3A.—(1) Before granting a Singapore visa for or in respect of any non-citizen, the Controller must be satisfied of the identity of the non-citizen.
(2) Every Singapore visa shall be granted by the Controller for and on behalf of the Government and may be granted —
(a)
to a non-citizen for that non-citizen to travel to and enter Singapore within a specified period; or
(b)
to and in respect of 3 or more specified non-citizens for those non-citizens to travel to and enter Singapore as a group within a specified period (referred to in these Regulations as a group Singapore visa).
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), evidence of a Singapore visa that has been granted to a non-citizen may be given by —
(a)
a label that is affixed to the non-citizen’s passport by the Controller;
(b)
an imprint or endorsement that is stamped in the non-citizen’s passport by the Controller;
(c)
a document that is given to the non-citizen by the Controller; or
(d)
a document that is issued in an electronic form to the non-citizen by the Controller through the electronic application service referred to in regulation 3(1)(b).
(4) Where —
(a)
the name of a child or person is included in the passport or other document of identity of a parent of the child or of a spouse or other relative of the person, as the case may be; and
(b)
the child or person accompanies that parent, spouse or relative (as the case may be) to Singapore,
the child or person shall be taken to be included in any Singapore visa granted to the parent, spouse or relative (as the case may be) if, and only if —
(i)
the child’s or person’s name is included in any imprint or endorsement on the passport or other document of identity of that parent, spouse or relative;
(ii)
a separate label is affixed to that passport or document of identity evidencing the grant of a Singapore visa in respect of the child or person;
(iii)
a separate document evidencing the grant of a Singapore visa in respect of the child or person is given to that parent, spouse or relative by the Controller; or
(iv)
a document is issued in an electronic form to the parent, spouse or relative by the Controller through the electronic application service referred to in regulation 3(1)(b) evidencing the grant of a Singapore visa in respect of the child or person.
(5) If a group Singapore visa is granted to and in respect of 3 or more non-citizens for those non-citizens to travel to and enter Singapore as a group within a specified period —
(a)
these Regulations shall apply as if each of them were the holder of the Singapore visa, subject to sub-paragraph (b); and
(b)
if any such non-citizen fails to travel to and enter Singapore at the same time together with the group within the specified period, the Singapore visa deemed under sub-paragraph (a) to have been granted to that non-citizen shall cease to be valid when the rest of the group enters Singapore.