Accepted SoFM student (Singaporean or foreigner) has an option of live-in or live-out during the period of study.
For your budget planning:
All costs (SGD) incurred for SoFM are in these 4 categories, as follows:
1. Tuition / School fee
i) SoFM Registration: $120 (one person) or $180 (couple)
- non-refundable, applicable to every applicant
- payable, together with submission of application form
ii) Student’s Pass Processing fee : S$30 (per person)
- *refundable, applicable to every foreigner except Singapore Permanent Resident
- payable, together with submission of application form
- refer to point 3 on page 1/20 of SoFM Application form for more details.
iii) 3-month Lecture fees: $2450/- (live-in) or $1,750/- (live-out)
iv) 9-month Internship fees: This will be advised during the lecture phase (varies with the country of your internship)
v) SoFM Leader's pastoral visitation fees during internship: $900/-
2. Living Expenses
i) Food (approximately, per person): $3/- per meal
- cooking facilities are available at YWAM Base
ii)Transport: Move around easy by Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) or buses with EZ-link card, refer to http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/
iii) Hospitalization & Surgical insurance coverage : S$100/-
- mandatory for every foreign student unless he / she has a personal and similar one
iv) Groceries, Recreation, Personal medical expenses: according to your needs
v) Immunization cost & visa application (outreach preparation) & personal expenses (during outreach)
3. Student's Pass (STP) application to Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)
Every foreign applicant accepted to any course (except iDTS, SBS Night Class, MCC & Seminars) offered by YWAM Singapore, is required to apply for Student's Pass (STP) at least 6 weeks before DTS commencement, under Private Education Organization (PEO) according to statutory requirement of Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA). YWAM Singapore will assist you in your STP application.
i) Entry Visa (optional): foreigner student's responsibility to find out & apply if needful, refer to http://www.ica.gov.sg/
ii) Social Visa extension (circumstantial): S$30
iii) STP Processing fee: S$30 or S$60 (as mentioned in 1ii)
4. Upon approval of Student's Pass (STP) application
i) STP Issuance fee: S$60 ~ S$90
- according to nationality
ii) Security Deposit (SD, not applicable to Malaysian or Bruneian): $1,000 or $1,500 or $5,000
- according to nationality, refer to http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=320&secid=182#security.
- refundable within 4-6 weeks, upon completion of course & no breaching of conditions stated on STP security bond form, refer to http://www.ica.gov.sg/data/resources/docs/Visitor%20Services/SecurityBond_StudentPass_No_LS.pdf.
- refund amount maybe slightly less than the initial amount due to currency exchange rate
- any handling fee incurred for refunding will solely be borne by the applicant.
iii) Bank charge: S$10
- this is incurred from any Singapore Bank to process Security Deposit amount into Cashier Order (a form of payment mode) for ICA.
iv) Medical checkup (regulation of ICA): S$40
