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Singapore Employment Pass versus Entrepreneurs Pass commonly known as EntrePass

Topic: Business Start-upPublished September 12, 2009

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Singapore heartily welcomes foreign entrepreneurs, professionals, managing directors and shareholders of Singaporean companies who wish to work or who are seeking to set up a business in Singapore. For that purpose the Ministry of Manpower has allotted two passes; the Employment Pass and the EntrePass. Each has their own requirements to fulfill and involve different procedures. First off, the Employment Pass is directed towards the individual the foreign entrepreneur, and meant for managing director or shareholder in a Singaporean company. The most basic requirements include a fixed salary of more than S$2,500 each month and a diploma / degree education preferably from a recognized institutions or lots of useful working experience and specialist skills. These basic requirements fulfill the Q Pass package criteria. The P2 Pass is for those who earn a fixed monthly salary of more than S$3,500 to $7,000 with recognized qualifications. The P1 Pass is for those earning a fixed monthly salary of more than S$7,000. The more experienced or skilled the individual, the more consideration he or she will be given. To learn more: http://www.rikvin.com/Singapore-Employment-Pass-Visa-Employment-Entrepass.html The EntrePass on the other hand is designed towards the foreign entrepreneur who already has a business, and who wants to move said business over to Singapore or to create a branch there. Therefore, the EntrePass is meant for the organization rather than a single individual. The main requirement for an EntrePass is a solid Business Plan which must contain the objective or nature of the business, products or services to be offered; marketing strategies, development plans and milestones, projected sales turnover, intended amount of investment and its staffing plan. Although your current citizenship, the amount of capital investment, local job creation, your past work experience and so forth can affect the outcome, in general, the better the Business Plan, the more likely the EntrePass will be approved. To learn more: http://www.rikvin.com/Singapore-Entrepass-Entrepreneur-Visa-Employment-Pass.html While both the Employment Pass and EntrePass allow valid work in Singapore for up to two years, each have different processing times and benefits. The Employment Pass work visa can take up to 1 day to 8 weeks to process and 2 to 15 working days to approve. The EntrePass can take up to 25 days to process while approval is entirely dependent on how good your Business Plan is. If the Employment Pass application has all the right documents at the ready, processing and approval should be relatively fast. Likewise, the more complete and solid the Business Plan, the faster and easier it is to approve the EntrePass. Overall, the Employment Pass is a fairly straightforward affair directed towards the individual. As long as you fulfill the requirements and have all the right documents, approval should be a done deal. The EntrePass is a bit more subjective as evaluators have to take into consideration all the factors that make a good business based entirely on a solid Business Plan. Approval for an EntrePass is therefore less certain. In short the Employment Pass is like a multiple-choice test where all the answers are given while the EntrePass is like an essay exam where you will have to answer the questions in your own words. Singapore Company Registration and Related Corporate Services Under-One-Roof. We provide a fast online service for company incorporation, private limited company formation, business registration and full corporate secretarial services in Singapore. Please visit http://www.rikvin.com for more information on moving to or setting up your Company in Singapore. rnIf you are interested in the application of Singapore EntrePass to relocate to Singapore, contact us at info@rikvin.com

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