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SingaporeCurrent Trends and Challenges•Mechanisms to cool foreign worker demand (lowerwork pass tiers are especially impacted)- Reduction in maximum number of foreign workers (S and WorkPermit) that companies can sponsor- Tougher salary and education standards for P2 and Q tiers- Tighter criteria for training attachments- Removal of job seeker entry category• Increasingly difficult to obtain permanent residence- Success rate has sharply declined since PR approval peak in2008; renewals also affected- The Financial Investor Scheme, a Permanent Resident pathwayfor wealthy individuals, was discontinued last April23
SingaporeCurrent Trends and Challenges• New limits to bringing in family members (from 1 September 2012)- P1, P2, Q and S Pass holders need to earn at least S$4,000 to sponsorthe stay of their spouses and children in Singapore- P1 Pass holders will no longer be able to sponsor their parents-in-law- P2 Pass holders will no longer be able to sponsor their parents orparents-in-law© 2012 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP24
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