Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Application for Singapore passports
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, an application for a Singapore passport must be accompanied by —
all of the applicant’s following particulars:
his or her full name;
his or her date and place of birth;
gender;
the number on his or her birth certificate, identity card or citizenship certificate;
the address at which correspondence relating to the application are to be served on him or her;
subject to paragraph (3), one photograph of the applicant;
unless expressly dispensed with by an authorised officer, the following fingerprints:
the applicant’s left and right thumbprints;
where it is possible to furnish only one thumbprint, the applicant’s only thumbprint and one other fingerprint;
where it is not possible to furnish any thumbprint, the fingerprint of any 2 of the applicant’s other fingers;
unless expressly dispensed with by an authorised officer, the following images of the applicant’s irises (taken using iris scanning technologies):
images of the left and right irises;
where it is possible to take the image of only one iris, an image of that iris;
where the applicant is a child —
in a case where the child is the subject of —
a voluntary care agreement under which the Director‑General, a protector or the care‑giver of the child may consent to the child travelling internationally;
an order under section 54(1)(b) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 under which the Director‑General, a protector or the care‑giver of the child may consent to the child travelling internationally; or
an order under section 56(2) or section 57 (read with section 56) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 under which the Director‑General, a protector or the care‑giver of the child may consent to the child travelling internationally,the consent to the child travelling internationally from the Director‑General, protector or care‑giver (as the case may be), given in accordance with the voluntary care agreement, or section 55 or 58 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, as the case may be; or
in any other case —
the consent to the child travelling internationally from a person who has parental responsibility for the child; or
an order of a court permitting the child to travel internationally; and
the relevant fee specified in the First Schedule, subject to regulation 23.
Subregulation 2
The photograph referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must —
be taken not more than 3 months before the date of the application;
bear a similar likeness to the applicant;
not be tampered with;
be clear and undistorted; and
comply with the specifications set out in the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 3
The applicant is not required to submit a photograph under paragraph (1)(b) if the applicant has, within 3 months immediately preceding the date of the application mentioned in paragraph (1), submitted a photograph under regulation 4(1)(a) of the National Registration Regulations (Rg 2).
Subregulation 4
An application for a Singapore passport must be made to the Controller in such manner as the Controller may approve, which may include the use of such electronic application service on what is commonly known as the Internet as the Controller may provide for this purpose.
Subregulation 5
Nothing in this regulation prevents the Controller from requiring an applicant for a Singapore passport to furnish such other particulars, information and documents as the Controller may specify in any particular case.