Overview
Singaporean citizens needing domestic care can get support for the Singapore government through the foreign domestic worker (FDW) levy concession. FDW employers who meet the criteria can qualify for a $60 monthly concessionary rate.
Who Qualifies?
The following are the employer qualifications for the FDW levy concession:
- One has to be a Singapore citizen
- Living with a child under 16 years old
- Living with an elderly person 67 years old and above
- Living with a person with disability (PWD) who needs help with at least one daily living activity such as showering, dressing, feeding, or toileting.
Qualified individuals need to apply for the levy concession. You’re eligible for the levy concession if you have a minor or elderly relative or family member. Applications for FDW levy concession for a PWD is coursed through the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). Follow this link for your PWD application.
Application Process and Concession
You will need the employer’s information, the FDW, and the eligible person’s (the person who needs care) details to complete the form and application. Please have them on hand.
No application is necessary if you need the FDW for your care or your child’s. If you or your spouse is a Singapore citizen, the levy concession will automatically start on your 67th birthday, upon your child’s birth and will continue until his/her 16th birthday provided he/she is a Singapore citizen, or on the date your child is granted his/her Singapore citizenship.
The FDW levy concession is granted for one FDW per eligible person, with a maximum of two FDW per household.
The monthly concessionary rate can be as much as $120 for FDWs hired to care for an eligible person who needs permanent assistant on at least three daily living activities.
Effective September 1, 2019, the FDW levy concession coverage will include employers needing domestic care for an extended family member or a friend living with them, provided the eligible person is a Singapore citizen, as opposed to the previous limitations of the levy to immediate family members. All existing qualifications applied to immediate family members will also apply to the expanded FDW levy concessions.
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