Eligibility and requirements for Personalised Employment Pass

Who is eligible

You can apply for a Personalised Employment Pass (PEP) if you are earning a fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500. This is benchmarked to the top 10% of EP holders. For overseas foreign professionals, your last drawn salary should have been within the past 6 months of your application.

Who is not eligible

You are not eligible for the PEP if you are:

• An Employment Pass holder under the sponsorship scheme.
• A freelancer or foreigner who intends to work on a freelance-basis.
• A business owner in an ACRA-registered company, such as a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder or where a director is also a shareholder.
• A journalist, editor, sub-editor or producer.

Note: You are not allowed to start a business or conduct any form of entrepreneurial activity while on a PEP. If you intend to do so, you should apply for an EntrePass or Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass.

Requirements of the pass

To keep holding a PEP, you must:

• Not be unemployed in Singapore for more than 6 months at any time. Otherwise, you will need to cancel the pass.
• Earn a fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year, regardless of the number of months you are in employment.
  
  If you applied for your PEP before 1 September 2023, you must earn a fixed salary of $144,000 per calendar year, regardless of the number of months you are in employment.
• Notify us of the following:
  • When you start or leave a job.
  • If you change your contact details, such as local contact person or address.
  • Your annual fixed salary. You need to declare your current year's salary to us by 31 January of the following year.

Benefits of the PEP

The PEP gives you greater job flexibility than other work passes:

• You can generally hold a job in any sector. However, the PEP does not exempt you from complying with registration requirements to practise in Singapore for professions such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, architecture, law, etc.
• You do not need to re-apply for a new pass if you change jobs; you only need to notify us.
• You can stay in Singapore for a continuous period of up to 6 months without a job to search for new employment.

Passes for family members

If you hold a PEP, you can bring in your family members on these passes:

Dependant's Pass for your:

• Legally married spouse
• Children under 21 years old, including legally adopted children

Long-Term Visit Pass for your:

• Common-law spouse
• Unmarried handicapped children aged 21 and above
• Unmarried stepchildren under 21 years old
• Parents

You need to submit a separate application for each family member even if they currently hold a Dependant’s Pass or Long-Term Visit Pass. You can submit their applications along with the PEP application.