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GIP Factsheet EN, 2 October 2012
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What the document holds
GIP factsheet 'Updated as of 2 October 2012' (10 pp.): Options A and B at S$2.5m (fund must invest in Singapore-based companies); turnover S$200m for real estate or construction companies, S$50m for other sectors (latest year and 3-year average); 30% shareholding if privately owned; Option A 3-year business plan with milestones within 3 years; family (spouse and children under 21; parents and children 21+ 5-year LTVP); first re-entry permit 5 years and renewal conditions (3-year or 5-year renewal: business with 5+ Singaporean employees and S$1m total business spending a year, and/or residence more than half the time); application fee S$5,650 (bank details), forms within 1 month of fee; AIP 6 months; audited statements at end of years 2, 3 and 4; formalise PR within 12 months of investment; 25 approved industries including family office. No statistics. Fee was already recorded; this pass adds the turnover, shareholding, plan, re-entry permit, renewal, formalisation and fee-to-application deadline rules. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
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Rules and prices (17)
- Business investmentmain applicantSGD 2,500,000Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Investment fund unitsmain applicantSGD 2,500,000Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Application feeper applicationSGD 5,650Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Time limit to complete application documentsmaximum time between paying the application fee and submitting the application1 monthsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Years of business or investment experience requiredminimum entrepreneurial (and business) track record of the applicant, with audited financial statements for the last 3 years3 yearsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Time to meet the business or investment planOption A: milestones of the 3-year business or investment plan must be met within this period from the date of investment3 yearsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Validity of the family long-term visit passLong Term Visit Pass for family members who cannot be included for PR (unmarried children aged 21 and above; from 2011 also parents), tied to the main applicant's re-entry permit5 yearsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Re-entry permit validityfirst re-entry permit issued on formalisation of PR; renewed for 3 or 5 years if conditions are met5 yearsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Deadline to make the investmenttime to make the investment after Approval-in-Principle of PR (the AIP is valid for 6 months)6 monthsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Time limit to formalise permanent residencetime to formalise PR status after making the investment12 monthsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Maximum age of a dependent childchildren included as dependants in the PR application must be below this age (unmarried, as at the date of application, in the 2014 and later factsheets)21 yearsDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Employees required for renewalre-entry permit renewal: business set up in Singapore must have at least this many Singaporean employees (with the total business spending condition)5 Singaporean employeesDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Minimum shareholding in the companyapplicant's minimum shareholding in the qualifying company, if privately owned30%Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Share of time lived in the country, for renewalre-entry permit renewal: residence in Singapore of the investor or GIP-PR dependants (more than half the time; alternative condition for a 3-year renewal, required with the business condition for a 5-year renewal)50 percent of the timeDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Total business spending, for renewalre-entry permit renewal: total business spending a year by the business set up in Singapore1,000,000 SGD per yearDate not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Minimum company turnoverapplicant's company turnover in the most recent year and on average over the last 3 years, companies in sectors other than real estate and constructionSGD 50,000,000Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Minimum company turnoverapplicant's company turnover in the most recent year and on average over the last 3 years, if the company is in the real estate or construction-related industrySGD 200,000,000Date not stated · Contact Singapore 2012Singapore · Global Investor Programme
About the document
What it covers Terms after the 2012 tightening: Option B fund must invest in Singapore-based companies; turnover S$50m (S$200m for real estate/construction); S$5,650 application fee.
Notes Retrieved from the Wayback Machine capture of 18 Nov 2012.
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