Employment Pass application support
- Candidate and employer assessment
- Salary, qualifications, experience and employer information checked against the applicable requirements.
- Application documents
- Employment details and company records reviewed for missing information and inconsistencies.
- MOM requests and appeals
- Help preparing relevant evidence for a document request or an appeal. Regulated work is handled by licensed providers.
EP approval after MOM requested business and salary evidence
Travis Tay has over 15 years of immigration consulting experience. Employment Pass advice considers the candidate’s role and background alongside the employer’s actual business.
MOM requested business and salary evidence for an EP application by a newly established holding company. We helped prepare the response; the application was approved about ten weeks after filing. The case explains the documents and sequence. Individual outcomes do not predict another application’s result.
What do you need help with?
A new Employment Pass
Send your age, role, proposed salary and employer’s business activity. We can review the candidate and employer requirements before preparing an application.
A renewal
Tell us the expiry date and whether your role, salary or employer details have changed. We can identify the records needed for the renewal.
A rejection or document request
Describe what MOM asked for or the reason stated. We can review the issue and quote for the relevant response or appeal work.
Employment Pass applications for founders and professionals
You may be setting up your own company, joining an employer, renewing a pass or responding to a rejection. We check the candidate’s age, salary, qualifications and experience alongside the employer’s business and workforce information. Employment agency work is handled by a licensed provider.
Employment Pass salary and COMPASS requirements
Most candidates must first meet the age- and sector-dependent Employment Pass salary floor, then score at least 40 points under COMPASS, the Complementarity Assessment Framework. The score includes the candidate’s salary and qualifications, and the employer’s workforce.
- C1 salary: 0, 10 or 20 points against local professional salaries in the candidate’s sector and age group. This is separate from the qualifying salary floor.
- C2 qualifications: 0, 10 or 20 points depending on the qualification; a degree is not universally compulsory.
- C3 workforce diversity and C4 support for local employment: each can score 0, 10 or 20. Firms with fewer than 25 professional employees receive 10 points for each.
- C5 shortage occupation and C6 strategic economic priorities can add points where the specific conditions are met.
How qualifications affect your COMPASS score
A recognised qualification may help with C2 points and reduce the C1 points needed in a particular profile. It cannot waive the qualifying salary floor, which depends on age and sector. A candidate without a degree may still qualify through the other criteria. We calculate the points available from your salary, qualifications and employer before discussing whether further study would help.
What does a $22,500 salary exemption mean?
A fixed monthly salary of at least $22,500 exempts a candidate from COMPASS and the mandatory job-advertisement requirement under the Fair Consideration Framework. It does not guarantee an Employment Pass. Fair hiring and the remaining application requirements still apply.
The proposed salary should fit the role, the candidate’s experience and the business’s ability to pay. MOM may request further evidence, including proof that the declared salary will be paid. Depending on MOM’s request, supporting documents may include signed contracts and their values, bank statements and available funds, ongoing business records, company information or a website, and the candidate’s background and expertise. MOM does not require all of these documents for every application.
Company documents for an Employment Pass application
- Job duties, employment terms and a salary the company has the funds to pay.
- Employment history, qualifications and verification documents where required.
- Company activities, contracts, accounts and funding records relevant to the application.
- Checks for Fair Consideration Framework advertising, COMPASS points and any applicable exemptions.
Application, document requests and appeals.
Online Employment Pass applications are processed or given an update within 10 business days. Extra document requests can extend the process. An approval, request for information or rejection is MOM’s decision. If rejected, an appeal must be submitted within three months and should address the rejection issues; there is no published universal entitlement to two appeals.
We help prepare the application and responses to MOM’s document requests. We quote separately for renewals, family passes or appeals where these are needed. Your quotation states the work and fees included.
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Enquire about an Employment Pass
Tell us whether you are applying, renewing or appealing, along with the candidate’s age, role and proposed salary.