There are three categories for Professional passes in Singapore.
1. Employment Pass, commonly known as EP
2. EntrePass
3. Personalised Employment Pass, commonly known as PEP.
Employment Pass (EP), is the most common pass issued to foreign professionals, managers and executives in Singapore. Candidates need to earn at least SG$3,600 a month and have acceptable qualifications (1). The process is similar to the Spass procedures (read on Spass here)
Attaining a EP over the years has become a stringent process for most companies and individuals who will need to be commanding a salary between SG$ 3600 - 5500 or more.
The process has become more difficult recently for companies to hire EP qualified employees as the government has implemented a new procedures whereby the company has to advertise the job and screen Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR) first and if none are found suitable then only foreign candidates can be considered with justifications on why no local Singaporean or PR's were not considered for the job.
If the company does have a successful application accepted by MoM the pass can be issued up to maximum duration of 3 years. The duration of the pass is dependent on the company that applied one for you.
Like the Spass the lines of are blurred in terms of having a successful application approved as the government will only give a statement of "your application was successful" or "your application was not successful". No reasons will be given and they do not disclose the officer who processes applications.
However if you pass does get approved and your salary is minimum SG$ 5000 this entitles you to a Dependent Pass (DP). If you have a wife and/or children they will be able to migrate with you to Singapore which of course is dependent to your EP or Spass. Read more on DP post here.
1. Employment Pass, commonly known as EP
2. EntrePass
3. Personalised Employment Pass, commonly known as PEP.
Employment Pass (EP), is the most common pass issued to foreign professionals, managers and executives in Singapore. Candidates need to earn at least SG$3,600 a month and have acceptable qualifications (1). The process is similar to the Spass procedures (read on Spass here)
Attaining a EP over the years has become a stringent process for most companies and individuals who will need to be commanding a salary between SG$ 3600 - 5500 or more.
The process has become more difficult recently for companies to hire EP qualified employees as the government has implemented a new procedures whereby the company has to advertise the job and screen Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR) first and if none are found suitable then only foreign candidates can be considered with justifications on why no local Singaporean or PR's were not considered for the job.
If the company does have a successful application accepted by MoM the pass can be issued up to maximum duration of 3 years. The duration of the pass is dependent on the company that applied one for you.
Like the Spass the lines of are blurred in terms of having a successful application approved as the government will only give a statement of "your application was successful" or "your application was not successful". No reasons will be given and they do not disclose the officer who processes applications.
However if you pass does get approved and your salary is minimum SG$ 5000 this entitles you to a Dependent Pass (DP). If you have a wife and/or children they will be able to migrate with you to Singapore which of course is dependent to your EP or Spass. Read more on DP post here.
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