Singapore does not have a direct “pay-for-identity” route, and the mainstream choice for ordinary people is to take an ep/self-employed ep residence permit and meet residence, taxation and then apply for pr permanent residence. The full cost is clearly divided into three sections, namely, official fees, which are published by mom, acra and ica, with fixed and transparent prices; and service costs and living expenses, which vary considerably according to the programme and the quality of residence。
The total investment in the first year of employment is approximately hk$ 222-400,000; in the first year of self-employment entrepreneurship, it is about hk$ 4-90 million; in the first year of entry of a couple with a child, it is 60-13 million yuan; and in the first year of residence, gip invests in immigrants at a threshold of 1,000,000 yuan, not applicable to ordinary families。
I. Official application fees: collected by the government, standards are set publicly
All official fees are paid and the application is not refunded if the application is unsuccessful; pr will always submit the fee for the application without government and will be considered free of charge。
Ep employment permit (employee ep / self-employed ep general, mom official standard) 2. Dp family permit (spouse, unmarried children under 21 years of age) 3. Self-employed ep additional enterprise registration fees (acra official standard) 4. Other miscellaneous official expenditure 5. Gip global investor scheme
The application fee is nz$ 200000, which is not refundable upon delivery, and is matched with the corresponding investment programme (10 million/25 million/200 million nz$/one)。
Ii. Costs of professional services: market information
The department is divided into a full-time processing team, with a higher difference in service content and delivery standards, with a clear list of services to be checked when choosing to avoid late hidden price increases。
Employer ep full case service (local offer of singapore) cost range: rmb 15-40 million. These include background assessments, compass calibration, optimization of materials, submission of follow-up, supplementary responses, approval guidance, and no matching of employer resources. Self-employed ep service packages (including company first year compliance) these include company registration in singapore, bank opening, business program customization, submission of ep applications, statutory secretary for the first year, tax filing, address hosting. Low-cost packages usually do not include real business planning and annual review services, and shell programme rejection risks are extremely high. The cost of maintenance of the enterprise in the subsequent year is approximately rmb 18-40 million per year for accounting, auditing, statutory secretary, registered address, etc. Dp family pass office cost range: rmb 8,000-15000/household, synchronized with the main applicant, more efficient. Prs permanent housing planning services cost ranges: 1 to 3 million yuan. This includes an assessment of the length of residence, the optimization of the materials, the timing of their submission, and follow-up。
All applications for status in singapore are approved and there is no 100% pass rate. The formal service team would inform the risk in advance and would not commit to “packaging” “internal channels” such as those that do not comply with official rules。
Iii. Local living expenses in singapore (2026 reference)
Housing is the largest item of expenditure, with a wide variation in economy. The following is a reference to monthly base expenses (excluding school fees) and an exchange rate reference: nz$ 1 ≈ 5. 4。
Three-member family for one person (spousal + 1 children)
Education is an additional expenditure item: government schools have lower fees but are required to pass the aeis examination; international schools have approximately nz$ 22-40 million/year。
Summary of overall inputs for the first year of each path
The following summary includes official fees + basic services + 12 monthly basic living expenses, excluding business outreach funds and return tickets。
Employers ep (single, available): 22-400,000 rmb employer ep (spouse + 1 child dp, available) 65-1 million rmb self-employed ep (single, including company first year maintenance + 12 months living): 45-85 million rmb per month of ep compliance pay is a company operating cost, self-employed ep family dp (spouse + 1 child) spent on company accounts: 75-13 million rmb gip investment migrants: tens of millions of steps, suitable for high net value population five and cost planning reference
There are real singaporean employers who give preference to employer ep routes and save the operating costs of self-employed companies, which is the least costly form of migration for ordinary people. Self-employed eps are selected not only for service fee quotations, but also to confirm whether they contain real office addresses, annual billing taxes, business compliance planning, and shell companies are generally denied renewal even if they are first approved. Perpetual residence is not a government expense per se, and the full cost of the preceding period is concentrated on obtaining a residence permit and the local life stage. Singapore had a high percentage of rents, and family migration required the early inclusion of education expenditure in the overall budget to avoid later financial pressures。
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