Interpretation (Singapore Visa — Fees) Order 2007

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No. S 652

Interpretation Act

(Chapter 1)

Interpretation (Singapore Visa — Fees)
Order 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(1) of the Interpretation Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Interpretation (Singapore Visa — Fees) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2007.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“applicant”, in relation to an application for a Singapore visa, means the person who will be the holder of the Singapore visa if the application is granted;

“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);

“group Singapore visa” means a Singapore visa 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;

“Singapore visa” means a Singapore visa granted under Part IIA of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133).

Fees for Singapore visas

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following fee shall be payable for a Singapore visa or group Singapore visa:

(a)	$30 for each Singapore visa granted to an applicant to travel to and enter Singapore;
(b)	no fee for any group Singapore visa granted pursuant to an application under the PRC Collective Gratis Visa Scheme;
(c)	$30 for each group Singapore visa granted pursuant to any other application for a group Singapore visa;
(d)	no fee for any Singapore visa granted to an applicant who holds a diplomatic or an official passport issued by the government of a foreign country.

(2) Where in an application for a Singapore visa —

(a)	the name of a child or person is included in the passport or other document of identity of the applicant, being either 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 is to accompany the applicant to Singapore,

then for the purposes of determining the fee payable under sub-paragraph (1), a Singapore visa shall be deemed to have been granted separately to that child or person if the child or person may be taken under the Immigration Regulations (Cap. 133, Rg 1) to be included in any Singapore visa granted to the applicant.

Deferment of fee

4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, the Controller may allow the applicant for the Singapore visa to defer payment of any fee referred to in paragraph 3 for such period as may be specified by the Controller, which may extend to a time after the applicant is granted the Singapore visa and his entry into Singapore.

Waiver and refund of fees

5.—(1) A fee that is payable under this Order may be waived in whole or in part if the applicant is a person in respect of whom the Controller, or an immigration officer authorised to do so on his behalf, is of the opinion that, in view of special circumstances, it is not desirable that any fee should be charged.

(2) Any such fee that is paid shall not be refundable unless otherwise authorised by the Controller or an immigration officer authorised to do so on his behalf.

Made this 29th day of November 2007.

TAN YONG SOON

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/037; AG/LEG/SL/1/2003/2 Vol. 5]

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