Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order

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Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133, Section 56)

Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order

O 4

G.N. No. S 658/2007

REVISED EDITION 2009

(1st June 2009)

[1st December 2007]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order.

Non-citizens exempt from having Singapore visa

2.—(1) Section 9B(1) of the Act shall not apply to the following non-citizens who do not hold a valid passport from a territory that is approved by the Minister under section 9B(2) of the Act and who arrive in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore:

(a)

a non-citizen holding a valid entry permit or re-entry permit;

(b)

a member of such visiting force as the Minister may determine;

(c)

an airline crew member that, in the course of a journey on duty from a place outside Singapore to Singapore, or from a place outside Singapore to a place outside Singapore, calls at an authorised airport;

(d)

a non-citizen who holds a valid laissez-passer issued by the United Nations;

(e)

a non-citizen who holds a valid passport that is issued by the government of any foreign territory specified in Part I of the Schedule, being the type of passport specified opposite that foreign territory;

(f)

a non-citizen who holds a valid passport that is issued by the government of any foreign territory specified in Part II of the Schedule, being the type of passport specified opposite that foreign territory, and who is travelling to Singapore for an attendance not exceeding 30 days;

(fa)

a non-citizen —

(i)

who —

(A)	holds a valid diplomatic, official or service passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIA of the Schedule; and
(B)	is appointed to work in a diplomatic mission or consular office of the government of that foreign territory, a trade economic 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, official or service passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIA of the Schedule; or

(iii)

who —

(A)	holds a valid diplomatic, official or service passport issued by the government of the foreign territory specified in Part IIA of the Schedule; and
(B)	is travelling to Singapore for an attendance not exceeding 90 days; [S 218/2023 wef 17/08/2009]

(g)

a non-citizen who is —

(i)	duly accredited to Singapore as a diplomatic or consular representative of the government of any foreign territory specified in Part III of the Schedule, and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, official passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory;
(ia)	a person appointed to work in a diplomatic or consular mission of the government of any foreign territory specified in Part IV of the Schedule, and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory; [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]
(ib)	a representative of the government of any foreign territory specified in Part IV of the Schedule in any international organisation in Singapore, and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory; [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]
(ii)	a staff member of any diplomatic or consular representative of the government of any foreign territory referred to in sub-paragraph (i), and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, official passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory; [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]
(iii)	a spouse or dependent child of the diplomatic or consular representative or staff thereof referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii); or [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]
(iv)	a spouse or any unmarried child below the age of 18 years of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ia) or a representative in an international organisation referred to in sub-paragraph (ib), as the case may be, and who is living in the same household of that person or representative, as the case may be; [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]

(h)

a non-citizen (not being a resident of Singapore) holding a valid passport issued by the government of the United States of America and travelling to Singapore other than for the purpose of employment or seeking employment in Singapore;

(i)

any head of state of a foreign territory who is a guest of the Government;

(j)

a non-citizen arriving in Singapore in special circumstances and where an emergency has affected the non-citizen’s ability to apply for a Singapore visa.

[S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011]

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(fa)(i) and sub-paragraph (1)(g)(ib) and (iv), “international organisation” means —

(a)	an organisation declared by an order of the President under section 2 of the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act (Cap. 145) to be an organisation of which the Government and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign Powers are members; or
(b)	a person or, a person who belongs to a class of persons, referred to in section 6(3) of the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act (Cap. 82A). [S 205/2011 wef 17/04/2011] [S 218/2023 wef 17/04/2011]

[G.N. Nos. S 658/2007; S 609/2008]

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