If your employment agency is registered as a sole proprietorship or partnership, you can transfer your employment agency licence to another person to take over the employment agency.
Who can transfer a licence
Only employment agencies (EA) registered as a sole proprietorship or partnership with ACRA can transfer their licence to another person to take over the employment agency. Companies or limited liability partnerships are not allowed to do so.
How to transfer a licence
Processing time: 7 working days for most cases
To transfer the licence:
- The current licensee should print out all outstanding Work Pass application forms and in-principle approval letters under the existing licence.
- The current licensee should stop submitting any new Work Pass applications 3 days before the transfer.
- The current and new licensee shall inform ACRA of the change of business owner.
- The new licensee should log in to GoBusiness Singapore to submit an application to amend the EA licence.
- The new licensee should submit the required documents:
- Scanned copy of NRIC or valid work pass.
- ACRA Business Profile.