You can own private property (unless you are applying for a CPF Housing Grant). However, you must live in the HDB resale flat.
Ethnic Integration Policy and SPR Quota	Proportion of your ethnic group and SPR quota (if applicable) has not reached the limit. Find out more about the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) and SPR Quota.

Under the Non-Citizen Spouse Scheme, you may apply for the following CPF Housing Grant if you meet all the eligibility conditions:

• CPF Housing Grant for Singles

Last Updated on 09 Mar 2010

• If you are buying the resale flat jointly with one or more persons (up to a maximum of four persons), you must decide how you and the other co-owners would want to hold the property.