Licence guides

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Find out which licences you need by answering a few questions, based on your business sector.

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A

• Air Transport

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Air traffic controller

  • Aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Conducting an aerial activity

  • Conducting an aerial photography or videography

  • Obstacle clearance

  • Pilot, fly instructor, flight engineer, flight examiner

  • Radio communication equipment in an airport area

  • Setting up air operator business

  • Setting up aircraft maintenance business

  • Setting up radio determination station

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

B

• Building & Construction

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Buy/store/possess ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Environmental health issues within construction site

  • Housing developer

  • Obstacle clearance

  • Performing or carrying out work involving use of a laser apparatus

  • Provisioning of telecommunication internal wiring works

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

  • Use/supervise usage of ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

D

• Dormitory Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Operating dormitory for foreign employees

  • Setting up lodging and boarding houses

E

• Education

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Any individual teaching Islam in singapore

  • Proprietor conducting Islamic education centre or a provider

  • Quality assurance for private education institution

  • Recruiting foreign/international student(s)

  • Setting up an early childhood development centre (ECDC)

  • Setting up kindergarten

  • Setting up private school, private education institution

  • Setting up private school/education institution/commercial school

• Employment and Administrative Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Setting up employment / recruitment / maid agency
• Energy

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Buy/store/possess ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Non-Residential Consumer buying electricity at tariff and installing solar PV

  • Non-Residential Consumer buying electricity at retail price and installing solar PV of < 1 MWac

  • Non-Residential Consumer buying electricity at retail price and installing solar PV of >= 1 MWac

  • Residential Consumer buying electricity at tariff and installing solar PV

  • Residential Consumer buying electricity at retail price and installing solar PV of < 1 MWac

  • Residential Consumer buying electricity at retail price and installing solar PV of >= 1 MWac

  • Setting up business to generate, retail, transmit electricity

  • Setting up business to import, ship or retail gas

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

  • Use/supervise usage of ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

• Environmental Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of fumigator licence

  • Application of hazardous substances licence

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Application of toxic industrial waste collector licence

  • Application of toxic industrial waste transport approval

  • Buy/store/possess ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Collect, transport and dispose of waste at disposal facilities

  • Conducting or performing or supervising vector control work

  • Conducting or performing vector control work

  • Handling and transporting of radioactive materials

  • Operating or managing a vector control company

  • Setting up cleaning business

  • Setting up toxic industrial waste collection business

  • Setting up vector & pest control/fumigation business

  • Use/supervise usage of ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Vector control employee

F

• Financial Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Financial & insurance advisor

  • Setting up capital market intermediaries

  • Setting up commercial bank

  • Setting up insurance broking business

  • Setting up insurance company

  • Setting up money changing business

  • Setting up moneylending business, shop

  • Setting up pawnshop

  • Setting up securities crowdfunding business

  • Setting up trust company

• Food & Beverage (F&B)
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  Or explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Dealings with rice

  • Importing petroleum and flammable materials

  • Operating slaughter-house

  • Public consumption of liquor

  • Sale of food and or goods in temporary fair

  • Sales of liquor or sales for consumption of liquor

  • Setting up bar/pub/cabaret/night club/discotheque/karaoke lounge

  • Setting up coffee shop, canteen

  • Setting up cyber/internet cafe

  • Setting up food and beverages (food & beverage) outlet

  • Setting up food catering business

  • Setting up food delivery business

  • Setting up food stall in a private establishment

  • Setting up hawker stall

  • Setting up pet shop or café

  • Setting up restaurant, cafe

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

H

• Healthcare

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of hazardous substances licence

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Buy/store/possess ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Buy/store/possess non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Clinic/hospital/laboratory/school/institution/factory/NDT business

  • Environmental health issues within construction site

  • Handling and transporting of radioactive materials

  • Performing or carrying out work involving use of a laser apparatus

  • Sale or distributing medical/industrial/research/veterinary device

  • Setting up a residential care facility

  • Setting up clinical laboratory

  • Setting up community health centre

  • Setting up home for the aged

  • Setting up medical or dental clinic

  • Setting up nursing home

  • Setting up private hospital

  • Use/supervise usage of ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

I

• IT

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Providing Penetration Testing Service

  • Providing Managed SOC Monitoring Service

L

• Land Transport

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Bus attendant

  • Bus driver

  • Issuing vocational licence(VL)

  • Operating a bus service

  • Taxi driver

  • Ticket payment services in the transit arena

  • Transport company

• Logistics

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of hazardous substances licence

  • Application of hazardous substances transport approval

  • Application of toxic industrial waste transport approval

  • Buy/store/possess non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Dealing with security equipment

  • Dealing, shipment or exporting of explosive precursor

  • Handling and transporting of radioactive materials

  • Import/export non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Importing or exporting of explosives

  • Importing petroleum and flammable materials

  • Importing, exporting and shipping of arms

  • Importing/exporting ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Importing/exporting radioactive materials or devices

  • Manufacture/possess/sell/distribute/deal in irradiating apparatus

  • Sale or distributing medical/industrial/research/veterinary device

  • Setting up import/export business

  • Setting up warehouse/logistic business

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

  • Transporting petroleum and flammable materials

M

• Manufacturing & Engineering

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of hazardous substances licence

  • Application of hazardous substances permit

  • Buy/store/possess ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Buy/store/possess non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Manufacture/possess/sell/distribute/deal in irradiating apparatus

  • Manufacturing and processing of animal feed

  • Manufacturing explosives

  • Manufacturing of arms

  • Performing or carrying out work involving use of a laser apparatus

  • Physical trading of rubber in singapore

  • Providing engineering services

  • Setting up factory/manufacturing business

  • Setting up warehouse/logistic business

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

  • Use/supervise usage of ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

• Maritime

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Operating radio-communication services of a ship station

  • Setting up bunker surveying business

  • Ship station licence

  • Steersman, helmsman, engine driver (marine)

  • Store petroleum and flammable materials

  • Supply bunkers to vessels

• Media

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Commercial printing (newspapers, magazines, newsletter)

  • Providing nationwide TV services

  • Providing radio services

  • Providing television services

  • Publishing periodical, newspapers, magazines, newsletters

  • Sell/rent/distribute videos, screen movies and exhibit films

• Membership services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Registering a society

  • Setting up recreation club

P

• Professional Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Application of plumber licence

  • Application of registering property

  • Appraising lands and buildings in singapore under appraisers act

  • Blasting operations using explosives

  • Buy/sell/trade/import/export explosives

  • Dealing in arms

  • Dealing in manufacture, store or usage of explosive precursors

  • Dealing in swords/daggers/bayonets/spears/spearheads

  • Dealing, shipment or exporting of explosive precursor

  • Disposing of unwanted or expired explosives

  • Operating a veterinary centre

  • Practising veterinary medicine in singapore

  • Registering as patent agent

  • Removal and conveyance of explosives

  • Repairing of arms

  • Setting up animal research facilities

  • Setting up architectural firm

  • Setting up research and development activity

  • Singapore patent agent

  • Store explosive

  • Veterinary clinic/research laboratory/school/institution/factory

R

• Real Estate

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting estate agency / property work

  • Resale/transfer of HDB commercial properties

  • Setting up real estate/property business

• Retail

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting regulated dealing or intermediary for regulated dealing

  • Registering telecommunication equipment for sale and use

  • Retail of tobacco products

  • Sale of food and or goods in temporary fair

  • Sale of telecommunication equipment

  • Sale/distribution of non-ionising radiation irradiating apparatus

  • Sales of liquor or sales for consumption of liquor

  • Selling international/global SIM cards

  • Selling post-paid calling cards

  • Selling prepaid calling cards

  • Selling products with embedded SIM cards

  • Setting up a temporary fair

  • Setting up flea market, secondhand goods stall, pasar malam

  • Setting up luxury product retail shop / fashion house

  • Setting up secondhand goods business

  • Setting up supermarket

S

• Security

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Dealing with security equipment

  • Providing central alarm monitoring station (CAMS) service

  • Providing guarding services

  • Providing in house security services

  • Providing installation, selling, repairing of CCTV

  • Providing private investigation services

  • Purchasing explosives

  • Purchasing or dealing with firearms, air rifle, pistol or guns

  • Security/investigation officer/bodyguard/bouncer

  • Setting up private investigation agency

  • Setting up security agency providing security officers

• Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting play/performance/art exhibition/variety show/concert

  • Operating funeral parlour

  • Providing chiropody, light or vapour treatments

  • Setting up dating / matchmaking agency

  • Setting up foot reflexology/physiotherapy/traditional massage

  • Setting up home office

  • Setting up manicure / pedicure outlet

  • Setting up massage establishment or parlour

  • Setting up spa/baths/sauna outlet/beauty palour/tanning service

• Social Services

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting fundraising events

  • Conducting fundraising for foreign charitable purposes

  • Fund-raising appeals/flag day for foreign charitable purpose

  • Raising funds

  • Setting up charity organization

  • Setting up children and young persons home

• Sports & Recreation

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting an aerial activity

  • Event/exhibition/roadshow with entertainment activity to the public

  • Holding a talk in public place

  • Operating a public swimming pool

  • Operating amusement park

  • Organizing celebration for events, festival, carnivals

  • Organizing trade fair

  • Setup providing entertainment activities to the public

  • Sports, spearfishing, target practice

T

• Telecommunications

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Conducting test or experiment of telecommunication equipment

  • Conduting proof of concept using radio frequency

  • Conduting proof of concept without using radio frequency

  • Displaying telecommunication equipment during an exhibition

  • Establishing and operating radio communication equipment

  • Installing or operating satellite or earth station

  • Operating high power radio communication equipment on island wide

  • Operating mobile radio communication equipment in an airport area

  • Operating network using radio communication equipment

  • Operating radio communication equipment (walkie talkies)

  • Operating radio frequency on a temporary basis

  • Operating radio-communication services of a ship station

  • Operating short range device

  • Operating/possessing radio communication equipment

  • Providing SMS services

  • Providing telecomm services

  • Providing VOIP services

  • Provisioning of telecommunication internal wiring works

  • Radio communication equipment in an airport area

  • Registering telecommunication equipment for sale and use

  • Sale of telecommunication equipment

  • Selling international/global SIM cards

  • Selling post-paid calling cards

  • Selling prepaid calling cards

  • Selling products with embedded SIM cards

  • Setting up radio determination station

  • Ship station licence

• Tourism

  Explore licences you may require with the e-Advisers:

  • Setting up an accommodation for short-term stay

  • Setting up hotel

  • Setting up travel / tour agency

  • Tourist guide