Pass holders would be considered fully vaccinated if they have completed their primary series vaccination and taken a booster dose to achieve minimum protection.
The acceptable vaccinations and doses required to complete the primary series are as follows:
| Vaccine manufacturer |
Doses required |
Minimum protection |
|
CanSinoBIO
|
1 dose
|
A booster dose is required to be taken within 270 days from their last primary series dose to achieve minimum protection. |
| Janssen |
| Pfizer/BioNTech |
2 doses
|
| Moderna |
| Novavax |
| Astrazeneca |
| Bharat Biotech |
| Serum Institute of India |
| Sinovac |
3 doses |
| Sinopharm |
For more details, please refer to MOH’s website.
For us to assess your case, please complete the steps below:
- Request for the clinic to update the vaccination records again.
- Ask the clinic for a screenshot that shows their vaccination records have been updated in the NIR.
- To ensure their vaccination records are updated in the NIR, submit a form to the Ministry of Health.
- Submit the screenshot to us using the online form for your worker or helper.
Yes. All new Work Permit holders (including those transferring employers) are required to be fully vaccinated with their vaccination records updated in the National Immunisation Registry (NIR), before their Work Permit can be issued.
No. The serology test is a means to confirm that you have undergone effective vaccination. If more doses are required for the foreign employee to be
fully vaccinated, these vaccination or booster dose(s) have to be taken accordingly.
Please refer to the table below.
| Types of pass holders |
Must be |
|
Work Permit and S Pass holders who are either
- Employed in the Construction, Marine shipyard or Process sector.
Or
|
Fully vaccinated to:
- Get new passes issued
- Renew passes
|
| All other pass holders aged 13 and above based on birth date |
Fully vaccinated to get new passes issued. |
These groups of work pass holders need to get vaccinated to renew their passes because their worksites and dormitories have a higher risk of disease transmission.
There is no need to upload the applicant’s vaccination certificate in MOM’s work pass systems.
When applying for a pass, employers are required to declare the pass holders and their dependants will comply with the vaccination requirements. Employers must ensure that the pass holders get their vaccination records updated in the National Immunisation Registry to get their passes issued or renewed.
You can view your vaccination records by logging in to the
HealthHub app or the
Notarise website using your Singpass account. All Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and Long-Term Pass Holders aged 15 years and above are eligible to apply for a Singpass account.
Otherwise, you can also log in to the Notarise website using your passport number, provided that your vaccinations were recorded with that passport number.
Alternatively, you may refer to your physical vaccination card, which is given to all individuals vaccinated in Singapore.
Note: You are encouraged to wait for at least 3 days for the vaccination records to be updated before getting your pass issued.
Please refer to the FAQs on the MOH website for more details.
Yes. However, the pass holder will need to get
fully vaccinated with a vaccine on the WHO EUL list in order to get their passes issued.
Please refer to the FAQs on the MOH website for vaccines on the WHO EUL list.
Your pass holder needs to undergo a medical review with a Singapore-registered doctor upon arrival to determine if they can be exempted. If the doctor does not exempt them, they must be
fully vaccinated within 30 days. The vaccination status will then be reflected in their
HealthHub app.
Work Permit and S Pass holders in the CMP sectors or staying in dormitories must be fully vaccinated to renew their passes.
They need to be in Singapore to verify their vaccination status with a local clinic at least 1 month before their passes expire. Then they can renew their passes.
Otherwise, please cancel their passes and apply for them again when they are ready to work in Singapore.
Pass holders must take their booster doses within 270 days from their last primary vaccination dose to maintain their fully vaccinated status in Singapore. They may receive their booster dose at any of the
vaccination locations.
They can use the vaccination and booster calculator to check if they have completed their primary series vaccination and whether a booster dose is required.
Please refer to the FAQs on the MOH website for more details.