Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order

Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133, Section 56)

Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order

O 1

G.N. No. S 648/2005

REVISED EDITION 2009

(1st June 2009)

[7th October 2005]

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from section 6) Order.

Definitions

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“air service” means a service comprising the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire by means of an aircraft;

“airline crew member” means a person who is employed as a flight crew member by an international air carrier or other air service.

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[Deleted by S 742/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

Exemption from section 6(1) of Act

3.—(1)  The following classes of persons are exempt from section 6(1) of the Act:

(a) the classes of persons specified in the First Schedule, and their spouses and dependent children, not being permanent residents of Singapore; and

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(b) the classes of persons specified in the Second Schedule.

(2)  The exemption conferred by this paragraph shall be subject to regulation 39 of the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1).

Exemption from section 6(2) of Act

4.  The following classes of persons are exempt from section 6(2) of the Act:

(a) the classes of persons specified in the First Schedule, and their spouses and dependent children;

(b) the classes of persons specified in the Third Schedule; and

(c) permanent residents of Singapore.

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Burden of proof

5.  The burden of proof that any person is a person to whom this Order applies shall lie upon that person.

Savings

6.  Nothing in this Order shall be construed to exempt any person from examination under section 24, 25, 25A or 26 of the Act, as the case may be.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Paragraphs 3(1)(a) and 4(a)

1.  Members of such visiting force as the Minister may determine.

2.  Persons duly accredited as diplomatic or consular representatives to Singapore and any staff of such diplomatic or consular representatives who in the opinion of the Minister should be exempted from section 6(1) and (2) of the Act.

3.  Persons upon whom the immunities and privileges referred to in Part 2 or 3 of the Second Schedule to the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act 1948 have been conferred under that Act.

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[G.N. Nos. S 648/2005; S 443/2008]

SECOND SCHEDULE

Paragraph 3(1)(b)

1.  Any member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty.

2.  Any non-citizen (but not a permanent resident of Singapore) airline crew member of an international air carrier or other air service who, in the course of a journey on duty from a place outside Singapore to Singapore, or from a place outside Singapore to a place outside Singapore —

(a) travels to Singapore in the course of his employment as a flight crew member on an aircraft of that international air carrier or other air service;

(b) is expected to leave Singapore in the course of his employment as a member of the flight crew of, or as a passenger on, such an aircraft within 30 days after arriving in Singapore; and

(c) enters Singapore at an authorised airport.

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3.  Any head of state of a foreign country who is a guest of the Government.

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THIRD SCHEDULE

Paragraph 4

1.  Any head of state of a foreign country who is a guest of the Government.

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2.  Any non-citizen (but not a permanent resident of Singapore) airline crew member of an international air carrier or other air service referred to in item 2 of the Second Schedule who leaves Singapore from an authorised airport as a member of the flight crew of, or as a passenger on, an aircraft of an international air carrier or other air service within 30 days after arriving in Singapore.

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3.  A non-citizen who —

(a) uses an automated clearance system for immigration clearance;

(b) obtains immigration clearance through the system whether by presenting a passport or other travel document to the system or by using other means (such as by presenting a personal identifier to the system or using a QR code generated from an electronic service specified by the Controller); and

(c) is not required by an immigration officer to appear before an immigration officer for immigration clearance after so using the automated clearance system.

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4.  Any holder of a dependant’s pass issued under regulation 11 of the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1).

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5.  Any holder of a visit pass issued under regulation 12 of the Immigration Regulations that authorises the holder to remain in, or enter and remain in, Singapore for a continuous period of 90 days or more.

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6.  Any holder of a visit pass issued under regulation 12 of the Immigration Regulations that authorises the holder to enter Singapore on more than one occasion.

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7.  Any holder of a student’s pass issued under regulation 14 of the Immigration Regulations.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order

 

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order. It is not part of this Order.
1.	G. N. No. S 648/2005—Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order 2005
	Date of commencement	:	7 October 2005
2.	G. N. No. S 443/2008—Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) (Amendment) Order 2008
	Date of commencement	:	15 September 2008
3.	2009 Revised Edition—Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order (O 1)
	Date of operation	:	1 June 2009
4.	G.N. No. S 329/2025—Immigration (Exemption from section 6) (Amendment) Order 2025
	Date of commencement	:	31 December 2021
5.	G.N. No. S 329/2025—Immigration (Exemption from section 6) (Amendment) Order 2025
	Date of commencement	:	30 May 2025
6.	G.N. No. S 742/2025—Immigration (Exemption from section 6) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025
	Date of commencement	:	1 December 2025