{"id":1539,"date":"2024-06-26T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:24:03","slug":"singapore-start-up-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/singapore-start-up-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Start-Up Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 224px; height: 170px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sg.png\" alt=\"Singapore Flag\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of visa:<\/strong> Entrepass<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EntrePass candidates must have already registered or must intend to register a private limited company in Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>If a company has already been registered, it cannot be more than 6 months old, in which case the candidate needs to apply for Employment Pass.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates must meet at least 1 of 7 qualifying criteria.<\/li>\n<li>A new EntrePass is initially issued for 1 year. The EntrePass can be renewed after 1 year. The first renewal is valid for 1 year and thereafter all renewals are valid for 2 years.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible EntrePass holders can bring certain family members into Singapore on a Dependant Pass or Long Term Visit Pass.<\/li>\n<li>EntrePass holders can apply for permanent residency in Singapore in due course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duration of visa:<\/strong> A new EntrePass is valid for 1 year. After that, it can be renewed. If the renewal is approved, the EntrePass will be extended for an additional year. Thereafter, all subsequent renewals are valid for 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>In order to renew, EntrePass holders are required to meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<p>Show documented proof of ongoing business activity as outlined in the original business plan.<br \/>\nOwn 30% of the company\u2019s shares<br \/>\nMeet the corresponding minimum annual business spending and local employee requirements:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average duration until acceptance:<\/strong> 8 weeks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $220,- in total<\/p>\n<p>What is your backup plan? <a href=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/contact-us\/\">Talk to us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/singapore_start_up_visa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Name of visa: Entrepass &nbsp; Criteria: EntrePass candidates must have already registered or must intend to register a private limited company in Singapore. If a company has already been registered, it cannot be more than 6 months old, in which case the candidate needs to apply for Employment Pass. Candidates must meet at least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-start-up-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}