Long-Term Visit Pass Applications for Family Members to Assist with Care Responsibilities in Singapore

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the last five years (a) how many Long-Term Visit Pass applications are received for family members to assist with residents’ childcare or other care responsibilities; and (b) how many of such applications are successful.

The types of foreigners that can apply for a Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) can be found on the website of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). These include spouses, unmarried minor children and parents of Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.

While ICA may ask questions about the applicant’s caregiving arrangements to make a holistic assessment of an application, ICA does not actively track the number of LTVP applications that are for the purposes of providing childcare or other care responsibilities.