Work Holiday Pass Singapore

Comprehensive guide to the work holiday pass Singapore

The Singapore government has introduced many work permits and passes, especially for the students to live and work in Singapore. One of those pass is the work holiday pass issued by the MOM. To get further details about Rejection, Extension & Process of work holiday pass keep on reading.

What is Singapore Work Holiday Pass?

Singapore’s work holiday pass is the pass that allows eligible students and young graduates to meet all the requirements to live and work in Singapore for six months.

Key facts of Singapore work holiday pass.

Some of the key facts of Singapore work holiday pass are as follows:

• This Pass is mainly for young graduates and eligible students willing to work and enjoy a holiday in Singapore.
• Directly candidates have to apply for the past.
• Duration of the passes only six months.
• This pass cannot be renewed.
• This pass has a capacity of 2000 applicants at a time.
• You cannot apply for any family passes through the Singapore work holiday pass.

The Singapore Work Holiday Pass under the Work Holiday Programme

Who is eligible?

To get qualified to apply for the work holiday pass under the work holiday program you need to meet the below mentioned Eligibility criteria:

• You should be between 18 to 25 years of age.
• You should be from several countries like Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, France, and Australia.
• You should be either a current student or a graduate from the university that your country’s government recognizes.
• In case you are a current student: you should be a resident and a full-time student at the University for a Minimum of three months prior to applying.
• If you are a graduate student: You would be a resident during your university and full-time student until you complete the duration of your course.

Note: A total of 2000 applicants are accepted for the work holiday pass if you have applied after the 2000 application has been accepted. Then there are more chances that your application gets rejected. It will only be accepted if there is any vacancy.

No matter from which country you are coming from you will require to translate work visa documents in English.

What is the condition?

You can get the work holiday pass under the work holiday program that grants you to live and work in Singapore only for six months.

If you are looking to work in the professions like medicine, pharmacy, architecture, law, or dentistry, you will need to meet the registration requirements to practice such a profession in Singapore.

The Singapore Work Holiday Pass under the Work and Holiday Visa Programme

Who is eligible?

You will get qualified to apply for the Singapore work holiday pass under the work and holiday Visa gram if you fulfill the below mentioned criteria:

• You must be an Australian citizen.
• You should be between 18 to 30 years of age.
• You must be an university graduate; or
• You might have completed the full-time under graduation course ( at least two years)

What are the conditions?

Some of the condition of Singapore work holiday pass under the work and holiday visa program:

• You are only granted to work and live in Singapore for a maximum of 12 months.
• The Ministry of manpower will only accept 500 applications at a time, so if you apply for the Visa program after when the 500 application gets accepted. Then there are chances of your application getting rejected. It will only be accepted if there is any vacancy.
• With this pass, you are not allowed to take up freelancing work.
• The maximum time you can spend studying or training is only four months. This includes courses (part-time or full-time), Internships, and job training.

You are granted to do some of the following things:

• To get employed in a company registered with the accounting and corporate regulatory authority (ACRA).
• You are granted to work in the organization registered with the registrar of societies (ROS).
• You are allowed to work in the profession, including medicine, architecture, law, etc., only if you have a registration requirement for practicing these professions.

You are not granted to work for the same employer for more than six months. You can either:

• Not work at all, spend rest of the time on holiday.
• Switch to working for other employers.

How to Apply for a Work Holiday Pass for Singapore?

The procedure of applying for the Singapore work holiday pass through any of the programs is divided into three groups is as follows:

Applying for the work holiday pass

You can apply for the work holiday pass online by visiting the Ministry of manpower website.

• In the first step, you have to select the program under which you are looking to apply for the work holiday pass: Work Holiday Programme or Work and Holiday Visa Programme
• Then you will require entering information like details of your education, contact information and your personal details.
• You will have to attach an electronic copy of the needed document given below.
• After that, you’ll have to wait for the application to get processed.
• If you are looking to apply through the work and holiday visa program, the application’s processing time will be three weeks.
• And if you are willing to apply under the work on holiday visa program, then the processing time of the application will be four weeks.

When your application gets approved, the Ministry of manpower will send you in-principle approval (IPA) letter through the mail. This approval letter work as an entry visa. After you get IPA letter, you will require visiting Singapore and requesting for issuing of pass.

Submitting the required documents

While submitting the application for your holiday pass under any of the program, you will also require attaching some of the relevant document mentioned below:

All your submitted documents should be in the English language. If any document is not in English, it is advised to hire a mom documents translation agency to translate all your documents to English. Along with translated documents, you will also require to submit the original documents.

• Document that you are submitting with your application should be either in JPEG or PDF format.
• The relevant documents that you are required to submit with your work holiday pass application are given below:
• A photocopy of your passport’s personal detail page.
• If you graduated from the recognized university, you would require submitting the photocopy of your diploma or certificate and the official school transcript.

If you are still studying:

• Then you will require submitting the recent document that should not be older than three months that work as evidence that you are successfully registered in the university, which also mentions your name, birthday, and nationality.
• A copy of your student ID card.
• If you are an international student, you must submit a copy of your study visa.

Requesting to get the Work Holiday Pass issued

Now it’s time to request the work holiday pass.

In order to request the issue of the work holiday pass, you must be present in Singapore. If you have your SingPass account, you can apply to pass by yourself. However, if you do not have the account, you will require hiring an employment agent to perform the process on your behalf or choose to submit the request manually (over the counter).

Applying online

• In order to submit the request online, you will require signing in to EP online by visiting the MOM’s website.
• Then you will be required to submit the needed documents.
• After that, you will require to pay the S$175 fee for your pass.

After that, you will get a notification letter. Kindly print that letter and keep it with yourself.

That notification letter will:

• Enables you to travel in and out of Singapore till you get the pass card.
• Updates you if you require registering your photographs and fingerprints.

Applying manually

• In order to apply manually, you are required to schedule an appointment at the employment pass service centre.
• After that, you will require to visit the appointment center and take the required documents with you.
• You will have to pay the fee of S$175.

Then you will receive any notification letter which:

• Enables you to travel in and out of Singapore till your pass gets issued.
• Updates you if you need to register your photographs and fingerprint.

Needed documents when issuing the work holiday pass:

• Personal particular page of your passport.
• Details of the immigration pass or short-term visit pass.
• Your address in Singapore. The address should be valid as their MOM will deliver your pass card.
• Disembarkation/Embarkation card.
• Details of a minimum of one contact who will accept the delivery of the card.
• You will also require presenting the IPA letter with the complete declaration form.

Registering your picture and fingerprints

If the notification letter that you obtain mentions that you require to register the fingerprint and photograph, then you will need to get it registered within two weeks by visiting the employment pass services centre. You will have to get an advance appointment for the center and also bring the listed documents below:

• Appointment letter
• Your notification letter.
• Your valid passport
• Additional documents if mentioned in the IPA and notification letter.

If MOM finds everything perfectly, you will get the Singapore Work Holiday Pass Card within four days of registration and verification of documents at the Employment pass service centre.

If you don’t require registering the fingerprints, MOM will deliver the card to your given address.

The authorized person will get a notification through SMS or email regarding the delivery details one day prior to the delivery day of the card.

Also, the pass holder can check the delivery details of their card in EP online.

Request for MOM’s entry approval

The newly filled MOM’s entry approval application for new pass holders coming from the higher-risk regions/countries (e.g., all countries/regions, except Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Macao, Mainland China, and New Zealand) are not accepted anymore.

The pass holder affected, their in-princess approval letter validity will be extended to the further date. MOM’s will update regarding this in the future. Moreover, you can apply for the extension of the IPAs if they are expiring soon.

To request the MOM’s entry approval, you will require to :

• Ensure that you have met the entry approval requirements, such as undergoing the COVID-19 test and staying in the SHN facility if applicable.
• You can use the entry approval calculator to get an idea of when you can request the MOM’s entry approval.
• Ensure that you have the available transport facility to move to Singapore on the given arrival before requesting the MOM’s entry approval.
• If your request gets approved, ensure that you pay for undergoing the COVID-19 test and stay at the mentioned SHN facility for some time, if applicable, even if you cannot visit Singapore as planned.
• Request for MOM’s entry approval.
• After requesting the MOM’s entry approval, you have to remain waiting for the MOM’s approval. After obtaining the approval, please make sure you get your flights confirmed and prepare yourself to enter Singapore.

Note: Pass holders are asked to take up the medical insurance with the relevant coverage before they visit Singapore. The pass holder will be responsible for the medical expenses if they get affected by the COVID-19 symptoms or test positive after their 14 days of arrival in Singapore.

Cancellation of Work Holiday Pass (under Work Holiday Programme) (WHP)

When to cancel the pass

• After your motive of applying for the pass gets completed, you are required to cancel your work holiday pass. You have two options through which you can cancel your pass either you can do it yourself, or you can get it done by an employment agent.
• You can cancel your pass before its validity period of 6 months.

Who can cancel?

An appointed employment agent or and pass holder can cancel the pass.

How long it takes

The cancellation process of the pass gets processed immediately.

Note:

• You can request the 30 days short-term visit pass to enable the pass holder to stay in Singapore before departure.
• While leaving the country, the pass holders must give the short-term visit pass to the immigrant officer.
• You cannot apply for the work holiday pass for another 12 months from the day your previous pass got canceled or expired.
• After your pass gets canceled, you are required to break your card from between so that no one can misuse that card.

To get the short-term visit pass translation into English, it is essential for you to hire a certified translation agency in Singapore.

FAQs for Work Holiday Pass

Whether I will get a Multiple Journey Visa (MJV) & if so, then for how long?

ETA pass holder gets multiple journeys Visa with the validity of six-month immediately after issuing the pass.

When can I start my employment after the issuance of the Notification Letter?

You are granted to begin your employment and enjoy your holiday in Singapore when you get the work holiday pass.

When will the Issuance take effect?

The issuance of the work holiday pass will take effect quickly after you apply online.