Eligible working fathers can enjoy up to 4 weeks of leave if they meet the following criteria:

For natural fathers with live births:

1. Child’s date of birth/estimated delivery date is between 1 Jul 2017 and 31 Mar 2025 (both dates inclusive).

   • If your child is born or has an estimated delivery date on or after 1 Apr 2025, you are entitled to the new SPL scheme and should not be making an election for this scheme.

2. His wife is eligible for the Government-Paid Maternity Leave (GPML) scheme and must make an election to share her leave:

   • He may still be eligible for 2013-SPL if the child’s mother has passed away before making any election or revoked an election for him to take 2013-SPL but passed away before a new election could be made.

3. Child is a Singapore Citizen; or becomes a Singapore Citizen within 12 months from the child’s date of birth (inclusive of date of birth).

   • 2013-SPL can only be consumed after the child obtains Singapore citizenship and within 12 months from the child’s date of birth (inclusive of date of birth).

4. He is/was lawfully married to the child’s mother:

   • at some point between the child’s conception and before the child’s birth; or

   • within 12 months from the child’s date of birth (inclusive of date of birth), but on or before either of the following applicable dates:

     • the date that the child’s mother makes an election for him to take 2013-SPL; or

     • the date of the child’s mother’s death if she dies before making an election for him to take 2013-SPL, or where a previous election has been revoked but the child’s mother dies before she is able to make a new election;

   • whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth, or on the date of the election or the child’s mother’s death, as the case may be.

   • 2013-SPL can only be consumed after he is married to the child’s mother and within 12 months from the child’s date of birth (inclusive of date of birth).

For natural fathers with stillbirth:

1. The date of stillbirth is between 1 Nov 2021 and 31 Mar 2025 (both dates inclusive).

2. Where the child’s mother was a Singapore Citizen at the time of the stillbirth:

   • he was lawfully married to the child's mother at some point between conception and stillbirth; or

   • within 12 months from the stillbirth (inclusive of date of stillbirth) but on or before either of the following applicable dates:

     • the date that the child’s mother makes an election for the father to take 2013-SPL;

     • the date of the child’s mother’s death if she dies before making an election for the father to take 2013-SPL, or where a previous election has been revoked but the child’s mother dies before she is able to make a new election;

   • whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the stillbirth, or on the date of the election or the child’s mother’s death, as the case may be.

3. Where the child’s mother was not a Singapore Citizen at the time of the stillbirth:

   • He was a Singapore Citizen at the time of the stillbirth and was lawfully married to the child’s mother at some point between conception and stillbirth but on or before either of the following applicable dates:

     • the date that the child’s mother makes an election for the father to take 2013-SPL;

     • the date of the child’s mother’s death if she dies before making an election for the father to take 2013-SPL, or where a previous election has been revoked but the child’s mother dies before she is able to make a new election;

   • whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the stillbirth, or on the date of the election or the child’s mother’s death, as the case may be.

4. There is a Notification of a Stillbirth certified by a medical practitioner or a registered midwife or a stillbirth certificate issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.

For adoptive fathers:

1. He has made a joint application with the child’s adoptive mother to adopt the child.

2. Formal Intent to Adopt (FIA) date is between 1 Jul 2017 and 31 Mar 2025 (both dates inclusive).

3. If the child’s FIA date is on or after 1 Apr 2025, he is entitled to the new SPL scheme and should not be making an election for this scheme.

4. His wife is eligible for the Adoption Leave for Mothers (AL) or Government-Paid Maternity Leave (GPML) scheme and must make an election to share her leave.

   • He may still be eligible for 2013-SPL if the child’s mother has passed away before making any election or revoked an election for him to take 2013-SPL but passed away before a new election could be made.

5. He is/was lawfully married to the child’s adoptive mother on or before either:

   • the date that the child’s adoptive mother makes an election for him to take 2013-SPL;

   • the date of the child’s mother’s death if she dies before making an election for him to take 2013-SPL, or where a previous election has been revoked but the child’s mother dies before she is able to make a new election.

6. If the child is not a citizen of Singapore, either he or the adoptive mother has been a Singapore citizen since the date on which a dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child.