Introduction to the types of immigrant visas in Singapore

# Singapore Immigrants # Introduction Singapore is also a Chinese society, with no time difference, not far from China, suitable climate and beautiful environment, which is a good choice for many people to study, live, work and even immigrate. So what are the ways to live in Singapore for a long time and apply for immigration? Nothing!

Working and living in Singapore is usually divided into three steps.

Step 1: Hold a long-term license, that is, all kinds of visas (including student ID card, employment card, business license, long-term social visit card, etc. ), or apply for investment immigration;

Step 2: change from a "foreigner" with a visa to a permanent resident, which is often called a green card in other countries (the card issued by Singapore is also green). You can live in Singapore for a long time, but still hold your own passport;

Step 3: naturalize in Singapore.

Let's talk about the first step, how to stay in Singapore for a long time:

If you have money and a career, you can consider investment immigration, entrepreneurial immigration and self-employed immigration:

Investment Immigration (G Address)

Generally, wealthy owners will choose to invest in immigration, because the threshold is low, as long as they have tickets. Singapore's immigration policy has undergone many changes, and now the Global Businessman Plan (G Address) is Singapore's direct immigration model. At present, most successful entrepreneurs in China who choose Singapore immigration have chosen this immigration scheme. Singapore G address immigrants have no requirements for education, age or language. The whole application period of investment immigration is about 6-8 months, which is the fastest and most direct way to apply for Singapore immigration at present, and it is also one of the countries with the fastest investment immigration at present. G address immigrants can bring their spouses and children (under 2 1 year old) as affiliated applicants to apply for permanent residency through the Global Businessman Program. Parents can also apply for a long-term visit permit.

So how much will it cost?

Option A: S $2.5 million to establish a new business entity or expand existing business operations.

Option B: Give at least one global business planner S $2.5 million.

Can't afford to pay so much? Nothing, business licenses and self-employed immigrants are much more grounded:

Entrepass business license

Entrepreneurial immigrants in Singapore obtain business licenses by registering Singapore companies, and then further apply for green cards through business licenses. To put it simply, to set up a company in Singapore, you only need S $50,000 registered capital to get a business license, so as to further obtain permanent residency (PR) in Singapore and achieve the purpose of entrepreneurial immigration.

The salary requirement is usually S $3,300. There is no clear requirement for academic qualifications, but you need to have certain work or business experience or innovative industry projects.

After meeting certain conditions, you can apply for a family permit for your spouse and children under 2 1 year, apply for PR after 1 year, or bring your family to apply for PR.

Self-employed immigrants (employment pass)

Simply put, it is to start your own company and then apply for an employment permit in your own company. Applicants need to plan a practical entrepreneurial project. If they don't have a project or don't really want to start a business, this self-employed immigration method is not suitable for you. The applicant needs to own a private limited company in Singapore. To start business, the company has the necessary conditions:

To apply for a business license, the catering industry needs to apply for a health permit at the Environment Bureau; Having a fixed business place, a lease contract and an office space; Carry out substantive business operations; Hire local staff; Pay the provident fund according to law; Applicants must have a college degree or above (because they are self-employed immigrants, the assessment criteria are not academic qualifications, so it is no problem to lower them); Relevant work experience (business experience is very important because you are here to start a company, not to work); The monthly salary exceeds S $4,000.

After meeting certain conditions, you can apply for a family permit for your spouse and children under 2 1 year, apply for PR after 1 year, or bring your family to apply for PR.

In my opinion, business license and self-employed immigrants should be a good choice for groups who have never studied in Singapore and want to make a career on their own, and they are also one of the more cost-effective ways to live in Singapore.

Don't want to start a business and feel too worried? Just looking for a job, then you need to see the following work permits:

Employment Permit

Singapore Employment Permit (EP) is a graded work permit issued by the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore. After successfully obtaining the permit, the applicant can further apply for permanent residence in Singapore (PR).

Salary usually requires a monthly salary of more than 3,300 (graduates from local public universities, such as NUS and NTU, can apply to the school and get EP, which is not so high. In other cases, the immigration requirements are higher, which means that if you don't graduate from Singapore, you may not be able to apply for S $3,300.

14 from March, 1, there is no special requirement for academic qualifications. Generally speaking, the younger you are, the less experience you have and the less requirements you have. The older you are, the more experienced you are, the higher your salary is, and you need corresponding work experience and quality.

You can apply for a family permit if you earn more than 5,000 yuan, and a long-term visit permit (LTVP) if you earn more than 10000 yuan. You can apply for PR after working for 6 months (6 months is the shortest period, if you are not an undergraduate of NUS or NTU, it is recommended to work for a few more years before applying), or you can bring your family to apply for PR.

SPassS license

SP is a work permit provided by the Ministry of Human Resources for foreign employees with intermediate technical level.

Generally, the salary starts from S $2,200, and junior college, undergraduate course or technical qualification certification (technical certification requires at least one year of full-time study) is enough. There is no explicit stipulation on the minimum working years, but the company needs to reach the corresponding headcount limit. The number of SP employees in the service industry should not exceed 65,438+05% of the total number of employees, and other industries should not exceed 20%. So usually large companies can apply for SP for employees. If a small company can't gather so many Singaporeans, it is difficult to apply for SP.

If the salary of SP reaches S $4,000, you can apply for a family permit for your spouse and children under 2 1 year old.

You can apply for PR after working for 6 months (6 months is the shortest period, if you are not an undergraduate of NUS or NTU, it is recommended to work for a few more years before applying), or you can bring your family to apply for PR.

EP and SP are usually suitable for graduates who study locally in Singapore, find jobs in Singapore, or graduate from universities around the world and then find jobs in Singapore.

Work permit WP permit

WP is a work permit set by the Ministry of Human Resources for foreign low-level employees.

No salary and education, but age requirements: Malaysian (18-58 years old), non-Malaysian (18-50 years old); Like SP, the company has a head count, and the service industry WP cannot exceed 8% in the company (ordinary 12 local talents have a WP quota, and a local in a special industry can use 1 for seven WP quotas); The company also needs to buy insurance for its employees, with a minimum amount of S $65,438+RMB 5,000; Pay a deposit of S $5,000.

You cannot apply for a family visa for your family. You can't apply for permanent residence directly, but you can apply as a subsidiary.

Working and saving money in Singapore is the choice. There are many restrictions. However, some people switched to SPass or even EP after job hopping.

Besides finding a job, there is another way to get married. That is, the family permit mentioned above. In this way, if your spouse works in Singapore, you have the opportunity to live in Singapore.

Family pass family permit

Family Permit is a permit that people who work or do business in Singapore and hold EP, SP or Enptrpass can apply for their spouses and children under 2 1 year old. Children with family permits can go directly to primary and secondary schools of the Singapore government. The conditions are written on it (the salary is generally required to be above S $4,000/5,000). The family members of EP or business license holders can apply for LOC from the Human Resources Department through the company. After approval, they can work directly without occupying the company quota, which is also a kind of welfare that the government supports family reunion and family employment. However, SP's family members must apply for a work permit before they can work. If you can't apply for permanent residence directly, you can apply together as a guarantor. If EPSP Enptrpass is cut off, then DP will also fail.

Long-term access permit

There are many kinds of long-term residence permits. If you get married, both PR and your spouse can apply.

Family members of citizens can apply for LTVP+, hold a "+"long-term access permit, and can work directly without occupying the company's head quota. Most other people need to apply for a work permit to work. If you can't apply for permanent residence directly, you can apply together as a guarantor.

In addition, there are various long-term access licenses.

1. Family members or parents of citizens or green cards (PR)

2.2065438+Before March, 2003 1, apply for a five-year long-term residence permit.

3. Graduates from public universities, polytechnics and some private schools in Singapore (if you apply within 2 years after graduation, you can apply for one year, but you can only apply once in your life).

4. Parents who meet the requirements of Article 4. EP or Entrepass

5. There are expatriates or exchange students.

Subordinate PR

Spouses of citizens/family members can apply for permanent residency of their families. If the spouse has obtained long-term visas from Singapore such as LTVP, EP and SPASS, the chances of successful application are even greater. Different from PR, it is more difficult to apply for LTVP for parents. In addition, if the spouse's permanent resident status or citizenship changes, DPR's re-entry permit will not be extended.

If you are too young to work or get married, you can still study!

Student pass

When I came to Singapore to study in primary and secondary schools, I applied for a student visa.

You can't apply for permanent residence at SP stage, and you have the opportunity to apply for PR after graduation for more than 6 months.

If your children are studying in Singapore, they can also come to Singapore!

Mother's companion pass

The mothers, grandmothers or grandmothers of 6- 16-year-old international students in Singapore go to Singapore to accompany them, and they can legally work in Singapore after one year. Singapore introduced this special policy, mainly because primary and secondary school students have poor self-care ability, and parents do not trust them to study abroad alone.

In the first year after the successful application, that is, the first year of students attending public schools, accompanying mothers are not allowed to work legally. If it is discovered by the Singapore Immigration Bureau, it may be repatriated. Therefore, mothers should not work legally in the first year. In the first year, they should prepare a fee of about 654.38 million RMB to pay for students' tuition and the living expenses of their mothers and children. From the second year, you can work. Generally speaking, it costs about S $65,438+0,000-65,438+0,200 for mother and son to eat, live and travel in Singapore, and the basic salary of accompanying mothers can be between S $65,438+0,300-65,438+0,500, which can guarantee the living expenses of mother and son (accommodation, meals)

Finally, there are two mysterious WP visa types:

Singer visa

Singh's work visa in Singapore is a WP half-year work permit issued by the Singapore Ministry of Labor. Singers are selected by legal KTV and nightclubs in Singapore and perform in KTV and nightclubs in Singapore. The validity period is half a year, and you are not allowed to leave the country within half a year. The half-year visa expires, the cooperation with the company expires, and the singer returns to China. After returning to China, it is up to the individual to decide whether to work in Singapore again.

Conditions:

1) Male or female, age 18 ~ 28 years old, those with excellent conditions can be relaxed to 35 years old. Height: female: 158CM or more, male: 175CM or more.

2) It is best to have some experience in night performances, excellent stage temperament, image and communication skills. Have the quality of a certain performing artist, be physically and mentally healthy and adapt to the environment.

3) No bad record in Singapore.

Miss visa

In 2009, the Miss Visa was opened to Miss China. It is a kind of WP work permit and a very special one. What makes it special is that it is a legal do miss (prostitute) license, which is protected by the laws of the Singapore government, but it needs to work in a designated company. This kind of company is generally called glass house or goldfish bowl in Singapore, and the license is issued by the anti-vice unit in Singapore. It is a legal operating company in do miss. Miss must go to the hospital designated by the government for regular physical examination to make sure there is no heart disease, hepatitis A, hepatitis B and AIDS. Huang Ka license is valid for two years, and can only be used for two years at the longest. After two years, you must leave this country and never enter Singapore.

Attached are some questions frequently asked by netizens:

Q 1 Can I immigrate if I have a baby in Singapore?

A Not only tourists who have children in Singapore can't immigrate, but even foreigners who work and live in Singapore can't immigrate if they have children. Only children born to Singaporeans (husbands or wives) can apply for Singapore citizenship.

Q2 Can I immigrate when I buy a house?

Before A20 13, you could get a long-term visa to invest in real estate in Singapore, but now there is no such policy.

In addition, questions and answers about Singapore visas:

Q 1 Is there an age limit for applying for a Singapore visa?

A applying for a study visa in Singapore after graduating from high school is generally suitable for students under 30. For undergraduate students, the age for studying for a master's degree can be relaxed to 40.

Q2: Do I need an interview to apply for a Singapore visa?

A Generally speaking, you don't need to go to Beijing for an interview to apply for a Singapore visa unless the student is applying for a language course in a private school.

Does Q3 need a physical examination in China after getting a visa?

A No, the Singapore Immigration Bureau requires that students who have obtained a student visa must have a physical examination at a locally recognized hospital in Singapore.

Does Q4 notarial certificate need to be translated?

All the materials needed to apply for a study visa in Singapore must be translated into English.

Q5 How much is the bank deposit certificate?

A Singapore Immigration requires that the bank deposit certificate be sufficient to cover the study and living expenses of the applicant during his stay in Singapore. If you apply for a degree course, it will take 2-3 years and 30,000-40,000 Singapore dollars, which is about 200,000 yuan.

Q6 How long does it take to prove the deposit?

The Singapore Immigration Bureau requires that the bank deposit certificate of students applying for private schools must expire after the visa approval time. But generally speaking, students should choose a slightly longer certificate of deposit, 6 months or 3 months, and the maturity time needs to be at least 2 months after submitting the application.