Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP)
If you hold an EP or S Pass, you may want to take your family with you when relocating to Singapore. To do so, they must have a LTVP or Long-Term Visit Pass. With this pass, you can take your common-law spouse, step-children, or handicapped child to the Lion City.
What Is A Long Term Visit Pass In Singapore?
Singapore is one of the most popular destinations for foreign workers. However, they face some limitations regarding how many of their family members could go to Singapore with them.
Fortunately, Singapore’s LTVP allows some of these family members an opportunity to live in the city. They can take up residence in Singapore for as long as they have a relative who holds a valid Employment Pass or S Pass. An LTVP is also issued to foreigners that want to stay in Singapore for more than 30 days.
What Is The Difference Between The Dependant's Pass And LTVP In Singapore?
Singapore is one of the most popular destinations for foreign workers. However, they face some limitations regarding how many of their family members could go to Singapore with them.
Fortunately, Singapore’s LTVP allows some of these family members an opportunity to live in the city. They can take up residence in Singapore for as long as they have a relative who holds a valid Employment Pass or S Pass. An LTVP is also issued to foreigners that want to stay in Singapore for more than 30 days.
Eligibility For A Dependant’s Pass
If a foreigner in Singapore with a work pass wants to bring their legal spouse and/or child along, they can just apply for a Dependant’s Pass with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in Singapore.
Fortunately, Singapore’s LTVP allows some of these family members an opportunity to live in the city. They can take up residence in Singapore for as long as they have a relative who holds a valid Employment Pass or S Pass. An LTVP is also issued to foreigners that want to stay in Singapore for more than 30 days.
Eligibility For LTVP In Singapore
If a foreigner in Singapore with a work pass wants to bring their legal spouse and/or child along, they can just apply for a Dependant’s Pass with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in Singapore.
here may be some family members of foreign expats who don’t qualify for the Dependant’s Pass. They’d need a long-term visit pass to live in Singapore
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Non-legal spouse
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Unmarried step-child (under 21)
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Unmarried handicapped child (over 21)
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Parents
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A foreigner is only eligible to apply LTVP for the above, if they
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Have any of the following: Employment Pass (EP), S Pass, Personalized Employment Pass (PEP), EntrePass
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Have a fixed monthly salary of at least S$6,000. Sponsoring parents, at least $12,000.
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Are sponsored by a Singapore-based and registered company (usually an employer)
Mother/grandmother accompanying foreign child(ren) on a student pass in Singapore, may apply for LTVP under the “Long-Term Visit Pass for Accompany Mothers / Grandmothers for Student Pass Holders” scheme.
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Note that restrictions apply to only the LTVP holder (mother/grandmother of child).
For Singapore Citizens (SC) or Singapore Permanent Residents (SPR), the following people can be sponsored for the LTVP:
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Foreigner, whose spouse is a SC or SPR
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Foreign born child (< 21 years old) whose parent is an SC or SPR.
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Parent whose child (> 21 years old) is an SC or SPR.
The Long-Term Visit Pass-Plus (LTVP+) scheme is for foreign spouses of Singapore Citizen (SC) or Singapore PR. The LTVP+ gives foreign spouses of SCs a longer period of stay.
All other LTVP schemes give an average of 2 year’s stay in Singapore. In some cases, up to 3-5 years, but all applications are evaluated by the ICA on a case-by-case basis. LTVP holders are generally not allowed to work unless they hold a work visa or the employer applies for a Letter of Consent (LOC) – available to some Dependant’s Pass holders and LTVP holders.