Letter of Consent for ICA- Issued LTVP/LTVP+ Dependent’s Pass holders

If you are looking to get employed in a Singapore-based company. Then you should apply for the LOC, one of the documents issued by the manpower to the LTVP and DP holders. In this article, you will get a complete guide to the Letter of Consent for ICA- issued LTVP/LTVP+ Dependent’s Pass holders.

Letter of consent is referred to as the documents issued by the Ministry of manpower to the LTVP and Dependent pass holder, which allows them to work in Singapore under the Singapore-based company.

To translate MOM documents in Singapore you will require to contact with the certified Singapore translators.

Key facts about Letter of Consent

• Application for the letter of consent needs to be registered by the employer or any appointed agency as the applicant is not granted to apply for the loc on their own.

• Only LTVP, LTVP+, and Dependent Pass holders having an valid job offer from any Singapore-based company are only eligible to apply for the LOC.

• The validity of the LOC depends on the expiry date of its linked LTVP, LTVP+, or Dependent Pass. Apart from this, the letter of consent is valid till you are employed in the Singapore-based company.

• There is no such foreign work levy or quota for the letter of consent applications.

• LOC can be renewed only if your DP, LTVP, or LTVP+ holders pass gets renewed.

• There are no such salary requirements to get a LOC, like several work passes and permits.

Eligibility criteria

To get qualified for the letter of consent, the applicants need to meet one of the following categories:

• LTVP or LTVP+ holder who is married to the permanent resident or Singaporean.

• A child under 21 years of age (Unmarried) of Singaporean or permanent residents presently holds LTVP.

• A dependent pass holder associated with EntrePass, Employment pass, Personalized employment pass holder.

Note: To acquire the LOC, the LTVP, DP, or LTVP should be valid for a minimum of three months. Also, candidates should have a valid job offer from the Singapore employer.

Documents required

When you apply for the letter of consent in Singapore, attaching the required documents is necessary.

Always remember if your documents are in any foreign language instead of English, you need to translate your documents into English. After translation, you will have to submit both the original copy and translated version while submitting the documents. The certified ICA translation service provider should do the translation.

The additional documents required for the selected professions when applying for the letter of consent. Some of the selected professions may include lawyers, regional representatives and healthcare professionals. Required documents are as follows:

Regional representatives

A photocopy of the approval letter from the enterprise Singapore requires to be submitted to begin the representative office in Singapore. In addition, a letter from the representative office should include the motive of the application, the time till which the assignment is going to be, and assured of the maintenance of the candidates is also required.

Health care professionals, lawyers, football players, and coaches:

For every professional, there is a respective professional body in Singapore that issues the documents. The complete list are as follows:

Employees of the food establishment

Employees of the food establishment need to submit the licensed copy provided by the NEA, SFA food shop license, which was issued before 01 April 2019, will also be considered. Moreover, if the establishment is new and you have not got the license yet, then you will be required to submit the copy of the food shop license application letter that the SFA issued.

How to apply

Employer or the employment agency will be applying for the letter of consent on behalf of the candidates.

• Before applying for the letter of consent, the candidate must give the written consent to the employer, which states that they are ready to work for them.

• The employer will be required to visit the EP online to complete the application and attach the required documents in the next step.

• After completing the documents, you are required to check the status of your application after a week. It is not guaranteed that after one week, your application will be approved. It may take a longer time if any more documents are needed.

• After your application gets approved, you will need to log in to EP online and then download the consent letter.

• After that, give the letter of consent to the candidate, which allows them to visit Singapore.

Renewing or replacing a Letter of Consent

To renew the letter of consent, you must do the following:

• The LOC gets renewed when the Dependent pass gets renewed. You can submit a renewal request six months prior to LOC expires.

• MOM (the in charge of all the passes) sends the LOC renewal form to the employers three months before the expiry date of the LOC.

• The complete renewal should be submitted fur weeks before the expiry date.

• If the LOC document is lost, you must report to the police regarding the loss and applying for the renewal along with the copy of the report.

Remember the report should be in the English language. If the report language is not English you can get it done quickly by choosing certified translation service Singapore.

Canceling a Letter of Consent

As both DP and LOC are associated with the main employment pass, the Letter of consent + DP automatically get canceled when the employment pass cancels.

The LOC must be canceled if you are no longer part of the company. It must be canceled within one week after the final day of the LOC holder’s.

Before cancellation, you must:

• Pay all the outstanding employment due to the holder.

• Check tax clearance from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).

Moreover you can also refer to the DP pass guide. Be it DP pass or Letter of consent you will require to get assistance from reliable agency for work visa translation service.