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Employing Foreign Workers
Work Permit Conditions
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) allows companies performing farming activities to apply for Work Permit under the Services sector to employ foreign workers.
For companies that hold a valid SFA food farm licence, they could also qualify for MOM’s Agritech Work Permit Scheme to employ foreign workers. Foreign worker under the Agritech Work Permit Scheme is only allowed to perform farming-related works such as cultivation of food crops, rearing animals for food (such as livestock, poultry and fish) and related works. Food farms with workers on the Agritech Work Permit Scheme are to adhere to MOM’s Conditions of Work Permits.
How to apply for MOM Work Permit
Step 1: Register your entity with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
Step 2: Open a CPF account with the Central Provident Fund Board
Step 3: Open a Work Pass account via Work Pass Account Registration (WPAR) at MOM. Companies applying for the Agritech Work Permit Scheme will also need to submit an SFA food farm licence.
Source Countries
Under MOM’s Agritech Work Permit Scheme, farms can employ foreign workers from the following source countries.
