Forgery of In-principle Approval Letters for Employment Purposes

Debated in Parliament on 2 Mar 2023.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Ministry of Manpower for data over the past five years on investigations, convictions, and stern warnings for forging in-principle approval (IPA) letters for employment.
From 2018 to 2022, MOM received 70 reports of forged IPA letters, typically involving overseas agents who alter employment terms like salary before providing the forged letters to migrant workers.
One employer was convicted for forging an IPA letter during this period, while the overseas perpetrators often remain beyond MOM's enforcement reach.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Manpower for each year in the past five years, how many employers have been (i) investigated, (ii) convicted and (iii) issued stern warnings for forging in-principle approval letters for employment purposes.

Tan See Leng

From 2018 to 2022, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) received a total of 70 reports on forgery of in-principle approval (IPA) letters.

The perpetrators of these forged IPA letters are typically overseas agents who are beyond our enforcement reach. The employers in Singapore and local employment agencies were able to show that they had sent the original IPA letter overseas. However, the overseas agent would amend key employment terms, for example, salary, before handing the forged IPA letter over to the migrant worker. Over this period, one employer was convicted for forging the IPA letter.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Ministry of Manpower for data over the past five years on investigations, convictions, and stern warnings for forging in-principle approval (IPA) letters for employment.
From 2018 to 2022, MOM received 70 reports of forged IPA letters, typically involving overseas agents who alter employment terms like salary before providing the forged letters to migrant workers.
One employer was convicted for forging an IPA letter during this period, while the overseas perpetrators often remain beyond MOM's enforcement reach.

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Forgery of In-principle Approval Letters for Employment Purposes

Debated in Parliament on 2 Mar 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Ministry of Manpower for data over the past five years on investigations, convictions, and stern warnings for forging in-principle approval (IPA) letters for employment.
From 2018 to 2022, MOM received 70 reports of forged IPA letters, typically involving overseas agents who alter employment terms like salary before providing the forged letters to migrant workers.
One employer was convicted for forging an IPA letter during this period, while the overseas perpetrators often remain beyond MOM's enforcement reach.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Tan See Leng

From 2018 to 2022, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) received a total of 70 reports on forgery of in-principle approval (IPA) letters.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Ministry of Manpower for data over the past five years on investigations, convictions, and stern warnings for forging in-principle approval (IPA) letters for employment.
From 2018 to 2022, MOM received 70 reports of forged IPA letters, typically involving overseas agents who alter employment terms like salary before providing the forged letters to migrant workers.
One employer was convicted for forging an IPA letter during this period, while the overseas perpetrators often remain beyond MOM's enforcement reach.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

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Forgery of In-principle Approval Letters for Employment Purposes

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

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