Approval rests on what happens before submission.

Two of the six ALG pillars carry most GIP engagements. Accounting & Tax appears as supporting workstream for the FSIE / personal tax residency questions that surface around approval. Incorporation and Corporate Secretary appear inside the engagement only as sub-steps for setting up the operating business (Option A) or the fund vehicle / single family office (Options B and C).

• Global Investor Programme (GIP) — the primary engagement. Diagnostic on which of the three EDB-recognised routes fits, source-of-funds preparation, business plan or fund mandate articulation, family composition mapping, EDB interview rehearsal, coordination with the EDB-designated submitting agent partner, post-approval Singapore presence setup, and year-five renewal preparation.
• Family Office (Section 13O / 13U) — relevant only when Option C is in scope. Option C requires S$200M AUM under a Single Family Office route administered by EDB; many Option C engagements pursue a parallel 13U structure on the investment vehicle, which is administered by MAS and grants tax exemption via IRAS. Two regulators, two approval timelines, one coordinated engagement.

Accounting & Tax sits adjacent to the engagement: FSIE (s.13(8) / s.13(9) / s.13(12) ITA) interaction with any operating entity or fund vehicle, principal's personal tax residency planning during the transition, and ongoing compliance once Singapore PR is granted.

• Option A · Direct investment of S$10M. Invest in a new business entity or in the expansion of an existing operating business in Singapore. Suits founders and principals who intend to run or significantly capitalise an operating business locally.
• Option B · S$25M into a GIP-Select Fund. Invest in an EDB-approved fund that deploys into Singapore-based companies under the GIP framework. Suits investors who prefer a vehicle structure rather than direct operating exposure. Fund eligibility itself is a separate EDB-administered approval, distinct from the investor's GIP application.
• Option C · S$200M into a Single Family Office. Establish a Singapore-based family office with at least S$200M AUM, of which a defined portion must be deployed within Singapore. Overlaps with — but is distinct from — the MAS Section 13O / 13U family office tax schemes; many Option C engagements pair the GIP application with a parallel 13U structure.

1. Diagnostic call — current investor profile, capital structure, family situation, intended Singapore activity, prior advisor relationships. Thirty minutes, no pitch. We confirm GIP fit before quoting.
2. Route selection — Option A, B, or C, with reasoning documented. Where the investor straddles options (e.g. has both substantial AUM for Option C and an operating business candidate for Option A), we map the trade-offs.
3. Source-of-funds and structure narrative — the most-scrutinised element of any GIP file. Documentation, narrative consistency, and the story the EDB officer can take to a panel.
4. Pre-submission interview rehearsal — the EDB interview is where most cases are decided in practice, not in the paper file. We rehearse the substance and the framing.
5. Coordination with EDB-designated agent partner — formal lodgement, EDB liaison through the decision window, clarification responses. ALG remains the case's end-to-end coordinator throughout.
6. Post-approval execution — Singapore presence setup, family office or operating company implementation if applicable, year-five renewal preparation against the substance and presence evidence EDB reviews at that point.

• The HNW principal exploring GIP for the first time. Capital is liquid or near-liquid, the family is considering relocation, but no GIP-specific work has been done. Engagement starts with the route diagnostic and a realistic timeline. The first conversation often resolves whether GIP is the right pathway at all — for some applicants, a non-GIP PR application via employment record (Permanent Residence under the PTS scheme) is structurally cleaner.
• The fund-manager-track applicant pursuing Option B. The investor wants exposure to Singapore-deployed assets without running an operating business directly. Engagement covers GIP-Select Fund eligibility, the parallel approval track for the fund itself, and the principal's case independent of the fund's own approval.
• The Option C investor combining 13U + GIP. A multi-generational family with S$200M+ AUM consolidating into Singapore. Engagement runs two parallel approval tracks — EDB GIP for residence, MAS Tax Incentives Division 13U for tax incentive — coordinated on a single timeline with shared source-of-wealth substantiation. Both regulators see the same documents; both engagements live or die on the same diagnostic.

For background on Singapore PR application timelines and approval patterns generally — including how GIP fits within the broader PR system — see Singapore PR 2026: Timeline and Approval Patterns. For the Option C / 13U overlap, see 13O vs 13U: Which Singapore Family Office Scheme Fits Your AUM Range?.

GIP engagements always begin with a strategy call. The diagnostic on whether GIP is the right pathway, and which of the three routes fits, is itself a substantial conversation — and one that should happen before any proposal is exchanged.

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