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Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Entry and Re-Entry Permits

10. Entry permits

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

A non‑citizen who wishes to be a permanent resident of Singapore must apply for an entry permit in such form and manner as the Controller requires.

(1A)

An entry permit authorises the holder of the permit —

(a)

in the case where the entry permit is issued when the holder is outside Singapore — to enter Singapore once within the period specified in the conditions of the entry permit; and

(b)

in any case where the holder has entered or is in Singapore — to remain in Singapore.

(2)

Upon an application made under subsection (1) and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Controller may issue to the applicant an entry permit in the prescribed form and must, if the applicant is required by section 9B(1) to have a Singapore visa, grant a Singapore visa under section 9A(1) to the applicant on the production by him or her of his or her passport or other travel document and on payment of the prescribed fee, and the visa remains valid until the cancellation of the entry permit issued to the applicant.

(3)

The Controller may —

(a)

at the time of issuing an entry permit under subsection (2), impose any condition as the Controller thinks fit; or

(b)

at any time after the issue of an entry permit under subsection (2), vary or revoke any condition to which the entry permit is subject or impose any condition thereto.

(3A)

To avoid doubt, the power of the Controller to vary, revoke or impose any condition under subsection (3)(b) may be exercised whether or not the Controller is entitled to cancel the entry permit under this Act.

(4)

The Controller must —

(a)

give notice of any variation or revocation of any condition of, or imposition of any condition on, an entry permit under subsection (3)(b), to the holder of the entry permit; and

(b)

specify in the notice the date on which the variation, revocation or imposition of the condition takes effect.

(4A)

If the Controller varies, revokes or imposes any condition under subsection (3)(b) for a class of entry permit holders —

(a)

the Controller may, where the Controller assesses that it is not practicable to give notice to each entry permit holder in that class under subsection (4), publish the variation, revocation or imposition of the condition, and the date mentioned in subsection (4)(b), on a prescribed website or in the Gazette; and

(b)

the requirements of subsection (4) are taken to be satisfied upon such publication.

(5)

[Deleted by Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]

(6)

Any entry permit issued by the Controller before 15 January 2005 to any person who was in Singapore at the time he or she ceased to be a citizen of Singapore and who continued to remain in Singapore is deemed to have been validly issued and continues in force until it is cancelled.