Travel and Flight Restriction
28 Dec 2021
Travel and transit/transfer in Singapore. Omicron travel rules
IMPORTANT UPDATE Travellers entering Singapore with effect from 2 December 2021, 2359hrs, SGT, will be required to undergo supervised COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests (ART) at a Quick Test Centre (QTC) or Combined Test Centre (CTC) on Days 3 and 7 of their arrival in Singapore. Travellers entering Singapore with effect from 6 December 2021, 2359hrs, SGT, will also be required to undergo self-administered COVID-19 ARTs using self-procured ART kits on Days 2, 4, 5 and 6 of their arrival in Singapore. This is in addition to the supervised ARTs on Days 3 and 7. S Pass and Work Permit holders in the Construction, Marine shipyard or Process (CMP) sector, or who will be staying in dormitories will not be allowed to apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (Air) [VTP (Air)]. This does not apply to Malaysians and female work pass holders. Those who have obtained prior approval will still be allowed to enter Singapore. Please click here for more information. ➀ If you have visited or transited in multiple countries in the past 14 days before arriving in Singapore, note that: The most stringent category out of all the countries/regions you have visited (excluding transits less than 24 hours) will apply. For example, a traveller who had travel history to both Category (I) and (II) countries/regions before departure, but transited in a Category (IV) country/region on the way to Singapore, will be subject to Category (II) measures; and For transits in Category II/III/IV countries/regions lasting more than 24 hours, a pre-departure test must be taken within 2 days from the last leg of the journey to Singapore. ➁ Travellers below three years of age in this calendar year are, by default, exempted from having to take a COVID-19 test, e.g. COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction Test and Antigen Rapid Test. ➂ Travellers whose 14-day travel history includes Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe are disallowed from entering Singapore. Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents, may enter Singapore from these countries/regions but will be subject to Category (IV) protocols.