12.—(1) A visit pass may be issued by the Controller to any person other than a prohibited immigrant who satisfies the Controller that he wishes to enter Singapore —
(a)
on a social, business or professional visit; or
(b)
as a tourist.
Application for visit pass
(2) The Controller may require any person applying for a visit pass to make application therefor in such form as the Controller may require and to furnish to the Controller two recent photographs of himself.
[S 96/96 wef 08/03/1996]
(3) A visit pass shall not be issued otherwise than prior to his embarkation to an unberthed passenger unless he is —
(a)
ordinarily resident in the Rhio Archipelago, Sumatra, the States of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak or Brunei Darussalam;
(b)
travelling to Singapore on a direct journey from a port or place in any of those territories; and
(c)
in possession of a valid passport or other travel document which permits his return to his place of embarkation.
(4) Where under paragraph (3) a person is required to obtain a visit pass prior to his embarkation, application therefor may be made by that person or by a person in Singapore on his behalf.
(5) Every application for a visit pass made under paragraph (4) shall be in such form as the Controller may require. Such application shall be accompanied by two recent photographs of the applicant.
[S 96/96 wef 08/03/1996]
(6) A visit pass shall authorise the holder thereof to enter Singapore within the period and subject to the conditions stated in the pass and to remain in Singapore for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as may be stated in the pass:
Provided that the Controller may extend the validity of any visit pass for any such further period or periods as he may think fit; and in special circumstances, the period of such extension may exceed one year.
[S 167/96 wef 19/04/1996]
[S 9/94 wef 07/01/1994]
(7) Every visit pass issued to any person as a tourist or for the purpose of a social visit shall be subject to the condition that the holder shall not engage in any form of paid employment or in any business, profession or occupation in Singapore during the validity of that pass unless he has the consent in writing of the Controller or is the holder of a valid work permit issued under the Employment of Foreign Workers Act.
Form of visit pass
(8) A visit pass may be —
(a)
in the Form 15;
(b)
in the case of a person who is to be issued with a disembarkation and embarkation card under regulation 19 as well, in the Form 15A or 15B; or
(c)
in the form of an endorsement made in the passport or other travel document of the visitor,
as the Controller may determine.
(9) Where a work permit issued to the holder of a visit pass is cancelled by the Controller of Work Permits under the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, the visit pass shall be deemed to have been cancelled and the holder of such pass shall not remain in Singapore thereafter unless he is otherwise entitled or authorised to remain in Singapore under the provisions of the Act or of these Regulations.
[S 167/96 wef 19/04/1996]
(10) Upon completion or termination of employment or resignation from employment of any employee —
(a)
the employer shall give notice in writing; and
[S 15/94 wef 14/01/1994]
(b)
the employee shall report in person,
to the Controller within 7 days of such completion or termination of employment or resignation from employment.