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I wish to employ a foreigner on full-time basis

Pass, Permit or Programme Type of Applicants Examples of Eligibility Criteria
Employment Pass (EP)
  P1 Employment Pass Professionals, Managers, Executives or Specialists
  • Fixed monthly salary $8,000
  • Possesses acceptable qualifications
  P2 Employment Pass Professionals, Managers, Executives or Specialists
  • Fixed monthly salary $4,500
  • Possesses acceptable qualifications
  Q1 Employment Pass Professionals, Managers, Executives or Specialists
  • Young graduates from good institutions could qualify if they earn at least $3,000
  • Older applicants would have to command higher salaries to qualify, commensurate with the work experience and quality they are expected to bring
Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) Professionals, Managers, Executives or Specialists

Overseas foreign professional whose last drawn fixed monthly salary overseas was at least $8,000

  • The last drawn fixed monthly salary overseas should be no more than six months from the time of the application.

Former P1 Pass holders who are residing overseas

  • Former P1 Pass holders should not be unemployed for longer than a continuous period of six months at the point of application.

Current P1 Pass holders

Current P2 Pass holders

  • P2 Pass holders that have worked on a P2 Pass in Singapore for at least two years. They should earned a fixed salary of at least $34,000 in the preceding year.

Current Q1 Pass holders

  • Q1 Pass holders that have worked on a Q1 pass in Singapore for at least five years. They should earn a fixed salary of at least $34,000 in the preceding year.

Foreign graduates from institutions of higher learning in Singapore

  • Foreign graduates from institutions of higher learning in Singapore with at least two years' working experience on a P or Q1 Pass. They should earn a fixed salary of at least $34,000 in the preceding year.
S Pass Mid-level skilled workers (e.g. Technicians)
  • Fixed monthly salary $2,000
  • Education qualifications
  • Job type
  • Work experience
Work Permit Semi-skilled or unskilled foreign workers

 

Last updated on 28 December 2011 03:04:44