Passports Regulations 2007 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Applications for Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
12. Extension of Singapore certificates of identity
Feedback & supportA Singapore certificate of identity may be extended under these Regulations subject to such conditions as the Controller may specify in any particular case.
Despite paragraph (1), a Singapore certificate of identity that was issued on or after 1 December 2007 must not be extended if the original period for which that Singapore certificate of identity was issued plus the extension thereof exceeds 5 years in the aggregate.
The Controller may, before extending a Singapore certificate of identity, require the applicant to furnish to the Controller a monetary deposit or such other security (by bond or otherwise) as the Controller may think sufficient to secure the performance or due observance by the applicant of any condition imposed under paragraph (1).
Subregulation 1
A Singapore certificate of identity may be extended under these Regulations subject to such conditions as the Controller may specify in any particular case.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1), a Singapore certificate of identity that was issued on or after 1 December 2007 must not be extended if the original period for which that Singapore certificate of identity was issued plus the extension thereof exceeds 5 years in the aggregate.
Subregulation 3
The Controller may, before extending a Singapore certificate of identity, require the applicant to furnish to the Controller a monetary deposit or such other security (by bond or otherwise) as the Controller may think sufficient to secure the performance or due observance by the applicant of any condition imposed under paragraph (1).