Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order 2026

This Order is the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order 2026 and comes into operation on 1 July 2026.

The following non‑citizens (other than a non‑citizen who holds a valid passport from a country that is approved by the Minister under section 9B(2) of the Act) are exempt from section 9B(1) of the Act:

a permanent resident of Singapore;

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

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

a member of any visiting force within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 1960;

a crew member of an aircraft that arrives in Singapore from a place outside Singapore (whether in a journey to Singapore, or in the course of a journey from a place outside Singapore to another place outside Singapore);

a non‑citizen (excluding a non‑citizen holding a pass that entitles him or her to enter Singapore multiple times) who holds a valid ordinary passport issued by the government of the People’s Republic of China;

a non‑citizen who is —

duly accredited to Singapore as a diplomatic or consular representative of the government of the Republic of Poland, and holds a valid diplomatic passport, official passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that country;

a staff member of any diplomatic or consular representative of the government of the Republic of Poland, and holds a valid diplomatic passport, official passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that country; or

a spouse or dependent child of a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii);

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

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

Revoke the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order (O 4).