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.

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 CorpPass admin user or sub-admin user must:

1. Log in to CorpPass account.
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.

It is likely that you are not an existing WP Online administrator or user. You need to sign up for a WP Online account.

If you are an existing WP Online user, you can get your CorpPass administrator to assign WP Online access to you.

Not all CorpPass users are granted access to WP Online. We perform additional checks on the administrators and users of WP Online accounts to ensure that only eligible persons can perform work pass transactions.

Before checking, you must ensure that you’ve been appointed as an administrator or user of the WP Online account.

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 perform the following transactions using WP Online:

• Apply for a Work Permit (except FDW work permit)
• Issue a Work Permit (except FDW work permit)
• Renew a Work Permit (except FDW work permit)
• Cancel a Work Permit (except FDW work permit)
• Reinstate a Work Permit (except FDW work permit)
• Apply to replace a Work Permit card

Note:

• Employment agencies who wish to apply or ask for an FDW Work Permit to be issued, renew, cancel, extend or reinstate an FDW work permit should perform Work Permit transactions for domestic helpers instead of WPOL.
• 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.

To change or appoint another administrator or user, log in to your WP Online account and go to Manage User Account. It will take 3 working days to process your request.

If your WP Online account administrator has left the organisation, you can request to change administrator.

You can request to close your account.