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Every case below is an engagement we handled: what the client needed, what stood in the way, and what it took to get the approval. Names and identifying details have been changed.
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Client Case Studies
Approvals we have secured, alongside worked scenarios built from the current rules. Client identities are limited to surname and descriptor.
Permanent residence for the family, not simply a pass.
An Employment Pass ties the household to one employer, which is the wrong instrument for a PR route.
Permanent residence, having been told to just apply.
PR is not a form, it is an argument about the family's depth of attachment.
To move alone first and bring the family later.
The Dependant's Passes depend on a salary figure set at incorporation, not adjusted later.
To relocate together, with the company incorporated in Singapore.
They assumed the family would be awkward to sponsor, though the rules are neutral on which spouse does.
To take up the role sometime next year.
The threshold is assessed on fixed pay, so bonus and long-term incentives do not count.
These approvals date from 2018–2021. Singapore’s Employment Pass framework has changed since: COMPASS came into force in September 2023, and the salary thresholds rise again on 1 January 2027. A past approval is a record of what was achieved under the rules of the day, not a prediction of any future outcome. No case constitutes advice on your own circumstances.