Employment Pass Application Agency Singapore

Who is eligible

The Employment Pass is for foreign professionals who:

• Have a job offer in Singapore.
• Work in a managerial, executive or specialised job.
• Earn a Fixed monthly salary of at least $4500-General wef 1st Sept 2020, $5000-Financial services wef 1st Dec 2020
• Have acceptable qualifications, usually a good university degree, professional qualifications or specialised skills.

Application for an Employment Pass is open to all nationalities.

Use the Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) to check if the candidate qualifies for the pass.

Salaries for younger or older candidates

Young graduates from good institutions can qualify if they earn at least $4500.

Older, more experienced candidates need higher salaries to qualify.

Acceptable qualifications for Employment Pass

We do not accept qualifications from unaccredited institutions.

To check if an institution is accredited, you can use:

• Global verification agencies such as Dataflow or Risk Management Intelligence (RMI)
• International accreditation bodies
• Awarding country’s educational authorities

We don’t have a list of approved institutions. Instead, we evaluate each application on its own merit, based on a wide range of factors such as the candidate’s salary, track records, work experience, skill sets and global and countries’ rankings of institutions.

Self­-Assessment Tool (SAT)

We encourage you to use the Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) to get an indication of whether a candidate meets the Employment Pass requirements. Candidates can also use the tool to assess their eligibility.

If the SAT shows that the candidate is not eligible, you shouldn’t apply for the Employment Pass because it will be rejected.

If the SAT shows that the candidate is eligible, there is around a 90% chance that the candidate will get a pass.

Who can apply Employment Pass

An employer or authorised third party has to apply for a candidate’s Employment Pass.

If you are an overseas employer that does not have a registered office in Singapore:

• You need to get a Singapore-registered company to act as a local sponsor and apply on your behalf.
• The local sponsor must submit the application.

The candidate will still need to meet the Employment Pass criteria.

Who is eligible

To be eligible, you need to:

• Earn at least $6,000 a month.
• Hold an Employment Pass.

These are the family members you can bring in and the type of pass they need:

How to apply

To apply, your employer will need to submit a separate application for each family member. The application can be submitted together with the Employment Pass application or separately.

Find out more about the requirements and application process for Dependant’s Pass and Long Term Visit Pass.

You need to upload these documents to apply for an Employment Pass:

• Personal particulars page of the candidate’s passport.
  If the candidate’s name on the passport is different from the other documents, you need to include one of the following:
  • Explanation letter and supporting documents, e.g. deed poll.
    OR
  • An affidavit.
• Company’s latest business profile or instant information registered with ACRA.
• Candidate’s educational certificates, e.g. degree certificate. You need additional documents for:
  

  Qualifications from	Additional documents needed
  India	Transcripts or marksheets for all semesters, indicating the college attended.
  China	Verification proof for diploma and above qualifications from one of these sources. For: Diploma: Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate from China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center (CHSI) Degree and above: China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Information (CDGDC) Diploma and above: Global verification agency, e.g. Dataflow or Risk Management Intelligence (RMI).
  Institutions not listed in the application form	Verification proof for diploma and above qualifications from a global verification agency, e.g. Dataflow or RMI.

We may ask for other documents when we review the application.

Requirements for verification proof

Employers are responsible for ensuring that their candidates’ qualifications are genuine and were awarded by accredited institutions.

If you’re asked for verification proof, please note the following:

• You can get the verification proof from a global verification agency, e.g. Dataflow or RMI.
• The verification proof must confirm that the qualifications are genuine and were awarded by accredited institutions.
• Educational certificates certified by a notary public are not accepted as a form of verification proof.

You need to submit additional documents for the following:

These are the steps you’ll take to apply:

Note:

• If a candidate is in Singapore with a visit pass that will expire before the Employment Pass is issued, we won’t be able to extend the visit pass.
• You should only bring in candidates when the pass is approved. They don’t need to be in Singapore when you apply and we won’t be able to extend their visit pass.