Singapore does not sell residence; it recruits it. The Global Investor Programme grants permanent residence to proven entrepreneurs, next generation owners of substantial family businesses and principals of serious family offices, in exchange for investment from ten million Singapore dollars. It is the most selective investor programme in the world, and for those who qualify, the most valuable. Here is the honest bar.
For proven entrepreneurs investing in a Singapore business.
Into a GIP select fund approved by the Economic Development Board.
Including the EDB interview and completion of the investment.
Singapore is what a city becomes when competence compounds: the busiest smart port on earth, the regional headquarters of global finance, schools that top world rankings and a passport regularly rated the most powerful anywhere. It is Asia’s safe room, and everyone who owns anything in the region knows it.
Personal tax tops out modestly by Western standards, there is no capital gains tax and no inheritance tax, and the regulatory state actually works. Living costs are real: housing and cars are famously expensive, while food, transport and healthcare deliver extraordinary quality for the price. English is the working language of everything.
The GIP suits founders with substantial, audited businesses, families institutionalising wealth through a single family office, and next generation owners securing an Asian base for the century ahead. It does not suit passive investors seeking a quick badge: Singapore reads every file like the underwriter it is.
Our specialists prepare GIP files to the standard the Economic Development Board actually applies, from audited financials to interview rehearsal.
The GIP grants Singapore permanent residence to the principal, with spouse and children under 21 included, administered by the Economic Development Board. PR brings the right to live, work and school the family in Singapore indefinitely, with re entry permits renewed against your continuing commitments. Male dependants note national service obligations: Singapore takes its citizens and PRs seriously in both directions.
Option A: invest 10 million Singapore dollars in a new or existing Singapore business, backed by at least three years of entrepreneurial track record and a company with substantial turnover, around 200 million dollars annually for established owners. Option B: place 25 million dollars in a GIP select fund approved by the EDB. Option C: establish a Singapore single family office with at least 200 million dollars under management, of which 50 million must be deployed into qualifying local investments.
The sequence runs: eligibility assessment against the published criteria; submission to the EDB with audited financials and the business or investment plan; the EDB interview; approval in principle; completion of the investment; then formalisation of PR with the immigration authority. Allow around a year end to end. The interview is substantive, and files are read by people who understand accounts.
Investment: 10, 25 or 50 million Singapore dollars by option, with Option C requiring 200 million under management. Track record: three years of entrepreneurial history and audited turnover for Option A. Renewal: the five year re entry permit renews against maintained investments, employment creation or family office activity, and residence of the family in Singapore strengthens every renewal. Application fee: 20,000 dollars.
The EDB reads substance: clean audited accounts, a credible Singapore business plan and a family that genuinely intends to live there beat any adviser’s adjectives. Choose the option that matches your wealth’s shape rather than the cheapest headline, plan the renewal conditions before the first approval, and treat national service implications for sons as a planning fact, not a footnote. We prepare principals for the interview the way bankers prepare for credit committee.
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Certified passports, birth and marriage certificates for the family, consistent to the letter, with dependants’ education records where schooling plans support the file.
Three years of audited accounts for Option A applicants, evidencing turnover and your shareholding, presented so the numbers answer questions before they are asked.
A credible Singapore plan: the Option A investment case, the Option B fund subscription, or the family office structure with its local deployment strategy.
The documented story of the fortune: sale agreements, dividends, audited growth, prepared to private banking standard because that is exactly who will read it.
Clean records, litigation disclosure and regulatory standing across your operating jurisdictions, disclosed properly the first time.
Prefer a conversation before anything formal? Our consultants answer Singapore questions with complete candour, including whether the GIP genuinely fits your wealth or a work pass serves better.
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10 million Singapore dollars into a business under Option A, 25 million into an approved GIP fund under Option B, or a family office under Option C with 200 million under management and 50 million deployed locally.
Established entrepreneurs with three years of track record and substantial audited turnover, next generation owners of significant family businesses, and principals of genuine family offices. The EDB assesses substance, not enthusiasm.
Around twelve months end to end, including the EDB interview and completion of the investment after approval in principle.
Yes: successful applicants receive Singapore PR, with the five year re entry permit renewing against maintained commitments and, in practice, genuine family residence.
Spouse and children under 21 are included. Sons who become PRs assume national service obligations, a fact we plan around openly with every family.
There is no rigid day count, but renewals reward families genuinely living there: schooling, housing and tax residence in Singapore carry real weight at year five.
PRs may apply for citizenship after around two years of permanent residence, assessed on the depth of their Singapore life. Singapore does not permit dual citizenship for adults.
Professionals use employment passes and the tech and talent schemes, and entrepreneurs the EntrePass, but for pure investors the GIP is the route, priced exactly as Singapore intends.
Book an assessment and our team will assess your options.
Receive tailored advice and a clear migration strategy built entirely around you.
Let us manage your application from lodgement to decision, or choose to be guided.
Tell us about your business, your wealth structure and your family, and our specialists will give you the honest read on GIP eligibility before anything is filed.