Who is exempted from receiving CPF contributions?
Employees should receive CPF contributions from their employers. However, the following employees are exempted from receiving CPF contributions:
 
  1. Students who fulfil exemption criteria. Find out more about Who you need to pay CPF contributions for (PDF, 0.2MB) under the header “Students”.
  2. Foreigners. Persons who are not Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.
  3. Employees of the United Nations (UN) Organisation, or any agency, institution or related organisation of the UN Organisation that is located in Singapore. Please refer to the UN System Chart (PDF, 0.08 MB) for the list of organisations that are within the United Nations System.
  4. Employees of any of the following entities, which is part of the World Bank Group (a specialised agency of the United Nations Organisation), that is located in Singapore:
    i. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes; or
    ii. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  5. Employees of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, who is assigned to work for the International Energy Agency Regional Cooperation Centre that is located in Singapore.

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