The Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) Levy Concession for Persons with Disabilities Scheme enables families to pay a lower monthly levy ($170 instead of $265) when employing full-time caregivers to help look after their loved ones with disabilities.
Each household is also only eligible for levy concessions for up to two FDWs at any one time, including those hired with levy concessions pertaining to young children or elderly persons.
Who
The person needing care must be a Singapore Citizen and certified by an appointed medical practitioner as requiring assistance in at least one Activity of Daily Living*.
The person needing care should be the employer of the FDW or related to the employer – as the child, grandchild, spouse, sibling, sibling-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or grandparent-in-law. If the person needing care is related to the employer, he/she should be living with the employer at the same NRIC-registered address.
Employers who have Singapore Citizens aged ≤12 and/or ≥65 residing in the same household will automatically qualify for the levy concession under the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Please apply directly with MOM.
(*The six Activities of Daily Living are washing/bathing, feeding, toileting, transferring, dressing, and mobility.)
How
Visit an appointed medical practitioner for assistance in sending the application form and assessment report to the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL). However, do give the clinic a call first before making your way down for assessment.
The full cost of the medical assessment will be borne by the applicant and will not be refunded even if the application for the levy concession is not supported or approved.
Applicants are advised to first seek approval from the Ministry of Manpower to hire a FDW before applying for the levy concession.
For more information, please read the FAQs. For additional enquiries, you may contact CEL at 1800-8585 885 or schemes@cel.sg