Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 May 2024

No. S 459

Immigration Act 1959

Immigration
(Exemption from Singapore Visa)
(Amendment No. 2) Order 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Immigration Act 1959, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024 and comes into operation on 1 June 2024.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. In the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order (O 4), in paragraph 2 —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (1), after sub‑paragraph (fa), insert —

“(fb)

a non‑citizen —

(i)

who —

(A)	holds a valid diplomatic passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIB of the Schedule; and
(B)	is appointed to work in a diplomatic, consular or commercial mission or an international organisation, in Singapore;

(ii)

who —

(A)	is a spouse, or an unmarried child below 21 years of age, of a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);
(B)	is living in the same household of the person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); and
(C)	holds a valid diplomatic passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIB of the Schedule; or

(iii)

who —

(A)	holds a valid diplomatic passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIB of the Schedule; and
(B)	is travelling to Singapore for an attendance not exceeding 90 days;”; and

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (2), replace “sub‑paragraph (1)(fa)(i) and sub‑paragraph (1)(g)(ib) and (iv), (ga)(iii), (gb)(iii), (gc)(iii), (gd)(iii), (ge)(iii) and (gf)(ii)” with “sub‑paragraphs (1)(fa)(i), (fb)(i), (g)(ib) and (iv), (ga)(iii), (gb)(iii), (gc)(iii), (gd)(iii), (ge)(iii) and (gf)(ii) and (1B)(c)(i)”.

Amendment of Schedule

3. In the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order, in the Schedule —

(a)

in the Schedule reference, after “(fa),”, insert “(fb),”; and

(b)

after Part IIA, insert —

“Part IIB

1. Arab Republic of Egypt.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 205/2011; S 141/2013; S 401/2015; S 813/2015; S 85/2016; S 192/2018; S 49/2019; S 218/2023; S 76/2024]

Made on 30 April 2024.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[ICA/00164/84; AG/LEGIS/SL/133/2020/6 Vol. 1]

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