Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Administration of Act
17. Change of address
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If required by the Controller, an employer must inform the Controller of any change in the employer’s address within 14 days of such change —
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Work Passes appointed under section 3;
where the employer is an individual registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — by reporting the change of his or her place of residence under section 10 of that Act;
where the employer is a body corporate incorporated under the Companies Act 1967 or the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, a sole proprietorship or a firm registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014 or a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 — by reporting the change of the address of the registered office or place of business under section 143 of the Companies Act 1967 (or that provision as applied by section 45 of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018), section 20 of the Business Names Registration Act 2014 or section 32 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, as the case may be; or
where paragraphs (a) and (b) are not applicable — in writing.
The address as reported in subsection (1) is deemed to be the last known address of the employer for the purposes of section 18.
employer
“employer” means any person employing a foreign employee, and includes —(a)for the purposes of an application for a work pass — any person who has the intention or purports to have the intention to employ a foreign employee; or(b)in a case where a foreign employee has or had a valid work pass — any person specified in the work pass as the employer of the foreign employee;
If required by the Controller, any foreign employee or self‑employed foreigner must inform the Controller in writing of any change in his or her address within 14 days of such change.
foreign employee
“foreign employee” means —(a)any foreigner, other than a self-employed foreigner, who seeks or is offered employment in Singapore; or(b)any other person or class of persons as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify;
The address as reported in subsection (3) is deemed to be the last known address of the foreign employee or self‑employed foreigner for the purposes of section 18.
self-employed foreigner
“self-employed foreigner” means any foreigner who, not being employed under a contract of service, seeks to engage in or engages in —(a)any trade, vocation or profession, whether for the purpose of gain or otherwise; or(b)any other activity in Singapore for the purpose of gain;