Immigration Regulations

Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133, Section 55(1))

Immigration Regulations

Rg 1

G.N. No. S 252/1972

REVISED EDITION 2009

(1st June 2009)

[25th August 1972]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

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Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Regulations.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations —

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“Controller” includes —

(a) an immigration officer or other person authorised by the Controller to act generally on his behalf under these Regulations; and

(b) where the Controller authorises an immigration officer or other person to act on his behalf for the purpose of one or more but not all of these Regulations, for the purposes of such regulation, the immigration officer or other person so authorised;

“foreign identification number” means —

(a) the identification number assigned to a holder of a work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 and specified in that work pass; or

(b) the identification number assigned to a holder of a pass issued under the Act and specified in that pass;

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“Form” means —

(a) in the case of a form that is mentioned in these Regulations with a number or letter (or both) — the form with the same number or letter (or both) that is set out on the Internet website at https://www.ica.gov.sg; or

(b) in any other case — the relevant form that is set out on the Internet website at https://www.ica.gov.sg;

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“holder”, in relation to a Singapore visa, means the non-citizen to whom it was granted or a person included in it;

“specified person”, in relation to a vessel, aircraft, train or bus, means —

(a) a member of the crew of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus; or

(b) a person who arrives in Singapore for the purpose of embarking on the vessel, aircraft, train or bus that has arrived or is due to arrive in Singapore, as a member of the crew of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus;

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“unberthed passenger” means a ship’s passenger for whom no accommodation in any cabin, stateroom or saloon is reserved;

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“unique identification number”, in relation to a person, means the identity card number (including the letters that form the prefix and suffix to the number) of an identity card issued to the person under the National Registration Act 1965.

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PART 2

SINGAPORE VISAS

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Application for Singapore visa

3.—(1)  Every application for a Singapore visa shall —

(a) be made in such form as the Controller may require by or on behalf of the person who will be the holder of the Singapore visa if the application is granted (referred to in this regulation and regulation 3D as the applicant);

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(b) be made in such manner as the Controller may require, which may include the use of such electronic application service on what is commonly known as the Internet as the Controller may provide for this purpose; and

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(c) be accompanied by —

(i) one photograph of the applicant, which shall be taken not more than 3 months before the date of the application and shall comply with the specifications set out in the Second Schedule;

(ii) such other personal identifiers as the Controller may require;

(iii) photostat copies of the applicant’s foreign passport or foreign travel document, which must be valid for not less than 6 months after the applicant’s expected date of arrival in Singapore;

(iv) where required by directions in the application form, a letter of introduction from a public authority or public officer, or an employer or a business associate or a prospective employer or business associate of the applicant, where applicable, resident or conducting business in Singapore; and

(v) such other documents and information as the Controller may require in any particular case.

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(2)  An applicant for a Singapore visa must submit to all reasonable steps for the taking or recording of any personal identifier required from the applicant under paragraph (1)(c).

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(3)  Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the Controller from requiring an applicant for a Singapore visa to furnish such other particulars, information and documents as the Controller may specify in any particular case.

Grant of Singapore visa

3A.—(1)  Before granting a Singapore visa for or in respect of any non-citizen, the Controller must be satisfied of the identity of the non-citizen.

(2)  The Controller may grant a Singapore visa to a non-citizen in any form and manner that the Controller thinks fit.

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(3)  [Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]

(4)  [Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]

(5)  [Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]

Validity of Singapore visa

3B.—(1)  A Singapore visa may be granted subject to any of the following general conditions as to validity where specified therein:

(a) the Singapore visa shall be valid to enable the holder thereof to travel to Singapore on a single occasion within a specified period;

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(b) the Singapore visa shall be valid to enable the holder thereof to travel to Singapore on a restricted number of occasions within a specified period; or

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(c) the Singapore visa shall be valid to enable the holder thereof to travel to Singapore on an unrestricted number of occasions within a specified period.

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(2)  A Singapore visa shall cease to be valid —

(a) at the end of the day specified in the Singapore visa;

(b) where the Singapore visa is valid for travel to Singapore on a single occasion during a specified period, on the completion of that journey;

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(c) where the holder of the Singapore visa is granted any pass under these Regulations, when that pass is cancelled in accordance with these Regulations; or

(d) where the Singapore visa is cancelled in accordance with these Regulations.

(3)  A Singapore visa to travel to Singapore during or within a period is not permission for the holder to travel to Singapore outside that period.

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Amendments to Singapore visa

3C.  The Controller may, at any time, make such alterations, additions or deletions as may be necessary to render accurate the particulars recorded in any Singapore visa regarding the identity or status of the holder of that Singapore visa.

Refusal of Singapore visa

3D.  The Controller may, by notice in writing or otherwise, refuse a Singapore visa to any applicant therefor.

Cancellation of Singapore visa

3E.  The Controller may, by notice in writing or otherwise, cancel any Singapore visa granted to or in respect of any person.

PART 3

PERMITS

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Matters relating to entry permit

4.—(1)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

(2)  A person may apply on behalf of his spouse or child for an entry permit to be issued to the spouse or child.

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(3A)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

(3B)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

(3C)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

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(6)  Every entry permit shall be in Form 5 or 5A.

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(9)  For the purposes of section 10(3) of the Act, the Controller may —

(a) impose any condition not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act; or

(b) vary any condition in any manner provided the condition so varied is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.

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(10)  Without prejudice to paragraph (9), a condition imposed or varied by the Controller may include a condition that permits the Controller to make a determination as to whether any particular circumstances exist.

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Security in respect of entry permit

5.—(1)  The Controller may require in respect of the issue of an entry permit such security, whether by deposit or otherwise, as he may think necessary for all costs, charges and expenses which may be incurred in the maintenance and repatriation or removal from Singapore of the applicant in the event of his being required to be repatriated or removed from Singapore at any time within 2 years from the date of his entry into Singapore.

(2)  Where any person in respect of whom security has been furnished under paragraph (1) is repatriated or removed from Singapore at any time within 2 years from the date of his entry into Singapore, the total amount of all costs, charges and expenses incurred in the repatriation or removal of that person and his dependants, if any, shall be certified in writing by the Controller, whose certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof, and such amount, or so much thereof as the security will cover, shall be recovered out of such security.

(3)  Subject to paragraph (2), such security, or the balance thereof, if any, as the case may be, shall be returned to the person who furnished the security at the expiration of the period for which the security was furnished, or of such shorter period as the Controller may think fit.

Matters relating to re-entry permit

6.—(1)  For the purposes of section 11(1A) of the Act, the prescribed period is 180 days.

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(2)  A person may apply on behalf of his spouse or child for a re-entry permit to be issued to the spouse or child.

(3)  The Controller may require the appearance in person before him of any applicant resident in Singapore and of his spouse or child on whose behalf an application is made under paragraph (2).

(4)  Every application for a re-entry permit shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person making the application is in possession of a valid passport or other travel document.

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(4A)  Every application for a re-entry permit made under paragraph (2) shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person on whose behalf the application is made is in possession of a valid passport or other travel document.

(5)  Every re-entry permit shall be in Form 7.

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(5A)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

(6)  [Deleted by S 741/2025 wef 01/12/2025]

(7)  For the purposes of section 11(3) of the Act, the Controller may —

(a) impose any condition not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act; or

(b) vary any condition in any manner provided the condition so varied is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.

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(8)  Without prejudice to paragraph (7), a condition imposed or varied by the Controller may include a condition that permits the Controller to make a determination as to whether any particular circumstances exist.

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Prescribed website for sections 10(4A)( a ) and 11(5A)( a ) of Act

7A.  For the purposes of sections 10(4A)(a) and 11(5A)(a) of the Act, the prescribed website is the Internet website at https://www.ica.gov.sg.

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