Maybe this should be you since you have done it and know how it works. Call upon the others who have done it to contribute. It it's good one of us mods will make it a sticky.bethnalgreen wrote:Perhaps someone should start a sticky thread entitled: How to work as a sole-proprietor on a Dependent's Pass? It would be easier for others to find the correct information - the title of this thread implies it is not possible.
Apologies, but without wanting to flog a dead horse, I'm drafting the above for the LOC but can someone pls tell what I should write for:lalancaster1 wrote:"Movingtosg," Your PM is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I will contact the lady at MOM tomorrowThank you so much!!
By the way, I finally did get a call back from MOM and again, DIFFERENT information every time I call and talk to someone. This time, the lady at MOM told me I needed 5 more pieces of information on top of the the LOC. Now, keep in mind, the person I talked to who just filled out her own LOC and who was approved to work as a sole-proprietor just moved here in May. Do they just make this stuff up on the fly b/c this new sole-proprietor didn't send in any of this info!!? Who knows, but here's what I was told I needed in add to the LOC application I send in and it all will be typed using my business logo at the top of each page:
1) ACRA Business Profile
2) Detail Description of Job Duties
3) Venue where I will be performing job duties
4) Reasons why EntrePass is not applicable
5) Undertaking Letter- a letter stating that I will terminate all workings of the company should my DP be canceled.
Nothing was mentioned about writing my own LOC letter, but that will be the 6th item. I'll write that I'm employing myself, include my letterhead at the top and sign it.
Again, again, and again, THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY WITH THIS ISSUE AND IGNORANCE ABOUNDS WITH THE OPERATORS WHO ANSWER THE PHONES. Perhaps I'll type them a diagram with the question, "Are you opening your own business or a company?" Seriously, on top of training, they need a flow chart to follow so that they finally begin giving people the correct information.
To any of you reading this who may be in the same situation as me, know, there IS a difference between a Business and a Company! If you want to open your own business, you file for a Sole-Proprietorship. To do this, first, register the name with ACRA. Then, download the LOC form from MOM. I'm not sure if all the 5 of the documents listed above are really needed but I'm sending them anyway.
If you want to open a company, YOU NEED AN ENTREPASS!
Don't let the operators tell you you need an EntrePass if you want to open and run your own business. Just check out the descriptions on the MOM site for a distinction between "sole-proprietorship" and "company." That's their standard default recommendation-"You need an EntrePass"-they are CLUELESS!!
Three whole posts and you deduced that? Google tends to disagree with you. MOM should definitely give you an LOC (lots of chuckles).aimzey wrote:Hi - sorry to be a pain. Leslie, would you mind helping me out since you seem to be the latest and greatest person to go through this process. A lot of what you have written is really helpful but I have a few more particular questions. If you don't mind can you please PM me or something so we can start communicating without everyone else having to hear it! I'm really hoping to do this asap but don't want to do it until I have all my info right.
East coast Dan - how did you go with your application?
It seems like everyone has had enough of this forum!!
Does that seem like "light-hearted humour" to you? I didn't see any smilies, only a couple of exclamation points. When you make posts on a weekend, you have to remember that most of us spend the majority of time on here during our working hours devoting our energies as best we can and multi-tasking at the same time. Additionally, as this is an expat board, manned and read by expats, it tends to get a little slow this time of year as it's the time lot's of them make their annual pilgrimages back to their homelands so tend to be off the board for the duration. The rest, being predominately christian, tend to be preparing for Christmas like you do when preparing for Dewali. A little patience is a good thing.It seems like everyone has had enough of this forum!!
No. You form the SP as a DP. You apply for the LOC. Read the thread.andaluc wrote:Perhaps those of you who have been successful in getting registered with ACRA then convincing the MOM for LOC could shed some light. DO you have to appoint a local resident manager in order to file your sole proprietorship with ACRA? Does that person have to be a different person from yourself, the business owner who is living ordinarily resident in Sing, but is nevertheless on DP? The site doesn't seem to proceed if I put myself down as manager and owner, so I guess I need to ask a Singaporean to be my manager? IS this really the case?
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