Written Answer to PQ on Statistics on Issuance and Management of One Pass

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3393 OF 2025 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 04 FEBURARY 2025
QUESTION NO. 6463 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower since the introduction of the Overseas Networks and Expertise Pass (ONE Pass) to 31 December 2024 (a) how may ONE Passes have been annually issued; (b) in which industries are these ONE Pass holders employed; (c) how many ONE Pass holders were holding an Employment Pass prior to receiving the ONE Pass; and (d) how many have had their ONE Pass revoked on the grounds of revocation.

Answer:

About 3,000 Overseas Networks & Expertise (ONE) Passes were issued in 2024, of which about one in six were new entrants. The conversion of existing Work Pass holders who meet the ONE Pass criteria helps us to anchor talent in Singapore. The top three sectors that ONE Pass holders were employed in were Financial & Insurance Services, Information and Communication and Professional Services.

2 The ONE Pass may be revoked if the pass holder spends an extended period of time being inactive without good justifications, or has failed to comply with our laws. To-date, MOM has only revoked one ONE Pass, following the ONE Pass holder’s conviction for drink driving.