On Thursday, December 7, Singapore and China jointly announced their intention to establish a 30-day mutual visa exemption agreement as part of an effort to enhance people-to-people exchanges, taking advantage of improved flight connectivity in the post-pandemic era. This proposal was unveiled during the 19th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting, the highest-level annual [...]

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has announced that it will cease the issuance of physical Long-Term Pass (LTP) cards and replace them with a digital version. This change will apply to LTPs and Student's Passes issued by ICA and Dependant's Passes granted by the Ministry of Social and Family Development. Physical LTP cards that [...]

In 2022, Singapore's employment levels grew by an unprecedented 231,000 according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) which released a preliminary report on Tuesday, 31st January. The growth was driven mainly by non-resident employment mainly in the manufacturing and construction sectors. These sectors are typically reliant on foreign workers. As the Singapore economy opened up [...]