Regulation 5

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;

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.

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.

for reasons of passport security and integrity, the Controller considers that it is not desirable to issue an applicant for a Singapore passport with a Singapore passport; or

there are other exceptional circumstances where the applicant is already the holder of a Singapore passport,the Controller may treat the applicant as having applied for a Singapore temporary travel document instead, unless the applicant withdraws his or her application first.