Singapore Global Investor Programme

The floor is S$10 million under Option A (direct business investment). Option B requires S$25 million into a GIP-select fund, and Option C requires a single family office with S$200 million in assets under management, of which S$50 million must be deployed in Singapore. The S$10M figure is the minimum, but the business route also demands a substantial operating track record.

No. The GIP grants permanent residence, not citizenship. You may apply for citizenship after holding PR for at least two years, but Singapore does not allow dual nationality, so becoming a citizen requires renouncing your existing passport. PR holders continue to travel on their current passport.

Yes. In the 2026 Henley Passport Index, Singapore ranks first with visa-free access to 192 of 227 destinations, ahead of Japan, South Korea, and the UAE. This applies to Singapore citizens, not GIP permanent residents, who travel on their own national passports.

There is no fixed day-count for the initial PR, but renewing the 5-year Re-entry Permit effectively requires substance: meeting your business and job-creation milestones, or having the applicant or dependents reside in Singapore for more than half the period. PR is conditional, not unconditional.

Plan on roughly 12 months for processing once a complete application is filed, and 12 to 24 months end-to-end to PR card collection. It is far slower than Caribbean citizenship programs, which is the trade-off for what you receive.

Established business owners, next-generation owners of large family businesses, founders of fast-growth companies, and family office principals. Option A typically requires a three-year entrepreneurial record and a company with around S$200 million in annual turnover. EDB approves the person and their record, not just the capital.

Option A (S$10M) is active: you build or expand a Singapore business with employment milestones. Option B (S$25M) is more passive but the most expensive, channeling capital into an approved fund. Option C (S$200M AUM, S$50M deployed) suits ultra-high-net-worth families setting up a single family office in Singapore.

Yes. Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 can be included in the main PR application. Parents and adult children are not covered as dependents but may be supported through other passes such as the Long-Term Visit Pass. Male children who become PR incur National Service obligations.

Singapore uses a territorial system: only Singapore-sourced income is taxed, and foreign income received by individuals is generally exempt. There is no capital gains tax and no inheritance tax. Resident income tax is progressive up to 24 percent. Coordinate with tax counsel, especially if you are a US citizen subject to worldwide taxation.

No. Singapore does not levy capital gains tax on shares, property, or cryptocurrency. The exception is professional or systematic trading, which can be treated as taxable business income. This makes Singapore attractive for investors holding appreciating assets.

It can effectively lapse. The Re-entry Permit runs five years and renews for three more only if you maintain the qualifying investment and meet business or residence conditions. If the commitments are not kept, renewal can be refused, which ends the practical permanence of your status.

Very few. EDB figures indicate around 450 people were granted PR through the programme across the entire 2015 to 2025 decade, split roughly 50 percent Option A, 40 percent Option B, and 10 percent Option C. It is a deliberately selective programme, not a volume scheme.

EDB raised the application fee to S$20,000 effective 5 May 2025. Separately, each applicant for PR pays a S$100 non-refundable processing fee to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. These are administrative fees and are separate from the qualifying investment.

They serve different goals. Caribbean programs deliver a second passport in months for a few hundred thousand dollars with no residence required. Singapore's GIP delivers conditional residence in one of the world's leading cities after a multi-year, multi-million-dollar, heavily screened process, with citizenship only later and at the cost of your current nationality.