Declaration of Business Activity

If you have never applied for Work Permit (WP) or S Passes before, you are required to declare your organisation’s business activity*, before submitting any WP or S Pass application. We will assess and assign your organisation to the most relevant sector, based on the business activity declared. The number of WP and S Pass holders you may recruit then depends on the sector your organisation is assigned.

Mode of application	Processing time	Application outcome
Online Additional requirements You must have a valid factory notification/licence at the point of application if your organisation is applying to be assigned to the manufacturing sector. For some business activities declared, we may also require you to submit copies of licences (For example, NEA licence for food businesses, AVA licence for food manufacturers, etc.) Documents may be submitted via the iSubmit. Note: You may access this online service from 8am to 10pm (Monday to Saturday), excluding public holidays. (SingPass is required)	2 working days	Available online
Manual	7 working days	Will be mailed to you

* If your organisation has registered with Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority for less than six months and does not have a Central Provident Fund (CPF) account, please approach CPF Board to open an account. Your organisation should contribute CPF for your local employees for at least one month at the point of declaring your business activity with us.

Second CPF Account

You may have already employed foreign workers for a business activity under an existing CPF account. If you wish to have a second CPF account to employ Work Permit and/or S Pass holders for another business activity, please write to the Work Pass Division with details on your organisation’s existing and new business activities. We aim to reply you within 14 working days.

Please refer to this table to see if you are required to enclose any other supporting documents.