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Singapore · Talent & merit
Singapore Personalised Employment Pass
High-earning existing Employment Pass holder or overseas foreign professional meeting the personal salary test.
- Salary required
- SGD 22,500/mo the lowest published threshold
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 6 each quoted below
Who qualifies
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
6 requirements quoted from the official source.
The conditions that decide it
- Annual Fixed Salary Min Sgd
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Eligibility summary
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Employer Sponsorship Required
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Monthly Salary Min Sgd
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Unemployment Months Max
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Overseas Last Salary Recency Months Max
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026
Also stated by the source
- Official source basis
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Report summary
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026
Family
Who you can bring
— Not stated in the official source. The official page for this route does not address dependent-family rights, so we do not publish a claim either way.
Costs & timelines
What the source prices
Validity
2 proven from the official source.
- Renewal or extension
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026 - Validity Years Max
fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 [...] last drawn salary [...] within the past 6 months [...] unemployed for more than 6 months [...] cancel [...] fixed salary of at least $270,000 per calendar year [...] not eligible [...] freelancer [...] sole proprietor, partner or [...] director [...] shareholder [...] restricted occupations
checked 2026-08-03 · Singapore Ministry of Manpower PEP eligibility, current and verified 3 August 2026
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FAQ
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Singapore?
The official source states:
High-earning existing Employment Pass holder or overseas foreign professional meeting the personal salary test.
02How much money do I need?
The lowest published threshold is SGD 22,500/mo (salary), from the official record.
Every answer is quoted from the official mom.gov.sg page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 10 points against the official source; 10 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
The source
Where every quote comes from
Official government source mom.gov.sgLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Singapore government page.Same category, same country
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