Asia
Singapore
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In Singapore, employers can conduct pre-employment checks for immigration compliance, references, background, and criminal records. Must comply with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012 & obtain the applicant's consent for collecting, using, or disclosing personal data. Exceptions include publicly available information or evaluative/investigative purposes. Can require a medical examination and proof of qualifications but avoid asking health questions unless job-related.
Background check summary
Education: permissible
Criminal: some restrictions
Medical: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
5
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
9.620202975
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
N/A
Body name
TBC
Foreign Citizens
N/A
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
N/A
Country details
Birthrate
9.34
Population
5,850,342
capital
Singapore
GDP ($/capita)
23700
TLD
.sg
developed/developing
Developing
Currency
Singapore Dollar
Net migration
11.53
Literacy(%)
92.5
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