Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations

Immigration Act

(Chapter 133, Section 55(1) read with Section 5A)

Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 656/2007

REVISED EDITION 2009

(1st June 2009)

[1st December 2007]

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations.

Evidence of identity and Singapore citizenship

2.  For the purposes of section 5A(1)(a) and (1C)(a) of the Act, the other evidence of identity that must be presented by a citizen of Singapore shall be all or any of the following:

(a) one or more fingerprints or a handprint of the citizen (including those taken using paper and ink or digital livescanning technologies);

(b) a photograph or other image of the citizen’s face and shoulders;

(c) the citizen’s signature;

(d) any other personal identifier of the citizen.

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Waiver of passport, etc., production for certain citizens

3.—(1)  For the purposes of section 5A(2)(a) of the Act, the requirement to present a Singapore passport or Singapore travel document under section 5A(1)(a) or (1C)(a) of the Act may be waived by an immigration officer in respect of any citizen of Singapore arriving in or leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) in any of the following circumstances:

(a) the citizen’s Singapore passport has been lost, stolen or destroyed while outside Singapore;

(b) an emergency has affected the availability of the information necessary to ascertain whether or not that he is already the holder of a Singapore passport;

(c) as a member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty;

(d) the citizen obtains immigration clearance through an automated clearance system 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).

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(2)  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (1)(d) shall be taken as exempting any citizen of Singapore referred to therein from having in his possession a valid Singapore passport or Singapore travel document when leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore, or when arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore.

Disapplication of section 5A(1)( b ) of Act to certain non-citizens

4.—(1)  The requirements under section 5A(1)(b) of the Act shall not apply to the following non-citizens:

(a) a member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty;

(b) a non-citizen (not being a person whose presence in West Malaysia is unlawful under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in West Malaysia relating to passports or immigration, or whose entry into Singapore has been prohibited by order made under the Act) who is a member of the Royal Malaysian Police travelling on duty to Singapore on a direct journey from West Malaysia on the request of the Singapore Police Force and who is in possession of a certificate of appointment or an identifying warrant card;

(c) a member of such visiting force as the Minister may determine;

(d) a child or person who —

(i) is included in the passport or other travel document of a parent of the child, or of a spouse or other relative of the person;

(ii) is accompanying that parent, spouse or relative (as the case may be) when travelling to and leaving from Singapore; and

(iii) may be taken under the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1) to be included in any Singapore visa (if any) granted to a parent of the child, or the spouse or relative of that person;

(e) a non‑citizen who —

(i) uses an automated clearance system for immigration clearance without presenting a passport or travel document to the system;

(ii) obtains immigration clearance through the system 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

(iii) 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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(f) any head of state of a foreign country who is a guest of the Government.

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(2)  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (1)(e) shall be taken as exempting any non-citizen referred to therein from having in his possession a valid passport or travel document when leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore, or when arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore.

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