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Singapore Travel Advisory

Travel advisory july 24, 2023, singapore - level 1: exercise normal precautions.

Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed . 

Exercise normal precautions in Singapore.

Read the  country information page  for additional information on travel to Singapore.

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Advisory on COVID-19 for Travellers and Tourism Businesses

13 February 2023

General Advisory for Travellers

1. Singapore is open to all travellers without quarantine. This includes non-fully vaccinated travellers. Covid-19 pre-departure tests are not required. More details are available  here. 2. Depending on the destination you are travelling from, mask-wearing aboard flights and ferries to Singapore may be required. Travellers are advised to check with the respective transport operator on the mask-wearing requirement prior to their trip.

3. Singapore has stepped down all COVID-19 measures and mask wearing is not required except in healthcare settings. However, do practise good personal hygiene and wear a mask if you are unwell.

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About the Organisation

What industry does your organization fall within, what best describes the key intent of the project that your organisation is seeking funding for, is your organisation a singapore-registered legal entity, is your organisation an association, is the project able to achieve one or more of the following outcome.

• Increase no. of sailings to/from Singapore
• Increase no. of foreign cruise passengers to Singapore through sailings to/from Singapore
• Increase no. of pre/post nights for cruise passengers sailing to/from Singapore
• Increase capability of industry players via cruise-specific industry training programmes
• Strengthen the potential/ attractiveness of cruising in Singapore and/or Southeast Asia

Is the project able to achieve one or more of the following?

• Improve visitor satisfaction (especially foreign visitors)
• Increase footfall
• Increase revenue
• Significant branding and PR value

Is the project able to attract foreign visitors and contribute to foreign visitors' spend?

Who will be the main target audience of your project, is your project innovative and/or a new event in singapore with tourism potential, what best describes your project, does the event have proven track records in singapore or overseas, and/or growth in tourism value such as growing foreign visitorship, and/or enhancement of precinct vibrancy etc, does the project have a clear tourism focus (e.g. tourism-related trainings, tourism companies taking on capability development initiatives or technology companies creating technology products and services for the tourism businesses), what best describes your market feasibility study project.

Based on your selection, the following STB grant/s may be applicable for your project:

Please note that projects that have commenced prior to Singapore Tourism Board's offer may not be eligible for grant support. Examples where projects are deemed as having commenced include:

• Applicant has started work on the project e.g. tender has been called.
• Applicant has made payment(s) to any supplier, vendor or third party.
• Applicant has signed a contractual agreement with any supplier, vendor or third party.

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Travel restrictions vary from time to time. If you plan to travel soon, please check the travel advisories on the  International Air Transport Association (IATA)  website or relevant local authorities for the latest passport, visa and health requirements. If you have any connecting flights, and your transit city and destination have different requirements, please fulfil the stricter requirement.  Please note that you are responsible for complying with all travel requirements to enter your intended destination and transit country.

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Quarantine-free Travel requirements to Singapore

We’ve been eagerly anticipating your arrival to our sunny shores! Singapore is open to all travellers without quarantine or testing requirements, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status.

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[Updated 24 August 2022]

Since its launch on 1 April 2022, the Vaccinated Travel Framework has allowed all fully vaccinated travellers to enter Singapore without serving a Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or applying for entry approvals.  All countries/regions are currently classified under the General Travel or the Restricted Category and accorded border measures by individual travellers’ vaccination status. All countries/regions are classified under General Travel Category with no countries under the Restricted Category. This will be adjusted according to any developments to the local and global COVID-19 situation.

Travellers who tested positive for COVID-19 should defer their travel plans to Singapore and not board commercial flights or ferries, as they may infect fellow passengers and crew. They should only resume their travel after testing negative, at least 72 hours from the time they first tested positive. 1

1  Or on Day 7 for vaccinated persons (and children below 12 years old) if they continue to test positive. Non-fully vaccinated persons aged 12 years and above should only resume travel on Day 14 if they continue to test positive.

Updates on Border Measures for General Travel Category

[Updated]  From  28 August 2022 2359 hours,  all non-fully vaccinated travellers are no longer required to undergo a 7-day SHN and take a Polymerase Chain Reaction COVID-19 test at the end of their SHN period. They are still required to take a PDT within  2 days before departure for Singapore 2  and test negative before departing for Singapore.

Removal of Pre-Departure Test (PDT) Requirements

Under the framework, fully vaccinated travellers and non-fully vaccinated children aged 12 and below are permitted to enter Singapore, without entry approvals or taking Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) transport. Meanwhile, those arriving via land checkpoints are not required to take pre-departure or on-arrival COVID-19 tests. 

From  26 April 2022 0001 hours , all fully vaccinated travellers and non-fully vaccinated children aged 12 and below arriving via air or sea checkpoints will no longer be required to take a PDT before departing for Singapore 1 . This means that fully vaccinated travellers and those who are well will not require any tests to enter Singapore.

Removal of entry approval requirements

[Updated]  From  28 August 2022 2359 hours, non-fully vaccinated Long-Term Pass Holders (LTPHs) and Short-Term Visitors (STVs) aged 13 and above are no longer required to apply for entry approval to enter Singapore.

LTPHs will continue to be required to meet all Vaccinated-Differentiated SMMs (VDS) requirements after their arrival in Singapore due to their longer length of stay. STVs are required to purchase COVID-19 travel insurance to cover the duration of their stay in Singapore.

In addition, from  1 May 2022 , fully vaccinated non-Malaysian Work Permit Holders no longer need to apply for entry approvals to enter Singapore. Non-Malaysian Work Permit Holders (WPHs) holding an In-Principle Approval (IPA) in the Construction, Marine Shipyard and Process (CMP) sectors no longer need to apply for entry approvals. Instead, they will need to book a slot at the Onboard centre to undergo onboarding upon arrival. Please refer to  MOM website  for details. 

A summary of the border measures for the General Travel Category and the Restricted Category under the Vaccination Travel Framework is found in the table below. Travellers are strongly advised to check the  SafeTravel website  for the latest border measures before entering Singapore.

1  From  1 May 2022, non-Malaysian WPHs holding an IPA will need to undergo a two-day Pre-Departure Preparatory Programme (PDPP), if PDPP is available in their source countries (currently Bangladesh, India and Myanmar), before entering Singapore. More details of the PDPP and the list of PDPP providers can be found here.  

2  The following PDTs are accepted: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, professionally administered Antigen-Rapid Test (ART) or ARTs supervised by licensed Singapore providers (including remotely supervised ARTs). Please refer to https://go.gov.sg/remote-art-overseas-sg for a list of approved remotely supervised ART PDT providers.

3  Non-fully vaccinated LTPHs aged 13 – 17 years entering Singapore should complete the full vaccination regime after arriving in Singapore.

$  Non-fully vaccinated Long-Term Pass Holders (LTPHs) and Short-Term Visitors (STVs) aged 13 and above are now allowed to enter Singapore. LTPHs will continue to be required to fulfil vaccination requirements after their arrival in Singapore due to their longer length of stay.

%  Travellers are subjected to Restricted Category border measures regardless of vaccination status if their 7-day travel history includes Restricted Category countries/ regions. 

^ There may be administrative, health, and vaccination requirements that are in addition or differ from the measures above. Check  SafeTravel website  for details.

&  Refer to  go.gov.sg/remote-art-overseas-sg  for a list of approved remotely supervised ART PDT providers, and the travellers and countries/regions that this service applies to.

@  The charges for 7-day SHN at a dedicated SHN facility currently amount to $1,015.

+  Travellers will be notified of their test appointment closer to the date of their exit PCR test.

Updates to charging policies for vaccinated travellers

With the introduction of the Vaccinated Travel Framework, the charging policies will be streamlined for SCs/PRs/LTPH travellers, if they develop onset of symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Singapore.

Patients who are required to pay for their medical bills may continue to tap on their regular healthcare financing arrangements to help pay for their bills.

There is no change to the charging policy for all Short-Term Pass Holders– the individual remains responsible for any COVID-19 medical bill incurred, throughout their stay in Singapore. 

A summary of updated charging policies is as follows:

For more information, refer to MOH's latest  press release .

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       The Multi-Ministry Taskforce regularly reviews our border measures to manage the risk of importation and onward local transmission from travellers, taking into account the current situation in their source countries/regions.  2.     Given the recent increase in cases, travellers with recent travel history to Sabah, Malaysia will now be required to serve a 14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at dedicated SHN facilities. We will also require travellers who have recent travel history to Indonesia or the Philippines, and who are not Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents, to present a valid negative COVID-19 test result to enter or transfer through Singapore. As the situation in Hong Kong has improved, we will reduce the SHN period from 14 days at dedicated SHN facilities, to 7 days at their place of residence, for travellers from Hong Kong.  3.     COVID-19 testing is an integral part of the safe re-opening of our borders. We will make COVID-19 tests more accessible to travellers. Laboratories, clinics and swab service providers who are interested can apply to the Ministry of Health (MOH) for approval to provide such COVID-19 testing services. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will resume the issuance of new visas.  However, the possession of a visa alone does not guarantee entry into Singapore; travellers must still seek prior approval via the appropriate COVID-19 travel schemes.   Update of Border Measures  4.     The risk of importation from travellers varies across countries/regions. Hence, the Taskforce continues to calibrate our border measures based on the latest developments in countries/regions as well as our assessed risk of importation and onward transmission in the community.  14-day SHN in dedicated SHN facility for Travellers from Sabah (Malaysia) 5.     We had earlier announced that travellers from Malaysia are allowed to serve a 7-day SHN at their place of residence. As there has been an increase in cases in Sabah recently, all  travellers entering Singapore from 14 October 2020, 2359 hours, who have a travel history in the past 14 days to Sabah will be required to serve a 14-day SHN at dedicated SHN facilities   [1] . This also applies to returning Singapore-based travellers under the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL), as well as Malaysian Citizens and PRs entering Singapore under the Periodic Commuting Arrangement. We are monitoring the situation across other states and federal territories closely, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya. For now, travellers from all other parts of Malaysia (except Sabah), will continue to serve a 7-day SHN at their place of residence. 

6.     All travellers are reminded to accurately declare their travel history. Strict enforcement action will be taken against false declarations. The COVID-19 test will continue to be administered before the end of the SHN period.  Requiring Pre-Departure Tests (PDT) for Travellers from Indonesia and the Philippines 7.     To reduce the importation of cases from Indonesia and the Philippines, travellers who are not Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents and who have recent travel history to Indonesia or the Philippines within the last 14 days prior to entry will be required to take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 72 hours before departure. Travellers will need to present a valid negative COVID-19 test result as a condition of approval to enter or transfer through Singapore. This requirement will take effect for those arriving in or transferring through Singapore from 19 October 2020, 2359 hours . Travellers from Indonesia and the Philippines entering Singapore will still be required to serve a 14-day SHN at dedicated SHN facilities and to take a negative COVID-19 test before the end of their SHN. 8.     We had earlier announced that travellers who are not Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents and who have recent travel history to India within the last 14 days prior to entry will need to present a valid negative COVID-19 test result as a condition of approval to enter Singapore. We will now also require travellers from India transferring through Singapore to present a valid negative COVID-19 test result. Reduced SHN of 7 Days for Travellers from Hong Kong  9.      There are countries/regions where the virus is well under control and the risk of importation is low. We have thus lifted our border restrictions and updated our travel advisory to allow general travel between Singapore and such low risk countries – Brunei Darussalam, New Zealand, Australia (excluding Victoria State) and Vietnam [2] . Travellers who have remained in these countries/regions in the last consecutive 14 days prior to their entry and travel directly to Singapore will undergo a COVID-19 test upon arrival in lieu of serving SHN.  10.     Travellers from other low risk countries/regions undergo a reduced 7-day SHN, and are allowed to serve the SHN at their place of residence [3] instead of a designated SHN facility. These low risk countries/regions are Macao, Mainland China, Malaysia (excluding Sabah) and Taiwan. Hong Kong will now be added to this list, for travellers entering Singapore from 14 October 2020, 2359 hours.  Resuming Visa Regime 11.      In line with the calibrated reopening of Singapore’s borders, ICA will lift visa suspension and resume the issuance of new visas. Short-term visitors who require a visa to enter Singapore can apply for visas though a local contact, Singapore overseas mission, or authorised visa agent from 18 October 2020, 2359 hours . Visitors who had already been issued with visas which are still valid, as well as those who are eligible for the visa-free transit facility, do not need to re-apply/ apply. 12.      Possession of a valid visa alone does not guarantee entry into Singapore. All short-term visitors must still seek prior approval via appropriate COVID-19 travel channels (e.g. obtain a Safe Travel Pass under Green/Fast Lane arrangements, or Air Travel Pass) before they can enter Singapore. More information will be available at ICA’s website ( https://www.ica.gov.sg/covid-19 ). Facilitating COVID-19 Testing for Travellers 13.      COVID-19 testing is an integral element to the safe resumption of travel. We will make COVID-19 testing more accessible for travellers. There are currently over 150 clinics that provide pre-departure testing to eligible travellers. We will increase the number of clinics and providers who can administer the COVID-19 PCR tests for pre-departure testing.  14.      Individuals who have been approved for such tests via the Safe Travel website ( https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/pre-departure-test ) will be able to make a test appointment with an expanded list of approved clinics and providers. Laboratories, clinics and swab service providers who are interested to provide such COVID-19 testing services can apply to MOH for approval.  15.     We will also gradually liberalise COVID-19 testing to allow those who require a test more options to procure such services from approved providers. Regular Review of Border Measures 16.     Singapore’s border measures will evolve as the global situation changes. We will continue to monitor the global health situation closely and update our border measures in accordance with the public health risk assessment. If the situation in a country/region deteriorates, more stringent measures will be put in place to limit the risk of importation and prevent community transmission from imported cases.  MINISTRY OF HEALTH 12 OCTOBER 2020 == [1] Except for Malaysia-based travellers under the RGL, who will continue to be subject to existing RGL health measures (i.e. pre-departure test, on-arrival test, pre-declared controlled itinerary).  [2] https://www.caas.gov.sg/who-we-are/newsroom/Detail/singapore-welcomes-visitors-from-australia-and-vietnam-from-8-october-2020/ [3] Singapore Citizens and Permanent Resident may serve their 7-day SHN at their place of residence. Long-Term Pass holders may serve their 7-day SHN at a place of residence that they or their family members own or are sole tenants of, or in suitable accommodations such as a hotel.

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