Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Visit pass
Subregulation 1
A visit pass may be issued by the Controller to any person other than a prohibited immigrant who satisfies the Controller that he wishes to enter Singapore —
on a social, business or professional visit;
as a tourist; or
for the purposes of seeking employment or being employed in Singapore.
Subregulation 1A
Despite paragraph (1), the Controller may issue a visit pass to a prohibited immigrant referred to in section 8(3)(ba) of the Act (in these Regulations called an exempt prohibited immigrant) where the exempt prohibited immigrant satisfies the Controller that he wishes to enter Singapore for any of the purposes referred to in that paragraph.
Subregulation 1B
The validity period specified for a visit pass when the pass is issued under paragraph (1A) (not including any extension of the validity period of the pass under regulation 8B(1)(b)) must not exceed 90 days.
Subregulation 2
The Controller may also issue a visit pass to an exempt prohibited immigrant or a person who is not any other prohibited immigrant to enable him to remain temporarily in Singapore after the cancellation of any pass that had been issued to him.
Subregulation 3
A visit pass shall not be issued to an unberthed passenger otherwise than prior to his embarkation unless he is —
ordinarily resident in the Rhio Archipelago, Sumatra, the States of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak or Brunei Darussalam;
travelling to Singapore on a direct journey from a port or place in any of those territories; and
in possession of a valid passport or other travel document which permits his return to his place of embarkation.
Subregulation 4
Where under paragraph (3) a person is required to obtain a visit pass prior to his embarkation, that person may apply for a visit pass himself or through a person in Singapore acting on his behalf.
Subregulation 5
Every application for a visit pass shall —
be made in such form as the Controller may require;
be made in such manner as the Controller may require, 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; and
if required by the Controller or made under paragraph (4), be accompanied by 2 recent photographs of the applicant.
Subregulation 5A
[Deleted by S 702/2016 wef 01/01/2017]
Subregulation 6
[Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]
Subregulation 6A
[Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]
Subregulation 6B
[Deleted by S 327/2025 wef 30/05/2025]
Subregulation 7
Every visit pass issued to any person as a tourist or for the purpose of a social visit shall be subject to the condition that the holder shall not engage in any form of paid employment or in any business, profession or occupation in Singapore during the validity of that pass unless he is a holder of a valid work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.
Subregulation 8
A visit pass may be —
in Form 15A or 32B or such other form as the Controller may determine; and
issued in such manner as the Controller may determine.
Subregulation 8A
[Deleted by S 702/2016 wef 01/01/2017]
Subregulation 8B
[Deleted by S 702/2016 wef 01/01/2017]
Subregulation 9
Where a work pass under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 is issued to the holder of a visit pass, and the work pass is cancelled or revoked under that Act, the visit pass shall by operation of this paragraph cease to be valid on the cancellation or revocation of the work pass, and the holder of the visit pass shall not remain in Singapore thereafter unless he is otherwise entitled or authorised to remain in Singapore under the provisions of the Act or other provisions of these Regulations.