Work Passes and Foreign Manpower Archives

Employment Pass, S Pass, Work Permit, EntrePass, PEP, family passes and employer foreign-manpower obligations.

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Complete Walkthrough

The EntrePass is Singapore’s pass for founders who want to start and operate a business here — but it works very differently from an Employment Pass, and the misconceptions around it are significant enough to waste months of preparation. Unlike the EP, where salary and qualifications drive approval, the EntrePass requires no minimum salary. It [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-09T05:20:25+08:00July 9th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

Can an Employment Pass Holder Be a Director of Another Singapore Company?

You hold an Employment Pass sponsored by your Singapore employer. Then a second opportunity arises — perhaps a start-up invites you to join its board, or a business partner wants to appoint you as a director of a related holding company. The question is immediate and practical: does your Employment Pass allow this? The answer [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-09T05:13:58+08:00July 9th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

Working in Singapore as a Digital Nomad: What the Rules Actually Say in 2026

Singapore is one of the most connected cities in the world, with world-class infrastructure, a stable business environment, excellent air links and a large community of internationally mobile professionals. It is also an expensive city, a city-state with strict immigration rules, and a jurisdiction that does not have a dedicated digital nomad visa. If you [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-08T05:30:14+08:00July 8th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Complete Guide

Singapore's EntrePass sits at the intersection of immigration policy and startup development. Unlike the Employment Pass — which is tied to a specific employer who sponsors the application — the Singapore EntrePass 2026 allows a qualifying foreign entrepreneur to hold the pass through their own company. They are, in effect, their own sponsor. This creates [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-07T05:24:56+08:00July 7th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

Can an Employment Pass Holder Be a Director of Another Singapore Company? (2026)

Foreign professionals on an Employment Pass often operate in more complex professional environments than their pass paperwork reflects. A regional director may need to sit on the board of a Singapore subsidiary. A fund manager may require directorship authority over investment vehicles. A co-founder who took an Employment Pass through their primary employer may wish [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-07T05:24:53+08:00July 7th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Complete Walkthrough

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 [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-06T05:20:16+08:00July 6th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

Can an Employment Pass Holder Be a Director of Another Singapore Company?

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, [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-06T05:14:59+08:00July 6th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Complete Guide to Eligibility, Application and Renewal

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 [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-05T05:24:55+08:00July 5th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Complete Guide to the Entrepreneur Pass

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 [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-04T05:24:03+08:00July 4th, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

EntrePass Singapore 2026: A Founder’s Walkthrough

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 — [...]

LBRD CS2026-07-03T05:27:13+08:00July 3rd, 2026|Work Passes and Foreign Manpower|

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