Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2010

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 05 Jul 2010

No. S 363

Immigration Act

(Chapter 133)

Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(1) of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 5th July 2010.

Amendment of regulation 4

2. Regulation 4 of the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and, where applicable, for the inclusion in the entry permit of the names of his spouse and of any child accompanying him” in paragraph (1);

(b)

by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(3) Every application for an entry permit shall be made —

(a)	through the electronic service provided by the Controller for the making of such applications; or
(b)	in such form as the Controller may require.”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3B), the following paragraph:

“(3C) Every application for an entry permit shall be accompanied by 2 recent photographs of the applicant.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “and for the inclusion in the permit of the names of his spouse and of any child accompanying him” in paragraph (4);

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Form 5” in paragraph (6), the words “or 5A”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (6), the following paragraph:

“(6A) Where an entry permit in Form 5A is issued through the electronic service referred to in paragraph (3)(a), it shall, instead of being signed, bear the following endorsement:

“This is a system-generated document. No signature is required.”.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Immigration Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after Form 5, the following Form:

“FORM 5A

”.

Made this 30th day of June 2010.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[ICA/00164/84; ICA/075/70(1); AG/LEG/SL/133/2002/1 Vol. 6]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 55(2) of the Immigration Act).

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