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Emergency Contacts
Tap any number to call it. The red numbers are for danger right now; below them are the helplines for salary, health, abuse and scam problems.
Life-threatening emergency
Police
Tap to call
A crime, violence, or someone is in immediate danger.
Not safe to speak? Text 70999 — say what is happening and exactly where you are.Ambulance / Fire
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Life-threatening injury or illness, fire, or someone trapped.
Deaf, hard of hearing or unable to speak? SCDF's emergency SMS is 70995.Work, salary and employer problems
Unpaid salary, no rest day, confiscated passport, illegal deployment, threats of repatriation.
MOM Helpline for Domestic Workers
For domestic workers in distress — abuse, not enough food, unpaid salary, no rest day.
Mon–Fri, 8.30am–5.30pm. From overseas: +65 6339 5505. Your call is kept confidential.
MOM Contact Centre
Ministry of Manpower — work pass questions and reports about salary, housing or illegal deployment.
Mon–Fri, 8.30am–5.30pm, except public holidays. Outside these hours, use the online form.
Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC)
Salary disputes, workplace injury, repatriation and recruitment debt. Free legal advice at their Law Centre.
24 hours, in about 10 migrant worker languages.
Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE)
Advice and mediation for domestic workers, and temporary shelter if you cannot stay in the house.
24 hours.
Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)
Help with salary claims and injury cases, plus free meals and help finding a place to stay.
Phone: Mon–Fri, 9am–9pm. WhatsApp any time.
HOME — Migrant Workers
Employment advice and legal aid for non-domestic workers cheated or exploited by an employer or agent.
Call, SMS or WhatsApp the same number. Help desk: 720 Geylang Road, Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm.
HOME — Domestic Workers
Shelter, food and legal help if you are abused or exploited. Burmese-speaking help desk at Peninsula Plaza on Sundays.
Call, SMS or WhatsApp the same number.
Health and mental health
Not life-threatening, but you are unwell, injured, or struggling to cope.
HealthServe Crisis Helpline
Free counselling and medical help for migrant workers, with staff who speak your language.
24 hours. Also runs a low-cost clinic and dental clinic in Geylang.
Samaritans of Singapore (SOS)
If you feel hopeless or are thinking of ending your life, talk to someone now. Free and confidential.
24 hours. If you cannot talk, message CareText on WhatsApp instead.
NurseFirst
Sick but not an emergency, and unsure where to go? A nurse tells you which clinic to use.
For non-emergency medical advice. Cheaper than going to a hospital A&E.
Non-Emergency Ambulance
Transport to hospital when the condition is not life-threatening. A fee applies.
SCDF will close this line on 1 January 2027. Never use it for a life-threatening case — call 995.
Abuse, violence and scams
When someone is hurting you or trying to take your money.
National Anti-Violence and Sexual Harassment Helpline
Family violence, sexual harassment or abuse — including by an employer or a member of the household.
24 hours. If the danger is happening now, call 999 first.
ScamShield Helpline
Unsure whether a job offer, loan, agent fee or money request is a scam? Check before you pay anything.
24 hours. From overseas: +65 6869 1799.
Police Hotline (non-urgent)
Give information or follow up on a case when nobody is in immediate danger.
If you are in danger right now, call 999 instead.
Your embassy or high commission
For a lost passport, a death in the family, or when you need your own government's help.
Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Your country's mission in Singapore
Address: 15 St Martin's Drive, Singapore 257996
Fees, opening hours and required documents change without notice. Always confirm on the mission's own website before you travel there.
Before you call
- 1Say where you are first — block and unit number, road name, or the nearest MRT station or landmark. Help can be sent while you explain the rest.
- 2Then say what happened and whether anyone is hurt or bleeding.
- 3Have your name, work permit or FIN number, and your employer's or dormitory's name ready.
- 4Ask for an interpreter if English is difficult. 999, 995 and the worker helplines can find someone who speaks your language.
- 5Stay on the line until the operator tells you it is fine to hang up.
- 61800 numbers are free from a landline, but your mobile plan may still charge airtime.
- 7Save these numbers in your phone today. In an emergency you may have no data left to open this page.
Numbers checked against each organisation's own website in September 2026. Opening hours and services change, so the official page linked on each card is always the final word.
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