Work Permit (WP) Online for businesses and employment agencies

You can sign up for a WP Online account if you are:

• A business owner. You must be a Singapore citizen, Singapore permanent resident or an EntrePass holder.
• An employee of a registered business. You must be a Singapore citizen or Singapore permanent resident.
• A foreign employee of a registered business. You must hold an Employment Pass, Personalised Employment Pass (PEP), or S Pass.

To sign up for an account, you’ll need:

• CPF Submission Number (CSN)
• Singpass

How to sign up

To sign up for an account:

1. Log in to Work Pass Account Registration (WPAR) using your Singpass.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. After 5 working days, you can check your application status.

Your WP Online administrator's duties

During registration, you must appoint a WP Online administrator. This person should preferably be the business owner, a director or a senior employee.

The administrator can appoint another administrator. You can appoint up to 2 administrators.

The administrator can create up to 4 user accounts.

Your Corppass administrator's duties

Your Corppass administrator must also assign access to the WP Online administrators and users for them to log in to WP Online.

You can apply for a WP Online account as an employment agency to transact for your clients.

How to sign up

To sign up for an account:

1. Read and understand the EP Online / WP Online terms and conditions.
2. Sign up for WP Online account, and provide your key appointment holder’s NRIC.
3. To pay by GIRO, complete the GIRO application form and post it to:
   
   E-Payment & Admin Fee Management
   Work Pass Division
   Ministry of Manpower
   18 Havelock Road
   Singapore 059764.
   
   
4. After 7 working days, you can log in to your account.

Your WP Online administrator's duties

During registration, you must appoint a WP Online administrator. This person must be a registered KAH or EA personnel.

The administrator can appoint another administrator. You can appoint up to 2 administrators.

The administrator can create up to 4 user accounts.

Your Corppass administrator’s duties

Your Corppass administrator must also assign access to the WP Online administrators and users for them to log in to WP Online.

Your Corppass admin user or sub-admin user must:

1. Visit the Corppass portal and click the 'Log in with Singpass' button.
2. Go to the e-Service Access tab.
3. Choose Work Permit Online (WPOL) as one of your company’s eServices.
4. Assign Work Permit Online (WPOL) eService to the WP Online administrators and users.

If you have any queries on Corppass, visit the Corppass portal or check with your Corppass admin

To log in, these steps must be completed:

1. Your company must first register for a WP Online account.
2. Your WP Online administrator needs to grant you access.
3. Your Corppass administrator must assign you with WP Online access.

Not all Corppass users will be granted access to WP Online. We perform additional checks on the WP Online administrators and users to ensure that only eligible persons can perform work pass transactions.

Before checking, you must ensure that:

• You are an active Corppass admin or user.
• You’ve been authorised in Corppass to access WP Online.

To check:

1. Log in to your Corppass account.
2. Go to assigned eServices tab. You should see Work Permit Online (WPOL) listed as one of your assigned eServices.

If Work Permit Online (WPOL) is not listed as one of your assigned e-Services, please ask your Corppass admin user or sub-admin user to assign the eService to you.

You can use the following web browsers:

• Internet Explorer 11 (recommended)
• Firefox version 24 or higher
• Chrome version 30 or higher
• Safari version 7 or higher

For details on technical requirements, read the recommended PC configuration and technical guidelines.

You can use WP Online to perform the following transactions for workers employed by businesses:

• Apply for a Work Permit 
• Issue a Work Permit 
• Renew a Work Permit 
• Cancel a Work Permit 
• Reinstate a Work Permit 
• Apply to replace a Work Permit card

Note:

• To perform Work Permit transactions for helpers, please use our FDW eService instead. 
• Resident and common contractors in the ship-building or ship-repairing industry cannot apply for or get a Work Permit issued. They must approach their shipyard for these transactions.

You can pay with:

• VISA
• MasterCard
• Internet Direct Debit
• GIRO

To check check if your payment was successful:

1. Log in to WP Online.
2. Use the “Enquire” function and choose “Payment Status”.
3. Choose the transaction type.

The payment status shown should be “Paid”.

If payment status is “Failed”, you will need to re-submit the transaction and make payment again.

MOM does not refund admin fees.

Admin fees are used to recover the cost of providing services to you, e.g. processing work pass applications.

However, if multiple payments were made due to MOM's error, we will give a refund for the extra payments.

To pay the work pass administrative fees using GIRO:

1. Print the GIRO form.
2. Complete Part 1 of the form.
3. Post the original completed form to:
   
   E-Payment & Admin Fee Management
   Ministry of Manpower
   Work Pass Division
   18 Havelock Road
   Singapore 059764

You will receive the outcome by post in. It may take 4 weeks or more, depending on your bank. While GIRO payment is being set up, you need to pay your fees using available methods.

Once GIRO payment is set up, deductions will take place on the 17^th of the following month (or the next working day if the 17^th falls on a weekend or public holiday). Make sure you have enough funds for the GIRO deduction.

• Grant access to the company’s employees as WP Online users.
• Terminate users’ access if they leave the company or no longer need access.

If your WP Online administrator or user has left the company, or no longer needs access, your WP Online administrator must remove their access immediately.

Otherwise, we may suspend your company’s WP Online account.

To remove or appoint another administrator or user, your WP Online administrator must:

1. Log in to WP Online.
2. Use the Manage User Account function to submit the request.

Your request will be processed within 3 working days.

If you only have 1 WP Online administrator and the person has already left the company, you must submit a request to change administrator immediately.

You can request to close your account.