Singapore visa requirements · checked 13 October 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Singapore

Q: What documents do I need to enter Singapore?

Passport validity: ICA says all travellers, except Singapore passport holders, must ensure their passport has a minimum validity of 6 months; its visa pages ask for a passport valid for at least six months from the date of entry into Singapore. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Singapore. Return or onward ticket: ICA says short-term travellers should have proof of onward travel (tickets, visas). Proof of funds: ICA says short-term travellers should have sufficient cash.

Q: How long can I stay in Singapore without a visa?

Usually 30 days (3 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

Most travellers can visit Singapore without a visa: 163 of 198 passports enter visa-free, usually for 30 days.

Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority says the period of stay is determined by the Visit Pass issued as an e-Pass at the checkpoint on entry, not by any visa. Its list of travel documents that need a visa includes India, Russia and Pakistan among others; Singapore's embassy in Beijing says holders of ordinary Chinese passports are exempt from visas for a stay of up to 30 days from 9 February 2024. ICA says all travellers must submit the free SG Arrival Card within three days, including the day of arrival, before arriving.

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Destination

163

Passports visa-free

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Singapore? Quick answers

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Visa for Singapore — requirements summary

Visa-free: 163 (82%)
Visa required: 35 (18%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Singapore, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	—	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	—	Details →
Angola	Visa-free	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	—	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	—	Details →
Armenia	Visa required	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	—	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	—	Details →
Belarus	Visa required	—	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	—	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	—	Details →
Benin	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	—	Details →
Botswana	Visa-free	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	—	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	—	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa-free	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa-free	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa-free	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa-free	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa-free	—	Details →
Chad	Visa-free	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	—	Details →
China	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Comoros	Visa-free	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	—	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa-free	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Cuba	Visa-free	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	—	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	—	Details →
Djibouti	Visa-free	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	—	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa-free	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa-free	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa-free	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	—	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa-free	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa-free	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Eswatini	Visa-free	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	—	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	—	Details →
France	Visa-free	—	Details →
Gabon	Visa-free	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa required	—	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	—	Details →
Ghana	Visa-free	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	—	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	—	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	—	Details →
Guinea	Visa-free	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa-free	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa-free	—	Details →
Haiti	Visa-free	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	—	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	—	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	—	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	—	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	—	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	—	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	—	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	—	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa-free	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa-free	—	Details →
Kosovo	Visa required	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa-free	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa-free	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa-free	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	—	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	—	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	—	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	—	Details →
Madagascar	Visa-free	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa-free	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Maldives	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	—	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mauritania	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	—	Details →
Micronesia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Moldova	Visa required	—	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	—	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa-free	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa-free	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa-free	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa-free	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	—	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	—	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	—	Details →
Niger	Visa-free	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	—	Details →
Oman	Visa-free	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	—	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	—	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa-free	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	—	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	—	Details →
Philippines	Visa-free	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	—	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	—	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa-free	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	—	Details →
Russia	Visa required	—	Details →
Rwanda	Visa-free	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	—	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	—	Details →
Samoa	Visa-free	—	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa-free	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Senegal	Visa-free	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Seychelles	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa-free	—	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	—	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	—	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	—	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	—	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	—	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa-free	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa-free	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa-free	—	Details →
Togo	Visa-free	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	—	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	—	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	—	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	—	Details →
Uganda	Visa-free	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa required	—	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	—	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	—	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	—	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa-free	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	—	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	—	Details →
Vietnam	Visa-free	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa-free	—	Details →

Singapore visa types, fees and processing times

Entry visa

eVisa

Fee: 30 SGD

ICA says a S$30 non-refundable processing fee is payable online using a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card, and that applications can be submitted online through a strategic partner or a local contact in Singapore, or at a Singapore Overseas Mission or through its authorised visa agent.

Documents (4)

Form 14A
Passport-sized colour photograph
Photocopy of the passport biodata page
Additional supporting documents, such as a Letter of Introduction (Form V39A) (if applicable)

Official application site →

Entry requirements for Singapore

Passport validity

6 months

ICA says all travellers, except Singapore passport holders, must ensure their passport has a minimum validity of 6 months; its visa pages ask for a passport valid for at least six months from the date of entry into Singapore.

ICA — Entering Singapore: general entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

12 hours

ICA says all travellers who have been in a country with risk of yellow fever transmission in the six days before arriving in Singapore must produce a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate on arrival, including those who spent more than 12 hours in airport transit in such a country.

ICA — Yellow fever vaccination certificate✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Singapore. The UK Foreign Office says to check before you travel that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected medical evacuation.

UK FCDO — Singapore travel advice: health✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

ICA says short-term travellers should have proof of onward travel (tickets, visas).

ICA — Entering Singapore: general entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

ICA says short-term travellers should have sufficient cash. No official source we could read states an amount.

ICA — Entering Singapore: general entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: SG Arrival Card (SGAC)

ICA says all travellers must submit the SG Arrival Card with electronic health declaration within three days, including the day of arrival, before arriving, except those transiting without seeking immigration clearance and residents entering through Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints. Submission is free, via the SGAC e-Service or the MyICA app; travellers who fail to submit it may be denied entry.

ICA — SG Arrival Card (SGAC) with Electronic Health Declaration✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

90 days

Remaining in Singapore after a pass expires, without reasonable cause and without other authority to remain, is an offence. For an unlawful stay of up to 90 days: a fine of up to S$4,000, or up to 6 months' imprisonment, or both. For more than 90 days: up to 6 months' imprisonment and caning of at least 3 strokes. A person who cannot be caned under the Criminal Procedure Code is fined up to S$6,000 instead of caning.

Singapore Statutes Online (AGC) — Immigration Act 1959, section 15✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

$20,000

ICA says that if you enter or leave Singapore carrying physical currency and bearer negotiable instruments with a total value exceeding S$20,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency), you are required by law to make a declaration (Form NP 727) to the Singapore Police Force.

ICA — Taking cash in and out of Singapore✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Singapore visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

163

Most common: Visa-free

Least common: Visa required

82%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 2 passports
30 days · 3 passports

Understanding Singapore visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Singapore for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa-free, which applies to 163 passports (82%). 82% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa required (35 passports).

Entry categories for Singapore

Visa-free entry: 163 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 30 to 90 days.
Visa required: 35 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Singapore

Passport validity: ICA says all travellers, except Singapore passport holders, must ensure their passport has a minimum validity of 6 months; its visa pages ask for a passport valid for at least six months from the date of entry into Singapore.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Singapore.
Return or onward ticket: ICA says short-term travellers should have proof of onward travel (tickets, visas).
Proof of funds: ICA says short-term travellers should have sufficient cash.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Singapore or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Singapore visas

Do I need a visa for Singapore?

Most travellers can visit Singapore without a visa: 163 of 198 passports enter visa-free, usually for 30 days. It depends on your passport — check yours.

Do US citizens need a visa for Singapore?

The US State Department says no visa is required for 90 days or less. Singapore's ICA says the period of stay is set by the Visit Pass issued as an e-Pass at the checkpoint on entry, and that all travellers must submit the free SG Arrival Card within three days, including the day of arrival, before arriving.

What is the SG Arrival Card and who needs it?

ICA says the SG Arrival Card is the electronic version of the paper disembarkation/embarkation card, submitted with an electronic health declaration. All travellers must submit it within three days, including the day of arrival, before arriving, except those transiting without seeking immigration clearance and residents entering through Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints. Submission is free, via the SGAC e-Service or the MyICA app, and the SG Arrival Card is not a visa.

Can Chinese citizens visit Singapore without a visa?

Yes. Singapore's embassy in Beijing says that from 9 February 2024 holders of ordinary passports issued by the People's Republic of China are exempt from visa requirements for a stay of up to 30 days. ICA says all travellers must also submit the SG Arrival Card before arriving.

Do Indian citizens need a visa for Singapore?

Yes. ICA says you need a visa to enter Singapore with an Indian travel document (holders of diplomatic, official and service passports excepted). The application can be submitted online through a strategic partner or a local contact in Singapore, or at a Singapore Overseas Mission or through its authorised visa agent; a S$30 non-refundable processing fee applies, and applications are processed within three working days. The SG Arrival Card must also be submitted before arrival.

Can I bring cigarettes or a vape into Singapore?

Vapes: no — the UK government says vapes and e-cigarettes are banned in Singapore and illegal to bring in, including for personal use. Cigarettes: no official source we could read sets out the duty rules; ICA says to declare all dutiable goods at the Red Channel.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Singapore?

UK citizens can visit Singapore visa-free. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Singapore?

German citizens can visit Singapore visa-free. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Singapore?

Passport validity: ICA says all travellers, except Singapore passport holders, must ensure their passport has a minimum validity of 6 months; its visa pages ask for a passport valid for at least six months from the date of entry into Singapore. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Singapore. Return or onward ticket: ICA says short-term travellers should have proof of onward travel (tickets, visas). Proof of funds: ICA says short-term travellers should have sufficient cash.

How long can I stay in Singapore without a visa?

Usually 30 days (3 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Singapore without a visa?

163 of 198 passports can enter Singapore visa-free (82%). and 35 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Where can Singapore citizens travel visa-free?

Singapore passport holders can visit 130 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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