LPA Form 1 vs Form 2: PR and foreigner fees from May 2026

Office of the Public Guardian LPA companion — Form 1 general powers vs Form 2 customised clauses, S$30 PR / S$160 foreigner application fees from 1 May 2026, Certificate Issuer costs, and why deputyship is the expensive alternative.

NextLiving2 min readLast reviewed 15 September 2026

r/askSingapore’s “do foreigners even qualify for LPA?” and “Form 1 or Form 2?” threads stop at fee folklore. The orientation guide is LPA & AMD for PR / foreigners. This companion is the Form 1 vs Form 2 + May 2026 fee table layer.

Form chooser

Form	Who it is for	Drafting
Form 1	Grant donee(s) general personal-welfare and/or property powers with basic restrictions	Most donors — complete via OPGO
Form 2	Grant customised powers beyond the standard Form 1 menu	Clauses must be drafted by a lawyer qualified to practise Singapore law

Pick Form 2 when you need tailored limits (business assets, specific gift restrictions, complex donee panels). Everyone else should default to Form 1 unless counsel says otherwise.

OPG application fees (from 1 May 2026)

MSF’s citizen-facing LPA fees PDF and the 2026 fee regulations (in force 1 May 2026) publish:

Donor status	Form 1	Form 2
Singapore citizen	Free (Form 1 waiver from 1 Apr 2026 as MSF announces)	S$30
Singapore PR	S$30	S$30
Foreigner (neither SC nor PR)	S$160	S$160

Also published: cancellation of registration of an LPA — S$28. Pay on OPGO. No refund after submission to OPG, including rejected applications.

Fees this table does not include

LPA Certificate Issuer professional fee (doctor / lawyer / psychiatrist on OPG’s list) — separate, not set by OPG
Solicitor drafting fees for Form 2 annexes
Later medical reports when a donee needs to prove lack of capacity to a bank

Myths to kill

Folklore	Safer reading
“Only citizens can make an LPA”	PRs and foreigners can — they pay the PR / foreigner band
“Home-country POA unlocks DBS when I lose capacity”	Singapore banks want a Singapore-registered LPA (or deputyship)
“Form 2 is always safer”	Form 2 is for custom powers; most households waste money there
“LPA replaces a will / CPF nomination”	Different rails — wills & CPF
“AMD is the medical half of an LPA”	AMD is a separate MOH document — see the parent LPA / AMD guide

Decision rule

If you hold Singapore bank accounts, SRS, or property interests — EP or PR — make an LPA while capacity is clear. Default to Form 1, budget S$30 (PR) or S$160 (foreigner) for OPG plus Certificate Issuer fees, and store donee instructions next to your will and CPF nomination map. Deputyship after a crisis is the slow, expensive alternative this fee table is trying to help you avoid.

Sources & citations

Admin and policy details change. Prefer the official page when making decisions; we cite primary sources for Singapore government and statutory guidance.

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