Singapore visa and entry requirements

It depends on your passport. Citizens of most countries can visit Singapore without a visa for tourism, family visits or business meetings. Citizens of visa-required countries need a Singapore visa before they travel, and iVisa can help you get the Singapore eVisa online.

Whether or not you need a visa, you must submit the SG Arrival Card in the 3 days before you arrive.

Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) requires a visa from citizens of these countries:

• Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
• Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen
• Europe and the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine
• Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Tunisia

You'll also need a visa if you travel on a refugee travel document, a Palestinian Authority passport, a UAE temporary passport, a PRC Travel Document, a Hong Kong SAR Document of Identity or a Macao SAR Travel Permit. If your country isn't listed, you can visit without a visa.

No. Singapore doesn't issue visas on arrival, and immigration counters don't accept visa applications. If you need a visa, you must have it before you travel.

The immigration officer decides how long you can stay when you arrive. Your visa's validity doesn't set your length of stay.

Your permitted stay is shown on your electronic visit pass (e-Pass), which is emailed to the address on your SG Arrival Card after you enter Singapore.

Yes, you can apply online to ICA to extend your Short-Term Visit Pass once it has 14 days or less left. Walk-in applications aren't accepted.

• Applications usually take 5 working days.
• There's a S$40 (~US$31) fee if the extension takes your total stay to 90 days or more.
• Approval isn't guaranteed, so plan to leave by the date on your e-Pass.

Yes. Every traveler entering Singapore, including visa-free visitors, must submit the SG Arrival Card in the 3 days before arrival, including the day you arrive. Travelers who don't submit it may be refused entry.

You don't need one if you're transiting without passing through immigration. You can submit it yourself on the government's website, or get help from iVisa.

Not if you stay in the airport's transit area. If you want to leave the airport and you're from a visa-required country, you'll need a visa, unless you qualify for the 96-hour Visa-Free Transit Facility:

• Indian citizens and holders of PRC Travel Documents, Hong Kong SAR Documents of Identity or Macao SAR Travel Permits need an onward ticket leaving within 96 hours and a visa or long-term pass for Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK or the US, valid for at least 1 more month.
• Citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan need an onward flight to or from a third country leaving within 96 hours.

You can't extend a visa-free transit stay.