whereTOemigrate
Get your free results
SG country scene

Training Employment Pass - Foreign Student

SingaporeWork

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

Get your free results Read the five questions ↓

What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This Training Employment Pass route is for a foreign student whose training attachment in Singapore is part of their course of study.

See recorded sources
  • Who is eligible
    To hire a foreign student: The training attachment in Singapore must be part of their course of study.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

A Singapore employer hires the student for the attachment and applies for the pass; the employer may need to submit verification of the student’s educational qualifications.

See recorded sources
  • Who is eligible
    You can apply for a Training Employment Pass (TEP) if you wish to hire a foreign student or a trainee from a foreign office or subsidiary.
  • Who is eligible
    You may be asked to submit relevant documents when we review your TEP application, such as verification proof of educational qualifications

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The student must be studying at an acceptable institution, or alternatively earn a fixed monthly salary of at least $3,000; a candidate who has already held a TEP is not eligible for another one for the same type of training.

See recorded sources
  • Who is eligible
    They must be studying at an acceptable institution or earn a fixed monthly salary of at least $3,000.
  • Who is eligible
    If the candidate has held a TEP before, they will not be eligible for another one for the same type of training.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The TEP is for undergoing training in Singapore, and passes for family members are not available. The official source does not state whether the holder is tied to the employer, occupation or sector.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • MOM does not state whether the TEP holder is tied to the applying employer or to a sector.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The Training Employment Pass is valid for up to 3 months and is not renewable; no longer-term residence direction is stated.

See recorded sources
  • Duration of pass
    The Training Employment Pass is valid for up to 3 months and is not renewable.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

Explore more pathways in Singapore · All pathways

Your story.
Your next step.

Get your free results