There are many situations where it is necessary to exercise due diligence and check that a work pass is valid:

How to check work pass card

You should personally inspect the original Work Permit, Employment Pass or S Pass card by doing the following:

• Check that the photo matches the pass holder.
• Inspect the two holographic lenses:
  • One should reflect the pass holder’s image.
  • The other, when tilted at an angle, should show:
    • FIN for Employment Pass holders
    • Work pass number for Work Permit or S Pass holders
• Check that the pass card matches the design of the MOM issued passes.
• Check that the details on the card matches the pass holder’s original passport.

How to check validity

You may check the pass validity using the following:

Check work pass and application status

Your worker’s educational certificates may not have been verified by Work Pass Division (WPD)’s Levy Section.

Send us your worker’s educational documents and the IPA cancellation letter.

You need to send us the documents within 2 weeks of the cancellation date.

No, you will need to obtain pre-entry housing check approval from MOM first before securing a booking at the Onboard centre. Otherwise, your worker's Onboard slot may be cancelled, and your company may have its work pass privileges suspended.

This is to ensure that Onboard slots are not taken up by workers who may not enter Singapore eventually.

Local PMETs who are stationed in your overseas branch are included in COMPASS C3 and C4 computation if they earn a fixed monthly salary of $3000, based on the wages declared for CPF contributions under your company’s CPF submission account (CSN).

Foreign PMETs who are periodically stationed in your overseas branch are also included in COMPASS C3 and C4 computation if they earn at least a fixed monthly salary of S$3000, based on the declaration in their work pass application under your company’s Unique Entity Number (UEN).

How PMETs are counted under COMPASS

Earn at least $3,000 in fixed monthly salary, as declared in their work pass application.

Note: The PMET count for foreign employees excludes: 

• In-Principle Approvals
• Passes that are not tied to a single employer, such as the Work Holiday Pass, Tech Pass, ONE Pass and Pre-Approved Letter of Consent.

 Local

(Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents your organisation contributes CPF for)

The fixed monthly salary of $3,000 is the same as the S Pass qualifying salary for renewals. The amount will be revised alongside future increases to the S Pass qualifying salary.

The share of PMETs from a specific nationality/citizenship is calculated by taking the number of PMET employees from a specific nationality/citizenship and dividing it by the total number of PMET employees.

The nationality/citizenship of your organisation's employees, including Permanent Residents, is based on the nationality/citizenship on their passport in the Singapore Government’s records.

Example:

Using an example of an organisation with 100 PMET employees in total, this illustration shows how to calculate the shares of specific nationalities:

Thus, if your candidate belongs to Nationality A, your firm’s share of PMETs from nationality A would be:

30 (Nationality A PMETs) / 100 (Total PMETs) = 30%

Under COMPASS, we will rank organisations based on their local PMET share. The higher the percentage of local PMET employees, the higher the organisation's percentile will be.

To calculate your organisation's local PMET share, take the number of local PMET employees and divide it by the total number of PMET employees.

Sector comparison of local PMET share

Your organisation’s local PMET share will be ranked against other organisations in the same sector to obtain its percentile. For example:

• A organisation at the 20th percentile would have a local PMET share that is higher than 20% of organisations in the same sector.
• A organisation at the 50th percentile would have a local PMET share that is higher than 50% of organisations in the same sector.

To find out your organisation’s sector classification:

1. Log in to myMOM Portal.
2. Check the "Local PMETs" chart in the Workforce Insights tool.

Note: Your organisation will be grouped into the relevant sector in COMPASS based on the primary business activity declared to ACRA and other UEN issuance agencies, regardless of whether the organisation operates across multiple sectors.

Keep your organisation's business activity up-to-date

Do update ACRA with your organisation's latest Singapore Standard Industry Classification (SSIC) information when there are changes in your primary business activity.

Inaccurate or missing SSIC information may result in work pass delays or rejections.

List of industry sectors under COMPASS

Under COMPASS, we have broadly categorised SSIC codes into the following sectors: 

• Accommodation
• Admin & support services
• Air & sea transport
• Arts, entertainment & recreation
• Banking and other financial services^#
• Construction
• Education
• Food & beverage services
• Fund management services^#
• Health & social services
• Info-communication technology
• Insurance services^#
• Land transport & logistics
• Manufacturing
• Media
• Professional services
• Public admin & defence
• Real estate services
• Retail trade
• Utilities and other goods producing industries
• Wholesale trade
• Other community, social & personal services

# Organisations in these financial services sector which are subjected to a higher EP Qualifying Salary in Stage 1.

On the 6^th day of every month, we will update your organisation's COMPASS profile on myMOM Portal.

The update includes:

• Share of nationalities among PMETs in your organisation (used in C3 – Diversity).
• Local PMETs share in your organisation (used in C4 – Support for Local Employment).
• Number of PMET employees in your organisation (used to assess your organisation’s eligibility for small organisation default points on C3 and C4).

To reduce sudden fluctuations, we will use an average of the last 3 months of available data.

Ensure that you have entered the institution exactly as it appears on your candidate’s certificate. Missing or misspelt words might make it seem like an institution isn’t on the form.

If you are still unable to find your candidate’s educational institution on the form, you will need to provide verification proof that the:

• Declared qualification is authentic
• Institution is accredited or recognised by the local government

You can obtain this verification proof from a background screening company.