Current Number of Total Applications and Approved Applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas

Debated in Parliament on 11 May 2021.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim requested current numbers of total and approved applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas, broken down by geographic regions.
Minister for Manpower stated there were 177,100 Employment Passes in Singapore as of December 2020, a 9% decrease from December 2019.
MOM highlighted that its Self-Assessment Tool helps employers gauge approval likelihood, making approval rates an uninformative indicator for Employment Passes.
MOM clarified it does not process Student Pass applications, directing such data inquiries to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The response did not provide the requested breakdown by geographic regions for either Employment Passes or Student Visas.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower what is the current number of (i) total applications and (ii) approved applications, by geographic regions for (i) employment passes and (ii) student visas to Singapore.

Mrs Josephine Teo

As can be obtained from MOM’s website, there are 177,100 Employment Passes (EP) in Singapore in December 2020, 9% lower than in December 2019.

To help employers, MOM provides a Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) on its website to gauge the likelihood of an EP application being approved. It is not surprising then that the majority of applications submitted meet the criteria for consideration and are approved. For this reason, the application approval rate is not a meaningful indicator.

MOM does not process Student Pass applications. The data on Student Pass applications reside with MHA.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim requested current numbers of total and approved applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas, broken down by geographic regions.
Minister for Manpower stated there were 177,100 Employment Passes in Singapore as of December 2020, a 9% decrease from December 2019.
MOM highlighted that its Self-Assessment Tool helps employers gauge approval likelihood, making approval rates an uninformative indicator for Employment Passes.
MOM clarified it does not process Student Pass applications, directing such data inquiries to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The response did not provide the requested breakdown by geographic regions for either Employment Passes or Student Visas.

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Current Number of Total Applications and Approved Applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas

Debated in Parliament on 11 May 2021.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim requested current numbers of total and approved applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas, broken down by geographic regions.
Minister for Manpower stated there were 177,100 Employment Passes in Singapore as of December 2020, a 9% decrease from December 2019.
MOM highlighted that its Self-Assessment Tool helps employers gauge approval likelihood, making approval rates an uninformative indicator for Employment Passes.
MOM clarified it does not process Student Pass applications, directing such data inquiries to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The response did not provide the requested breakdown by geographic regions for either Employment Passes or Student Visas.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

Mrs Josephine Teo

As can be obtained from MOM’s website, there are 177,100 Employment Passes (EP) in Singapore in December 2020, 9% lower than in December 2019.

MOM does not process Student Pass applications. The data on Student Pass applications reside with MHA.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim requested current numbers of total and approved applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas, broken down by geographic regions.
Minister for Manpower stated there were 177,100 Employment Passes in Singapore as of December 2020, a 9% decrease from December 2019.
MOM highlighted that its Self-Assessment Tool helps employers gauge approval likelihood, making approval rates an uninformative indicator for Employment Passes.
MOM clarified it does not process Student Pass applications, directing such data inquiries to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The response did not provide the requested breakdown by geographic regions for either Employment Passes or Student Visas.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

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Current Number of Total Applications and Approved Applications for Employment Passes and Student Visas

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Mrs Josephine Teo

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