Singapore Permanent Residency for Business Owners: Key Info
Explore the pathways to Singapore Permanent Residency for business owners in 2026, including application processes and benefits.
The exact change
As of 2026, GIP applicants must select one of four investment options: Option A requires investing SGD 10 million in a new or existing business in Singapore; Option B requires investing SGD 25 million in a GIP-approved fund; Option C requires establishing a single-family office with at least SGD 200 million in assets under management; and Option D requires establishing a single-family office with SGD 500 million in assets under management with at least SGD 50 million deployed into EDB-approved local investment categories.
As of 2026, GIP applicants must select one of three investment options: Option A requires investing SGD 10 million in a new or existing business in Singapore (with a separate fast-growth founder profile available for companies valued at SGD 500 million or more and backed by reputable venture capital or private equity investors); Option B requires investing SGD 25 million in a GIP-approved fund; and Option C requires establishing a single-family office with total assets under management of at least SGD 200 million, of which at least SGD 50 million must be deployed into EDB-approved local investment categories.
Suggested change
Major fix: removed a fabricated "Option D" from the Global Investor Programme (GIP) description, since the program only has 3 options, not 4; the SGD 500 million assets-under-management figure actually belongs to a sub-profile under Option A, not a separate option. Also reworded Option C to correctly show SGD 200 million AUM with SGD 50 million locally-deployed as one combined requirement rather than two stacked ones.
Why this is better
The article included an unverified fourth GIP investment option ("Option D") that does not exist; the Global Investor Programme only has three options, and the SGD 500 million figure the article unverified as a separate option actually belongs to a fast-growth founder sub-profile under Option A, while Option C's SGD 200M AUM and SGD 50M locally-deployed amounts were wrongly split into two stacked requirements instead of one combined requirement.
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