Good fit
Candidates with a Singapore job offer, an employer or appointed employment agent able to apply, and a fixed monthly salary meeting the age- and sector-sensitive qualifying threshold.
Singapore · Skilled Worker
Employment Pass
An employer-sponsored Singapore work pass for foreign professionals, managers, and executives with a job offer in Singapore who meet the qualifying-salary and, unless exempted, COMPASS requirements.
Status note. Singapore MOM describes a two-stage Employment Pass eligibility framework. Salary thresholds and COMPASS rules are time-sensitive and remain flagged for human review.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
Applicants without a Singapore job offer or employer application route. The retained sources do not establish a universal degree, family, remote-work, or permanent-residence outcome.
Minimums · 1 of 9 fields sourced
Eligibility
Age
Work experience
Language
Education
ContextDegree-equivalent qualifications can contribute COMPASS points, but MOM states candidates without them may still pass through other criteria.
Selection threshold
Points40
CompetitionUnknown - confirm with the official source
Health and character
Medical examUnknown - confirm with the official source
Police certificateUnknown - confirm with the official source
Costs · 0 of 2 fields sourced
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
No fee table is published.
Outcomes · 1 of 7 fields sourced
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
WorkYes
ContextThe retained Employment Pass pages link to a permanent-residence question but do not establish a PR eligibility rule.
Family
ContextMOM's key-facts page notes eligible family passes but does not establish the family conditions in this source set.
Citizenship
ContextThe retained Employment Pass pages do not establish a citizenship pathway.
Processing time
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.