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About the Role
:Wall Street Oasis is seeking a senior Singapore Immigration Attorney and work-pass adviser on a contractual basis to act as our consultation and advisory expert. You'll advise us on Singapore work passes and the right to work in finance & consulting roles. This is an advisory role rather than a full caseload, so we want an experienced immigration adviser we can turn to for clear, reliable answers when questions come up
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Key Responsibilitie
- s:Advise on the Singapore work passes that matter for finance careers, including the Employment Pass (EP) and its COMPASS assessment, the Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass (ONE Pass), the Personalised Employment Pass (PEP), EntrePass, and the S Pas
- s.1-on-1 Sessions: Assess each student's eligibility and recommend the right pass and timing for the finance roles they are targetin
- g.Explain how employer hiring rules, including the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) and MyCareersFuture advertising, affect a candidate's chances, and help students target firms that hire foreign talen
- t.Advise on Permanent Residence (PR) and Singapore citizenship where they appl
- y.Field ad hoc immigration questions from the team and flag anything that needs formal legal representatio
n.
Qualifications (Criteria & Eligibility
) :Essent
- ialQualified to advise on Singapore immigration and work passes, whether as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore or as a seasoned work-pass specialist registered with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) as EA personnel with the Certificate of Employment Intermediaries (CE
- I).Current and in good standing, with professional indemnity insurance suitable for a contract engageme
- nt.At least 7 years of experience in Singapore work passes and immigration, including complex professional and personal cas
- es.Strong knowledge of the COMPASS framework, the passes above, the Fair Consideration Framework and MOM requirements, the PR and citizenship routes through ICA, plus Dependant's Pass and Long-Term Visit Pass family rout
- es.A clear communicator who gives practical advice and explains risks in plain ter
ms.
Highly desir
- ableExperience advising in or around financial services, technology, or other high-growth sect
- ors.Familiarity with finance recruiting and the pass realities that shape it, including COMPASS sector salary benchmarks for financial servi
- ces.A record with work-pass appeals, rejected applications, and MOM or ICA revi
- ews.Membership of the Law Society of Singapore or comparable professional stand
- ing.Based in Singap
ore.
