Foreign professional, manager or executive with a qualifying Singapore job and salary who passes COMPASS unless exempt.
Singapore
Singapore sits in South-Eastern Asia. Its immigration system runs 49 distinct routes — led by family, work and talent & merit, each set out in official law. All 49 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 49across 11 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 49 of 49cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Family19 of the 49 routes — see them under Family below
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Singapore
- Population
- 6,111,175
- Official language
- English, Chinese · +2
- Currency
- SGD
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
Immigration routes
All 49 routes, grouped by purpose — 49 of 49 cite an official government source directly.
Work
12 routes
Graduate from a listed Singapore institute of higher learning seeking employment in Singapore.
Eligible foreign speaker, religious worker, journalist or comparable person on a short-term assignment.
Skilled associate professional or technician with a qualifying job, age-adjusted salary and employer quota.
Foreign student completing a course-related professional training attachment in Singapore.
Employee from a foreign office or subsidiary undergoing professional, managerial, executive or specialist training.
Foreign student completing practical training required by a Singapore course.
Employee of a related overseas company undertaking semi-skilled or unskilled training with a Singapore employer.
Short-term visitor engaged before arrival for an activity expressly exempted from a work pass.
Malaysian nanny aged 23 to 70 hired by an eligible adult employer for a newborn under four months.
Female domestic worker aged 23 to under 50 from an approved source and with the prescribed education.
Worker from an approved source country or region hired in an eligible sector under the employer quota.
Investment
3 routes
Qualifying global investor investing at least S$10 million in a new or existing Singapore business operation.
Qualifying global investor investing S$25 million in a fund selected by EDB.
Qualifying global investor establishing a Singapore single-family office with at least S$200 million AUM and prescribed local deployment.
Business & self-employment
1 route
Foreign serial entrepreneur, high-calibre innovator or experienced investor operating an innovative or venture-backed Singapore company.
Talent & merit
5 routes
Applicant with outstanding achievements in sports, arts and culture, or academia and research.
Top professional with twelve consecutive months of qualifying salary and, where overseas, an established employer.
Top professional with a qualifying future job at an established Singapore company.
High-earning existing Employment Pass holder or overseas foreign professional meeting the personal salary test.
Established global technology entrepreneur, leader or expert meeting the salary and leadership-experience tests.
Study
1 route
Foreigner accepted by a Singapore educational institution for full-time study.
Family
19 routes
Legally married spouse or unmarried child under 21 of an eligible EP or S Pass holder.
Legally married spouse or unmarried child under 21 of an Overseas Networks and Expertise Pass holder.
Legally married spouse or unmarried child under 21 of a Personalised Employment Pass holder.
Legally married spouse or unmarried child under 21 of a Tech.Pass holder.
Parent of an EntrePass holder whose business meets the higher spending and local-workforce test.
Spouse or child of an EntrePass holder whose business meets a spending-and-local-workforce test or an achievement alternative.
Unmarried child under 21 born within a legal marriage to, or legally adopted by, a Singapore citizen or PR.
Parent, but not parent-in-law, of a Singapore citizen or permanent resident.
One parent or grandparent accompanying a child who holds a Singapore Student's Pass.
Foreign spouse of a Singapore permanent resident sponsored by that resident.
Foreign spouse of a Singapore citizen sponsored by that citizen.
Common-law spouse, adult disabled unmarried child, minor stepchild or parent of a ONE Pass holder.
Parent of an eligible Employment Pass or S Pass holder earning at least S$12,000 monthly.
Common-law spouse, minor stepchild or parent of a Personalised Employment Pass holder.
Common-law spouse, adult disabled unmarried child, minor stepchild or parent of a Tech.Pass holder.
Common-law spouse, adult disabled unmarried child or minor unmarried stepchild of an eligible EP or S Pass holder.
Aged parent of a Singapore citizen who is at least 21 years old.
Unmarried child under 21 born within a legal marriage to, or legally adopted by, a Singapore citizen or PR.
Spouse of a Singapore citizen or permanent resident applying with spouse sponsorship.
Residence-based status
2 routes
Current Employment Pass or S Pass holder applying directly for permanent residence.
Student studying in Singapore who passed a national examination or participates in the Integrated Programme.
Youth mobility
2 routes
Australian or New Zealand citizen aged 18 to 30 with a university degree or two years of full-time undergraduate study.
Student or graduate aged 18 to 25 from a recognised university in one of ten eligible countries or regions.
Short stay & visit
1 route
Traveller admitted at the checkpoint for a short visit after meeting entry, visa and public-health requirements.
Medical treatment
1 route
Visitor seeking permission to give birth in Singapore with an eligible local sponsor.
Transit
2 routes
Passenger connecting to another country without clearing Singapore arrival immigration.
Eligible national or travel-document holder transiting Singapore under the published visa-free facility.
Official sources
- ICA Immigration CheckpointsGovernment
- MOM Ministry of ManpowerGovernment
- EDB Global Investor ProgrammeGovernment
- [NSO] Singapore Department of StatisticsGovernment
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