潘勤群（非选区议员）女士询问内政部长，自2020年以来，每年：

（a）申请和获得永久居民身份的学生准证持有者的数量、平均年龄和中位年龄分别是多少？

（b）申请和获得长期访问准证以陪同和照顾持有学生准证的外国学生的监护人人数分别是多少？

尚穆根（内政部长）先生：2020 年至 2023 年期间，移民与关卡局 (ICA) 每年平均处理约 4,500 份来自学生准证 (STP) 持有者的永久居民 (PR) 申请，包括与家人一起申请 PR 的人。平均每年批准约 1,100 份申请。获得 PR 申请的 STP 持有者以及 PR 申请获批者的平均年龄和中位数在 12 至 14 岁之间。

在同一时期，移民与关卡局 (ICA) 每年平均处理 4,300 份来自希望陪同学生准证 (STP) 持有者的父母和祖父母的长期访问准证申请。每年平均批准约 4,100 份申请。

 Ms Hazel Poa asked the Minister for Home Affairs for each year since 2020 (a) what is the number, average age and median age of Student Pass holders who have applied for and been granted Permanent Resident status respectively; and (b) what is the number of guardians who applied for and received a Long-Term Visit Pass to accompany and look after a foreign student holding a Student Pass respectively.

Mr K Shanmugam: Between 2020 and 2023, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) processed an average of about 4,500 Permanent Residence (PR) applications from Student Pass (STP) holders each year, including those who applied for PR together with their family. An average of around 1,100 applications were approved per year. The average and median ages of STP holders whose PR applications were processed, as well as those who had their PR applications approved, ranged between 12 and 14.

In the same period, ICA processed an average of 4,300 Long-Term Visit Pass applications each year from parents and grandparents who wished to accompany the STP holders. An average of around 4,100 applications were approved per year.