If you are a Malaysian nanny, you may be eligible to work as a confinement nanny in Singapore. Singapore offers you several work permits and passes; one of those passes is a work permit for a confinement nanny. However, it is only for the Malaysians who are willing to visit Singapore to take care of the newborn baby for the first 16 weeks.

Before you proceed with the guide keep in mind that if your work visa is not in English you need to translate work visa in English. 

Eligibility for a Work Permit for Confinement Nanny in Singapore

Some of the eligibility requirements of both employer and nanny have to meet are as follows:

Eligibility criteria for the employer

To get eligible to hire a foreign nanny to take care of the newborn child, the employer needs to meet the following requirements:

• It should be at least 21 years old. 
• Applying for a newborn child should be four months old. 

An employer might be capable enough to pay the monthly levy for the nanny:

• If the newborn child for whom you are applying is a Singapore citizen, then the levy charged will be S$60 per month. 
• If the newborn baby is not a Singapore citizen, the levy charged will be S$265 per month.
• They will have to purchase the nanny medical insurance of at least S$15,000.
• They will have to get a nanny work permit. 

Eligibility criteria for the confinement nanny

You get eligible to apply as a confinement nanny in Singapore if you meet the following mentioned criteria:

• You should be a female Malaysian 
• Your age should be in between 23 years to 70 years. 
• You will need to work at your employer’s residence. 

Conditions for Hiring a Confinement Nanny in Singapore

The conditions that the employer and nanny need to meet are as follows:

• Employers require getting the nanny a work permit. 
• Nannies are not granted to work under any job, not even part-time. 
• Nanny is only allowed to work in the residential address mentioned in the work permit. 
• Until they are shifting to some other address during the day to take care of your newborn.
• Nanny is only allowed to work for the employer mentioned in the work permit. 

If any of the employers break the rules and choose to hire a confinement nanny illegally, they will be required to pay the fine of up to S$10,000.

If the employer hires a confinement nanny without issuing the work permit, they will have to pay the fine between S$5,000 and S$30,000, or even can have risk imprisonment for up to 1 year. 

How to Apply for a Work Permit for Confinement Nanny in Singapore?

Either your employer or any of the appointed employment agencies on behalf of the employer can apply for the work permit for the confinement nanny in Singapore. 

They can apply only:

• Up to 16 weeks after the child is born 
• Not less than four weeks before the child is born. 
• The applications need to be submitted online. 

The application for receiving a work permit for a confinement nanny is Singapore are as follows:

• You (the nanny) need to write a consent letter that states that she is agreeing to get employed and providing consent to submit an application. 
• Either employer or any of the appointed employment agencies needs to sign in to the ministry of manpower’s E-service and complete the application form. 
• They will be required to add all the needed documents. 
• The application pay that needs to be paid by the employer is S$35. 
• The minimum processing duration of the confinement nanny work permit is about one week. 

Just because you will serve in Singapore as a confinement nanny for a short time, you receive a work permit instead of the card. 

 Medical Insurance for Confinement Nanny

• It is not compulsory to get a medical examination. Still, it is recommended that every parents or employer should send the confinement nanny for the medical checkup to be on a safer side.

• It is essential that every employer buy medical insurance for the confinement nanny in case of emergencies (at least S$15,000). Your insurance will be the perfect agent to advice on the coverage.

• You being an employer will be completely responsible for the well being of the confinement nanny under the regulations and employment of foreign manpower.
• It is the right of the employer to get any information on the complete medical insurance package available for the nanny from the insurance agent.

Documents needed for a Work Permit for Confinement Nanny Application

When you are proceeding to submit an application for the Confinement nanny work permit, you and your employer will require submitting the mentioned below documents:

• If the employer owns a Singapore citizenship or permanent resident: they need to attach the copy of their ID card with the application. 
• If the employer doesn’t own permanent residence or Singapore citizenship: they will require showing the employment/dependent pass or passport. 
• Copy of your ID. 
• Copy of your passport/travel document.
• Physical copy of the educational certificate. 
• Copy of the document or a letter from the doctor mentioning the expected date of the birth of the child. 
• And if the child is already born: you are required to attach the notification of live birth or birth certificate. 

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The Validity of the Work Permit for Confinement Nanny

You are granted to work as a confinement nanny in Singapore for a maximum of 16 weeks beginning from the newborn baby’s birth. This means that if you get employed at the employer residence after the child’s birth, then the work permit as a confinement nanny will be even shorter. 

Moreover, you will also get a single entry visit pass when you cross immigration. However, if the validity of the visit pass is shorter than the duration of the work permit, then the employer has to request the extension of your stay. 

Once the validity of your work permit comes to an end, or you are not working for them anymore. Then your employer has to sign in to the MOM’s eService and cancel it. Your employers need to cancel it either:

Within one week after you have stopped working for them. 

One after it expires. 

You are not granted to work in Singapore anymore if your employer has cancelled your work permit, no matter if you still have a valid visit pass. 

Is it Possible to Extend a Confinement Nanny Work Permit?

 No work permit for confinement nanny can’t be extended further. Moreover, when entering Singapore, you will receive a visitor pass from the immigration services that are shorter than your work permit. So your employer has to submit an application to extend your stay. Also, they will require submitting a request to increase your stay if you leave Singapore even after your work permit is still valid. That’s why your visit lass is only valid for one-time entry.

 An employer can submit a request to increase your stay through submit (MOM’s eService for work passes). However, they will also require submitting needed documents for extension of the stay:

• Copies of your request letter: electronic or scanned.
• Physical copy of your request letter either scanned or electronically.
• Copy of your passport
• Documents or letters for the issuance of your work permit.
• Copy of your Disembarkation/Embarkation card.

 The time taken for extension of the confinement nanny’s stay takes up to 14 days, so ensure that you apply for the extension in advance. Else you will need to leave Singapore if your visit pass gets expired before receiving an extension.

 Even after your 16 days are over, you still wish to work for your employer; you will have to apply for a work permit for a domestic worker.

Also, you must require a notary public translation in Singapore for better assistance. 

 Cancel Confinement Nanny Work Permit

 It is essential for the employer to note that before a single entry visit pass expires, the confinement nanny needs to leave Singapore. The employer( themselves) or you have appointed any of the certified employment agency to cancel the work permit of the confinement lady if her employment ended or her work permit expire even before it expires. The levy charged will be until the eve of the cancellation.

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