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Work Permit for Migrant Domestic Worker

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This Work Permit is for female migrant domestic workers (MDWs) who must meet age, nationality/citizenship and education requirements and work at the employer’s NRIC-registered address.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The helper must not be related to the employer and must not be in Singapore during the Work Permit application; the employer can only bring the helper into Singapore after receiving an IPA letter and buying a $5,000 security bond (the page notes this does not apply to Malaysian workers).

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The documented profile is a female migrant domestic worker aged 23 to below 50 when applying, from an approved source country or region, with at least eight years of formal education and a recognised certificate. Helpers aged 50 or above may renew until age 60.

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Limits of the record
  • Any applicable pay requirements remain unestablished; this is not a complete eligibility checklist.
  • Who is eligible
    nationality/citizenship and education requirements to get a Work Permit. Who is eligible Helpers must meet these requirements to be eligible for a Work Permit: Sex Female Age From 23 to below 50 years old during the Work Permit application. Helpers aged 50 and above can only renew their Work Permits until they are 60 years old. Source country or region From an approved source country or region, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. Education Minimum 8 years of formal education with a recognised certificate. In addition, helpers must: Work at employers’ NRIC-registered addresses. Attend the Settling-in Programme (SIP) if they are first-time helpers. Not be related to their employers. Not be in Singapore during the Work Permit application. Employers can only bring helpers into Singapo

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The helper must work at the employer's NRIC-registered address. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the helper.

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Limits of the record
  • Family accompaniment and wider employment restrictions remain unestablished. The Malaysian exception to the application/entry provision is not generalised to these work conditions.
  • Who is eligible
    e country or region From an approved source country or region, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. Education Minimum 8 years of formal education with a recognised certificate. In addition, helpers must: Work at employers’ NRIC-registered addresses. Attend the Settling-in Programme (SIP) if they are first-time helpers. Not be related to their employers. Not be in Singapore during the Work Permit application. Employers can only bring helpers into Singapore after they have received an IPA letter and bought a $5,000 security bond. Note: This does not apply to Malaysian workers. Criteria for first-time helpers A first-time helper is one who has never worked in Singapore as a

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The page does not itself state the permit’s validity period or renewal cycle, beyond noting that helpers aged 50 and above may only renew until age 60; no longer-term residence direction is stated.

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Limits of the record
  • This page does not state the permit’s standard validity/renewal period or any longer-term residence direction.
  • Who is eligible
    Helpers aged 50 and above can only renew their Work Permits until they are 60 years old.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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