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Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012

Regulation 6

Employment pass

Subregulation 1

Every application for an employment pass to be issued to a foreign employee shall —

(a)

be made —

(i)

by the foreign employee; and

(ii)

by the employer of the foreign employee, or on behalf of the employer by a person authorised by the employer;

(b)

be made in such form as the Controller may determine;

(c)

be accompanied by an undertaking from the employer or a sponsor of the foreign employee in such terms as the Controller may determine; and

(d)

be supported by such information, statements and documents as the Controller may require.

Subregulation 2

The Controller may issue an employment pass, which shall be known as a training employment pass, to a foreigner who is receiving or is about to receive training in connection with the occupation, trade or business of his employer.

Subregulation 3

Every employment pass issued to a foreign employee shall be subject to —

(a)

the conditions set out in Part I of the Sixth Schedule and the regulatory conditions set out in Part II of the Sixth Schedule, being conditions and regulatory conditions to be complied with by his employer; and

(b)

the conditions set out in Part III of the Sixth Schedule, being conditions to be complied with by the foreign employee.

Subregulation 4

An employment pass issued to a foreign employee may be cancelled on an application to the Controller made —

(a)

by the employer of the foreign employee, or on behalf of that employer by a person authorised by the employer; and

(b)

in such form and manner as the Controller may determine.

Subregulation 5

[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]