With Singapore's Budget 2026 announcement confirming higher Employment Pass and S Pass salary floors from 1 January 2027, the planning window for Singapore employers is now. New EP applications from January 2027 must meet a minimum qualifying salary of SGD 6,000 per month for most sectors (up from SGD 5,600) and SGD 6,600 for financial [...]
More than 300,000 Australians live and work abroad at any given time, and Singapore — with its English-speaking environment, transparent rule of law, zero capital gains tax, and deep financial and professional services sectors — consistently ranks among their top destinations. The bilateral relationship is substantial: the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), which entered into [...]
Singapore is home to more than 2,000 licensed employment agencies (EAs), placing everyone from domestic workers and construction hands to C-suite executives and specialist financial professionals. If you are planning to enter this market — whether as a boutique headhunter, a corporate recruiting desk, or a full-service staffing firm — you must hold a valid [...]
EP appeal letters and rejection recovery — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For employers and foreign talent applying for Singapore work passes. Prac...
COMPASS framework — points, bonuses, shortage list — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For employers and foreign talent applying for Singapore work pa...
Employment Pass (EP) — full application walkthrough — Timeline and processing benchmarks. For employers and foreign talent applying for Singapore work p...
Singapore has been absorbing London finance professionals for decades. The flow accelerated after 2016 and again after 2020, and in 2026 it shows no sign of slowing: the combination of Singapore's 24% personal income tax ceiling, zero capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, a stable legal environment grounded in English common law, and proximity to [...]
The Singapore EntrePass is the Ministry of Manpower's work pass for foreign entrepreneurs who want to own and operate a business in Singapore — not work for an employer, but run their own company. It sits in a different category from the Employment Pass entirely: there is no qualifying salary threshold, no COMPASS assessment, and [...]
Singapore's Budget 2026 set in motion the most significant revision to work pass salary floors since COMPASS was introduced in 2023. From 1 January 2027, the Employment Pass qualifying salary rises to SGD 6,000 per month for most sectors and SGD 6,600 for financial services. The S Pass floor rises to SGD 3,600 for most [...]
The Singapore-Australia corridor is one of the most active talent-mobility routes in the Asia-Pacific. The two countries are bound by the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), the Singapore-Australia Digital Economy Agreement (SADEA), and the Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement (SAGEA) — a legislative architecture that has accelerated two-way business expansion and with it, significant professional movement [...]