Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Issue of Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
18. Issue of other Singapore travel documents
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2) and Part 3, the Controller may, on application to the Controller in circumstances prescribed, issue the applicant with a Singapore travel document of a kind prescribed, being a document issued for the purposes of travel.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;
Before issuing a Singapore travel document under subsection (1) to any person, the Controller must be satisfied of the identity of the person.
Singapore travel document
“Singapore travel document” means —(a)a Singapore temporary travel document;(b)a Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document issued under section 16; or(c)a Singapore travel document of the kind prescribed under section 18.
A Singapore travel document may be issued under this section subject to —
such conditions as may be prescribed for Singapore travel documents of that kind; and
such other conditions as the Controller may specify in any particular case.
The Controller may, before issuing a Singapore travel document, require the applicant to furnish to the Controller a monetary deposit or any other security (by bond or otherwise) that the Controller may think sufficient to secure the performance or due observance by the applicant of any conditions imposed under subsection (3).
applicant
“applicant”, in relation to an application for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, means the person who will be the holder of the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document if the application is granted;
An application for any Singapore travel document in subsection (1) must —
be made to the Controller in the approved form;
be accompanied by the applicant’s prescribed particulars (which may include personal identifiers), and such other particulars, information and documents as may be specified by the Controller in any particular case; and
be accompanied by the fee prescribed, if any.