Singapore - (updated as of 12 Feb) Advisory for employers and employees travelling to and from Mainland China in response to increase in cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Actions to be taken by employers of foreign employees and mandatory declarations to MOM

If your foreign employees (work pass, in-principle approval (IPA), Dependant’s Pass or Long-Term Visit Pass holders) meet the criteria below, you must take the following actions: 

Type of foreign employees	What you need to do
Travelled to mainland China within the last 14 days before arriving in Singapore.	For employees arriving in Singapore from 8 February 2020, 2359 hrs: Request for MOM’s approval: Opens from 12:01pm today and closes at 12pm tomorrow. Requests received during this period are for arrivals within the next 7 days after tomorrow (e.g. for arrivals in Singapore from 14 Feb 2020 to 20 Feb 2020, you can submit the request from 12 Feb 2020, 12:01pm to 13 Feb 2020, 12pm). Applications submitted: Before 12pm: Will receive the outcome on the same day. After 12pm: Will receive the outcome the next day. Inform the affected employees that they will be on a 14-day LOA upon arrival in Singapore and get their written acknowledgement. Please keep this acknowledgement form and submit it to MOM when requested by the Controller of Work Passes. Note: If your employees arrived in Singapore from 31 January 2020, 1800 hrs to 8 February 2020, 2358 hrs, you only need to complete step 2.
S Pass & Employment Pass holders who entered Singapore after 8 February 2020, 2359hrs without MOM’s approval.	When you receive our email regarding this matter, you need to submit a declaration that they had not been to mainland China within the last 14 days before entering Singapore. If we do not receive the declaration within 24 hours of the email, we will revoke the pass and you will need to send your worker back.

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