1, EP (employment pass) is generally a work visa issued to senior management, administration or professional and technical personnel with a monthly salary of at least S $3,600. For those who apply to go to Singapore to engage in senior management or technical work, that is, domestic "golden collar" people. Young applicants need to have diplomas from excellent institutions, while older applicants must have higher salaries, stronger work experience and professional skills.

2.SP(SPECIAL PASS), also known as technical pass, is a work permit issued to foreigners with special skills or college education. At present, the monthly salary required to apply for SP is S $2,200. From 20 19 1 month, the monthly salary will be raised to S $2,300 or above, and further raised to S $2,400 from 2020 1 month. For existing SP holders,

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EP applicants apply for family permission for their spouse's children, and the monthly salary application standard of the main applicant is raised from S $5,000 to S $6,000. When parents apply for a long-term visa, the monthly salary application standard of the main applicant is raised from S $65,438+00,000 to S $65,438+02,000. The Singapore government has put forward stricter requirements for the main applicants who wish to bring their entourage, mainly to test the economic strength of the main applicants and ensure the stability of the family after moving.

On August 20 18, the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore announced that it would revise the regulations on foreign workers again to ensure local skilled jobs and improve the quality of foreign workers. Singapore's Ministry of Human Resources (MOM) will adjust the foreign labor policy to ensure the following:

1, make the local 2/3 workforce better-further support local professionals, managers, managers and technicians. Fair access to more and better employment opportunities; ?

2. Improve the quality and productivity of one third of foreigners in Singapore's workforce-By updating the salary standard of S-permit, we can enhance the complementarity between S-permit employees and the local labor force, thus prompting enterprises to hire, train and retain foreign labor with higher productivity, thus improving productivity. Starting from 20 19, SP's monthly salary standard will be slightly raised.

Although the New Deal is aimed at S-permit, which seems to have nothing to do with the employment permit (EP) held by entrepreneurs and executives, no matter what kind of visa is affected, it will be unfavorable to Singapore's future immigration trend. Now it can meet the standard and should be applied as soon as possible.