Every month, founders from India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and across the Asia-Pacific contact Singapore employment agencies asking the same question: "Can I move to Singapore to run my startup?" In most cases, the answer is yes — but the vehicle is not the standard Employment Pass. It is the EntrePass, and it [...]
Over ten thousand Employment Pass holders working in Singapore are also founders, angel investors, or advisors who have a stake in other companies. The question of whether they can formalise that relationship by taking a board seat comes up regularly — and the answer is more nuanced than most online guides suggest. Under Singapore law, [...]
Singapore's EntrePass is the work pass designed specifically for founders who cannot — or prefer not to — fit their ambitions into the conventional Employment Pass structure. Where the EP requires a job offer from an established employer, the EntrePass is for entrepreneurs who are the employer: founders starting or operating a private limited company [...]
The EntrePass is Singapore's work pass for foreign entrepreneurs who want to found and operate a business here. Unlike the Employment Pass — which requires a sponsoring employer — the EntrePass grants the holder the right to start and run their own Singapore company, all while maintaining lawful work authorisation in their own name. For [...]
Singapore's EntrePass is the Ministry of Manpower's work pass for foreign entrepreneurs who want to start and operate an innovative business in Singapore. It is the only Singapore work pass that allows a foreign national to be both the founder-director of a company and the holder of a work authorisation for that same company — [...]
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