Giving birth in Singapore

[cricket]

My husband and I are moving to Singapore next year and planning on expanding our family while we are there. He will have an EP and I will apply for a dependent's pass. Eventually we will also apply for PR, but will probably try to have a baby before that happens.

I read that in order for a foreigner to give birth in Singapore, they have to have a local sponsor, etc. Is it really that complicated? It wasn't clear who these rules applied to and what all is involved.

[yoongf]

Giving birth in a foreign country is a touchy issue because it could be used as a back door method to gain citizenship/PR for the mother/child, or pehaps use the foreign govt as a long term babysitter. As with other countries, Sg has certain control mechanisms in place to avoid those issues.

As long as the parents are not planning to claim Sg citizenship/PR for the kid/guardian at the time of birth, the paperwork is just a formality.

The local sponsor for a EP holder/dependent pass holder is normally the employer. It would be really odd for the employer not to support it.

http://www.mom.gov.sg/MOM/CDA/0,1858,12 ... --,00.html

The link below is meant for social visit pass holders.. ie.. tourists or ppl coming to Sg to take advantage of the advanced medical facilities. EP/ dependent pass holders are deemed to be of a more "permanent" foreigner.

http://app.ica.gov.sg/travellers/whilst ... ebirth.asp

Hope this helps.

[cricket]

Thanks for the info. The local sponsor still seems to be a problem, however, since the company my husband is working for is in the US (not local in SG). Does this make a difference for sponsorship?

[yoongf]

Oh.. I think u would have a bigger problem trying to get an Entry visa rather than giving birth.

See this earlier post and the suggested method to gain a long term Entry visa.

http://www.singaporeexpats.com/forum/ftopic6884.html

Anyway.. even if u are in Sg as a social visitor and giving birth, the embassy or High Commission in Sg can act as the "local sponsor".

http://app.ica.gov.sg/serv_visitor/soci ... sp#deliver