For the past two years, Michael (not his real name) has been taking his twin daughters out of the country every three months or so - "forced holidays" as the 47-year-old, who works in branding and communications, described them.
The girls were conceived through commercial surrogacy in the US, and remain American citizens whose social visit passes to Singapore have to be renewed every 90 days.
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