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 [...]
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 [...]
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 — [...]
The EntrePass Singapore 2026 regime is the country's narrowest work visa — and the most misunderstood. Most founders assume it is the “easy” route into Singapore because the headline pitch is “come and start a company.” In practice, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) treats the EntrePass as a gated scheme reserved for venture-backed founders, hands-on [...]