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Entering Singapore

To ensure a smooth journey, travellers seeking to enter Singapore should comply with the  Entry and  Public Health requirements listed below.

1) General Entry Requirements

To enter Singapore, travellers must meet the following immigration requirements:

i) Passport Validity

• Have minimum 6-month passport validity if you are not a Singapore passport holder
• Short term travellers holding a passport or travel document from a visa-required country/region must  apply for a Visa
• Visa-required travellers can use the  Visa-Free Transit Facility  for stay of less than 96 hours in Singapore, if eligible

iii) Security and Immigration Processes on Arrival

• Ensure that you do not bring prohibited items  into Singapore
• Familiarise yourself with  immigration/customs clearance procedures , including whether you are eligible for automated clearance
• Short-Term travellers should have sufficient cash and proof of onward travel (tickets, visas), and ensure that you do not stay beyond your visit pass validity. You may retrieve your e-Pass after arrival using the  e-Pass Enquiry Portal  or check your visit pass validity using the  visit pass validity tool .
• Those transiting/transferring through Singapore without seeking immigration clearance; and
• Singapore citizens, Permanent Residents and Long-Term Pass Holders entering via land checkpoints.

Submission of SGAC is Free and can be done via the SGAC e-Service  or MyICA Mobile app . Please refer to SGAC with Electronic Health Declaration  for more information.

Short Term Visitors

• Visitors who wish to stay beyond the period of stay granted can apply for a  visit pass extension  online using the  e-Service . Applications are subject to approval.
• Travellers on short-term visit pass are also not permitted to engage in any business, professional or paid employment activities when in Singapore. Overstaying is also a punishable offence in Singapore.

2) Public Health Requirements

To avoid tests and quarantine, travellers must fulfil the public health requirements below. Travellers who cannot meet the public health requirements and refuse any test(s) and/or quarantine may be turned away from Singapore.

Produce an International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever , if you have visited any country at risk of Yellow Fever transmission  in the six (6) days prior to arrival in Singapore.

Travellers must serve quarantine for six (6) days from date of departure from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission if they cannot meet the requirement. Quarantine also applies to those who are ineligible to receive the vaccination e.g., children aged one year and below and individuals with contraindications, and travellers whose yellow fever vaccination certificate has yet to become valid.

There are no longer any COVID-19 measures for travellers arriving in Singapore from 13 Feb 2023 , regardless of vaccination status or traveller profile.

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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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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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Can I travel to Singapore from the United States?

Most visitors from the United States, regardless of vaccination status, can enter Singapore.

Can I travel to Singapore if I am vaccinated?

Fully vaccinated visitors from the United States can enter Singapore without restrictions.

Can I travel to Singapore without being vaccinated?

Unvaccinated visitors from the United States can enter Singapore without restrictions.

Do I need a COVID test to enter Singapore?

Visitors from the United States are not required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test or antigen result upon entering Singapore.

Can I travel to Singapore without quarantine?

Travelers from the United States are not required to quarantine.

Do I need to wear a mask in Singapore?

Mask usage in Singapore is not required in public spaces.

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COVID-19 General Advisory for Travellers

What to do if you are unwell or test positive for covid-19 while visiting singapore .

Should you feel unwell or tested positive for COVID-19 

Travellers who are unwell or tested positive for COVID-19 should receive medical advice if they fulfil any of the following criteria.

• Aged 60 and older
• Have Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) symptoms
• Immunocompromised or have concurrent medical conditions such as obesity (e.g., adults with a BMI ≥30), hypertension, diabetes, chronic heart and lung diseases, kidney diseases on dialysis, hypercoagulable states, cancer, or patients on drugs that cause immunosuppression
• Persons with Down’s syndrome

Persons with mild ARI symptoms should stay at home until symptoms resolve.

If there is a need to go out while symptomatic, or if asymptomatic but test positive for COVID-19, exercise social responsibility by observing the following practices. 

• Minimise social interactions
• Wear a mask
• Avoid crowded places
• Do not visit vulnerable places such as hospitals and nursing homes
• Do not have contact with vulnerable persons such as the elderly

Refer to https://www.moh.gov.sg/licensing-and-regulation/telemedicine . Should you test positive on a COVID-19 PCR test, please note that you will be assigned a separate telemedicine provider for medical support while you are serving your Isolation, and should not reach out to the telemedicine providers on this list. 

Self-administered ART kits can be purchased online or from pharmacies and drugstores around Singapore. Hotels may also carry self-administered kits for purchase. If you test positive on an ART and are self-isolating, you should purchase your ART kits through contactless methods and should not leave your accommodation to do so.

By default, travellers should recover in hotels or residential accommodation unless they are 1) partially vaccinated or unvaccinated, aged 50 years and above 2) Vaccinated, aged 80 years and above 3) Children aged below 3 months and children aged 3 months to below 3 years, who have been assessed by a medical professional to be clinically unsuitable to recover at home or in a hotel. These travellers will be advised by MOH to be transferred to an appropriate care facility. Travellers may opt to recover at home if they own a residence in Singapore. Travellers may not check into another hotel for recovery, or change their isolation venues (e.g. transfer hotels) once they have begun isolating. They will only be released upon fulfilling the recovery conditions.

Health Risk Notices (HRN) are issued to persons identified as close contacts of a COVID-positive case, if declared a close contact by a COVID-positive case.

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• Masks will not have to be worn on public transport
• Relaxed rules to come in from next week

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Singapore Lifts Covid Travel and Public Mask Requirements

Chen Lin, Reuters

February 9th, 2023 at 4:10 PM EST

Singapore is moving to the next stage of reopening after maintaining a stable COVID situation over the recent months. Travelers and the public can say goodbye to mandatory masks and contact-tracing apps.

Singapore will drop a requirement for travellers who are not fully vaccinated to show COVID test results or purchase coronavirus travel insurance from Feb 13, the government’s virus taskforce said on Thursday.

Masks will also not be required to be worn on public transport, the health ministry said in a statement, as authorities lowered the disease outbreak response level to “green” from “yellow”, indicating COVID-19 is not threatening.

However, masks will still be mandatory in healthcare settings, where there is interaction with patients and in indoor patient-facing areas.

“Within Singapore our COVID situation has remained stable over the recent months, despite increased travel over the year-end holidays and China’s shift from zero COVID,” Lawrence Wong, deputy prime minister and co-chair of the virus taskforce, told a media briefing.

“Our population has developed a high level of hybrid immunity,” he said.

Around 80% of the city-state’s 5.6 million population have achieved minimum COVID-19 vaccination protection, and around half are up to date with their additional booster shots, health ministry data showed.

“We’ve had to deal with many unexpected curveballs and surprises along the way. But we managed to reach this point together because we all did our part,” Wong said.

The public can also remove COVID-19 contact-tracing apps, and the government has deleted identifiable data from its servers and database, health minister Ong Ye Kung said.

Since April last year, Singapore had lifted most of its COVID-19 restrictions with many international events returning to the city-state, attracting tourists and businesses.

The Asian financial hub is expecting the tourism sector to recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024.

(Reporting by Chen Lin; Editing by Ed Davies)

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Vaccinated Travel Framework for Entry to Singapore

From 1 April 2022, entry into Singapore will be allowed for fully vaccinated travellers under the Vaccinated Travel Framework.

• Stay-Home Notice (SHN) and on-arrival COVID-19 tests are not required for all fully vaccinated travellers, or children aged 12 and below.
• There is no need to apply for entry approvals (including the Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP)) or take designated flights.
• There is no need for travel insurance for fully-vaccinated short-term visitors.
• Please note that foreign passport holders who require a visa for entry into Singapore would still need to apply for a visa. For visa requirements and visa application for entry into Singapore, please refer to ICA page here: https://www.ica.gov.sg/enter-depart/entry_requirements/visa_requirements

More details on the General Travel Category Requirements for Fully Vaccinated Travellers and Non Fully Vaccinated Children, including eligibility criteria and requirements, can be found on Safetravel’s website here: https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/arriving/general-travel/fully-vaccinated  

Fully vaccinated travellers entering Singapore via air or sea checkpoints will no longer need to undergo Pre-Departure Testing.  Non-fully vaccinated travellers seeking entry into Singapore should refer to Safetravel's website here for the pre-departure requirements.

Pre-Departure Covid-19 Tests in the ROK [Non-Fully Vaccinated Travelers]

Travellers born before 2020 (i.e. above 2 years old) are required to take any of the following Covid-19 tests within 2 days before departure for Singapore :

• Covid-19 PCR Test
• Antigen Rapid Test (ART) that is either i.  Professionally administered, ii.  [For Eligible Travellers Only]  Self-administered ART remotely supervised by an  approved ART provider in Singapore .

For a list of PCR-testing facilities in the ROK, please refer to KDCA’s list here (in English):  https://tinyurl.com/53nsu8u6

Travellers wishing to take pre-departure ART tests may wish to consider the following:

• Incheon Airport Test Centres:  https://www.airport.kr/ap_cnt/en/svc/covid19/medical/medical.do
• H Plus Yangji Hospital: http s://eng.newyjh.com/hplus/screserv.php
• Hana ENT Hospital: http://www.hanaent.co.kr/eng.html
• Samsung Dream ENT Clinics (Jongro and Gangnam ): https://www.ssdream.co.kr/  (website in Korean only)
• Jongro Yonsei ENT Clinic:  http://jongroent.com/ (website in Korean only)

A negative COVID-19 test result (whether PCR or ART) should be issued in English or accompanied by a notarised English translation, containing the COVID-19 test results, test date, traveller’s name, and traveller’s date of birth (or passport number) to be recognised as a valid Pre-Departure Test result for your entry to Singapore. We advise you to call ahead to check directly with the test center whether it is able to provide the documentation that fulfils these requirements.

We seek your kind understanding that the Singapore Embassy in Seoul is not in a position to make enquiries or appointments for PCR/ART COVID-19 tests on behalf of travellers.

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Vaping offenses in Singapore increased nearly 60% between 2022 and 2023, according to the country’s Ministry of Health, despite a widespread ban — showing the uphill battle lawmakers face globally in persuading young people to ditch tobacco products.

Singapore reported about 7,900 incidences of the purchase, use, or possession of vapes in 2023, compared with about 5,000 in 2022, the Straits Times reported — despite laws that ban vape products for all consumers, regardless of age.

It comes as governments across the world debate new measures to ban or restrict e-cigarettes, with fears the products are getting minors addicted to nicotine and leading to larger public health consequences.

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Singapore has built a reputation as having some of the world’s strictest drug penalties, and its crackdown on vaping is extensive. Vape users can be fined up to $1,490 , and travelers who do not surrender their e-cigarettes upon arrival in Singapore face potential jail time, according to the South China Morning Post. Students caught with vapes are required to attend addiction support programs, while male students face being caned. Police are also ramping up random checks for vapes at public hotspots such as shopping centers, parks, and bars to stop vapes from “taking hold in our society,” the country’s Ministry of Health said in December.

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4 healthcare workers in Singapore convicted of patient abuse offences since 2010

SINGAPORE - Four healthcare professionals have been convicted of offences related to patient abuse here since 2010, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam.

Speaking in Parliament on April 2, she said disciplinary actions were taken in all these cases, such as the offenders being suspended and struck off the appropriate professional register.

“Three are no longer practising and one returned to practice after serving a 15-month suspension,” said Ms Rahayu, who is also Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law.

She was responding to a question from Ms Rachel Ong (West Coast GRC) about how many healthcare professionals have been charged over patient abuse each year since 2010, as well as how many of these are still working in the healthcare sector here.

Ms Ong also asked about restrictions placed on the deployment of healthcare professionals undergoing investigation for charges related to patient abuse.

Ms Rahayu noted that all licensed healthcare institutions must report abuse incidents or allegations involving a patient to their management, including cases of patient abuse by healthcare workers.

These institutions must take steps to manage the risk of recurrent abuse, such as reassigning the individual involved to non-clinical duties or requiring that he or she take a leave of absence, to minimise further interactions with patients while investigations are ongoing.

“The healthcare professional may be further referred to the police if a criminal offence is likely to have been committed, and to the relevant professional board for further disciplinary action,” said Ms Rahayu.

The Straits Times previously reported that two staff nurses and one health attendant at the Institute of Mental Health were sentenced to between three weeks and nine weeks in jail after being found guilty of assaulting a long-term patient with chronic schizophrenia at the facility in December 2019.

In 2020, a nurse was sentenced to 16 weeks’ jail after assaulting a 67-year-old nursing home resident who was throwing a tantrum, causing him to be hospitalised for seven days.

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HDB flat rents rose 10% in 2023, stabilising from 35% surge in 2022: Indranee

RENTS for public housing flats stabilised in 2023 after spiking 35 per cent in 2022, Parliament heard on Tuesday (Apr 2).

In 2021, the average year-on-year increase in open market rents for Housing and Development Board (HDB) three-room, four-room and five-room flats was 5 per cent. This increased to 35 per cent in 2022, but dropped to 10 per cent in 2023, said Indranee Rajah, Second Minister for National Development.

The minister was responding to a question raised by Member of Parliament Louis Chua, who asked what was the average increase in open market rents for HDB three-room, four-room and five-room flats. 

The surge in open market rents in 2022 was due to the opening-up of border restrictions and the recovery of non-resident rental demand, noted Indranee.

In her reply, Indranee said that rents had increased in the past three years “due to unprecedented supply-side constraints and increased rental demand arising from Covid-19”.

The ministry has since implemented measures to support households that need to rent, which include increasing both private and public housing supply, temporarily relaxing the occupancy cap for larger HDB flats and private residential properties.

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In addition, the ministry also announced in Budget 2024 the ramping up of rental flats supply under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme. 

This scheme aims to provide a temporary housing option for families with less disposable income to rent a flat while waiting for their HDB flats to be completed.

Data from SRX and 99.co in March showed that rents of HDB flats grew 1 per cent in February from the previous month to a new all-time high, although rental volumes fell 19.1 per cent to 2,448 flats rented, from 3,027 units in January.

Rent increases were observed for all room types year on year.

SRX said that rents for executive flats grew by 9 per cent, five-room rents were up 8.1 per cent and four-room rents increased 8.5 per cent.

Rents for three-room units grew 7.8 per cent.

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