From residency and incorporation through to asset arrangements and investment — every element of your move that has to be right, planned and coordinated by us, so you deal with one team throughout.
These five parts are not parallel items but layers that support one another, none of them optional. Residency is the base — it shapes how the company is formed, how assets are arranged, and the framework in which investments are made. Wealth architecture, corporate establishment and investment form the substance of the plan, the parts that actually take shape. Operational support runs through all of it: rarely in the foreground, yet what keeps the whole structure running soundly over the long term. We design from the whole, then resolve it down to each part.
Operations
Marketing, IT, finance and day-to-day compliance once established — the continued support a company needs to run soundly over the long term.
Wealth
Compliant routes for cross-border capital and a long-term framework for globalised asset holding, kept in step with the residency and corporate structure.
Corporate
Incorporation, premises, team building and sector licensing — your local operating entity, and the foundation the whole residency plan rests on.
Investment
Acquisition and sale of small and mid-sized businesses and equity positions, coordinated from target selection and due diligence through to completion.
Residency
Full pathway planning from Employment Pass, ONE Pass and dependant passes to permanent residence, coordinating the arrangements and sequence for those relocating with you.
"Going global" usually brings to mind a company taking its products and operations overseas. Our focus is the person: we plan how you and your family settle in Singapore for the long term, with the companies you own as part of the same plan. Residency, assets, enterprise and daily life all centre on you — and whether that standing was built through founding a company, family succession or a long career, this is a longer-term matter, and a far more personal one, than the expansion of any single business.
The main applicant still travels between two countries; the spouse and children want to settle first.
Pass routes, school timelines and housing coordinated so that each step connects.
A cross-border allocation into Singapore is planned, with concerns about account opening and source-of-funds review.
Trace the history of funds and documents first, then plan it together with residency and structure.
A company is planned, partly as the basis for a work pass.
Company, business logic and pass application designed as one, never an empty shell set up for a pass.
A pass or PR is in hand, but tax residency, assets and succession are not yet in order.
Start from tax residency, then revisit asset arrangements and the family's long-term plan.
These summarise common situations and do not describe any particular client; every family's arrangements differ.
Residency, assets and family were never separate matters.
One conversation to understand your position and goals, and an initial view, including what need not be rushed.
You receive Clear priorities
Working back from your three-to-five-year goals, we design the residency, asset, company and investment structure, and how each part depends on the others.
You receive A complete structure and order of steps
Every specialist step is coordinated and checked by us end to end; you deal with one point of contact.
You receive Progress and results at every milestone
After landing, we keep the structure sound as rules change and the family's needs evolve.
You receive An adviser you can rely on for years
A plan that reads well but never lands is worth nothing.
I came to Singapore in 2008 to work in consulting and digital transformation for multinational firms. In the years since, most of my work has been leading and managing cross-border programmes, turning complex plans into results that actually land.
I founded PASSION INTERACTIVE after seeing too many families caught in the gaps between specialists, where every step had an owner but the joins between them had none. The aim is to reconnect those steps, so clients no longer have to act as their own project manager.
An immigration agent handles the pass application; a corporate secretarial firm handles incorporation and annual compliance. Each does one job well. For a founder, though, these pieces are linked: a common story is that the company is set up first, and only at the pass application does it turn out that the shareholding or business profile doesn't fit, so it has to be reworked. We start from the goals of you and your family, plan residency, company, assets and investment together, then coordinate the corporate secretary, accountants, lawyers and others through to completion, with us as your single point of contact.
Not just paid-up capital, but whether the Singapore company has a real, independent business logic. What it sells, to whom, where revenue comes from, and whether the salary and role make sense. Companies set up only for a pass are increasingly hard to get approved. The decision rests with the Ministry of Manpower, and no one can guarantee it.
Yes, it is a common route. An established business with operations, cash flow and staff already has economic substance. The key is to check its finances, licences, lease and staff thoroughly before buying, and to plan the acquisition together with the residency route that follows.
Some banks and digital banks allow it, but their standards differ, and new companies tend to face closer questions. Preparing clear material on the company's background, business model and source of funds matters more than which bank you choose. The decision rests with the bank.
CRS (the Common Reporting Standard) is the international standard for the automatic exchange of financial account information, and Singapore takes part in it. Financial institutions report accounts according to your tax residency. Understanding how your tax residency is determined, and where you have reporting obligations, is the starting point for sound asset arrangements; rely on professional tax advice for your specific case.
Common trouble spots are reinstatement clauses in leases, the order of licence applications, and how fit-out timing meets the opening date. These sit with different agencies and suppliers, which is exactly where gaps open up with no one responsible. Closing them is what coordination is for.
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Singapore's pass, tax and capital rules evolve continually. We track them, and set out the changes that genuinely warrant attention.
A Singapore company has two separate filing tracks each year. With ACRA it files an annual return, generally within 7 months of its financial year end for a non-listed company, after an AGM within 6 months. With IRAS it files Estimated Chargeable Income within 3 months of year end and its Form C-S, C-S (Lite) or Form C by 30 November. Dormant and loss-making companies are not automatically excused, and individuals with Singapore income file their own return by 18 April.
Read →Since 16 June 2025, a new Singapore company must keep a register of registrable controllers from the day it is incorporated and file its controller information with ACRA at incorporation. Anyone holding more than 25% of the shares or votes, or otherwise controlling the company, is a controller, and shares held by a nominee count as held by the nominator. Separately, since 9 June 2025 the registered corporate service provider that forms the company must first complete customer due diligence, including identifying and verifying the beneficial owners.
Read →On 2 November 2026 China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange opened consultation, until 1 December, on a draft notice to further optimise current-account FX administration. The part that touches individuals would widen what a close relative can handle at a bank on your behalf, from buying and selling foreign currency to FX receipts and payments, domestic FX transfers and foreign cash, with non-relatives allowed only where the authorisation explains why. It is a draft, not yet in force, and it does not change the annual quota or capital-account rules.
Read →Tell us briefly where you stand today and what you want to achieve, and we will give you an initial read — including the parts we think you need not rush.
