Notify MOM of updates: Work Permit

You need to inform us if your company is undergoing the following changes that result in a change in the CPF submission number:

• Changing to another type of business entity (e.g. from a sole proprietorship to private limited company), where at least one of the directors, partners or sole proprietors will move to the new entity.
• Undergoing full merger, acquisition or amalgamation of entities.
• Renewing a business registration with a different Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) number while keeping the company name.

For these above scenarios, find out how to transfer your workers to the new company.

A Work Permit holder can be transferred to a related company (e.g. subsidiary or parent company). You can get this done by following the steps below.

If your company changes its name or contact details (e.g. address, phone number or email address), you must update the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board.

The CPF Board will then inform us of these changes. This will ensure that you continue to receive important messages and correspondences from us.

Note: If your company is also changing its business entity (i.e. leading to a change in its CPF submission number or ACRA number), please refer to the above section on change in business entity instead.

You need to update us within 5 days if your worker's residential address or mobile number changes. Otherwise the worker may be penalised.

How to update

1. (For address updates) Ensure that the new address meets the relevant housing requirements.
2. Use the Online Foreign Worker Address Service (OFWAS) to update the address or mobile number.

You need to submit a request to us if you want to change the occupation of a Work Permit holder.

You can inform MOM through WP Online.

You need to inform us of changes in your worker's personal particulars (e.g. passport details).

Please do so by using WP Online to update the following details for your worker: 

• Name
• Date of birth
• Marital status
• Passport number or expiry date

For other details, please submit a request to update the worker’s particulars and upload the relevant supporting documents (e.g. worker’s passport personal particulars page).

Before you can change your worker's salary, you must:

1. Get the worker's written consent.
2. Inform us of the worker's new salary using WP Online.

However, you are not allowed to amend the salary if the Work Permit is not yet issued.

You can submit a request to be a referee for your ex-work pass holder after you have cancelled the work pass.

Upon receiving your request, we will:

• Inform the prospective employer or employment agent who is applying for a work pass for the worker that you have offered to provide a personal reference check.
• Release your contact details so that they can contact you to find out more about the worker’s conduct, character, or work performance, if they wish to do so.

The prospective employer or employment agent may also speak to the foreigner directly before deciding if they want to proceed to apply for the work pass.

This request will be valid for 2 years, but you can submit a request to withdraw at any time.

You need to notify MOM.

If the worker is married, include this additional information:

You must do these within 1 week of knowing that your worker is missing:

1. File a missing person police report.
2. Cancel the Work Permit.

For a non-Malaysian worker

If the worker is not found within 1 month from the date the Work Permit was cancelled, $2,500 (half of the $5,000 security bond) will be forfeited to cover the repatriation and other related costs.

If your worker passes away in Singapore, you need to:

1. Cancel the Work Permit within 1 week from the worker's passing. Upload a copy of the following documents when cancelling:
   • Death certificate
   • Airway bill if the ashes or body has been sent back to the home country/region.
     OR
     Burial certificate if the body has been buried in Singapore.
     OR
     Cremation certificate if the body has been cremated in Singapore.
2. Bear the costs of burial, cremation or the return of the body to the country/region of origin.
3. Bear the costs of returning the worker's belongings to their families.
4. Pay any outstanding salaries or payments to the worker's estate, e.g. the worker's next of kin or appointed trustee.