You will have to engage a lawyer to assist in your claim. You will have to adhere to the prescribed waiting period of at least 6 months and provide the same set of documents as required for claims on estates that are ≤ $50,000. In addition, your lawyer will have to take out the advertisements in a major English-language newspaper and a major vernacular newspaper for the next-of-kin of the deceased (a copy of the advertisement can be found at https://pto.mlaw.gov.sg/files/SampleAdvertisement.pdf) and to conduct probate searches. Your lawyer will have to provide a copy of the newspaper advertisements and the probate search results to the Public Trustee.