Extend a Short-Term Visit Pass from inside Singapore
A visitor can apply online to extend an ICA-issued Short-Term Visit Pass when it has 14 days or less left. ICA looks at the reasons and any immediate family who are citizens or permanent residents. An application must be made before the pass expires. Without an outcome by the expiry date, the visitor must leave on or before that date.
1 entry rule for Singapore based on recent travel
These apply to people who were recently in certain countries. Sign in and add your trips to see whether any apply to you.
Yellow fever certificate needed after a stay in countries with risk of yellow fever transmission (WHO list) in the last 6 days
Anyone, including Singapore residents, who was in a yellow fever risk country in the 6 days before arrival (or transited for more than 12 hours) must show a valid certificate or face 6 days' quarantine. Without one: quarantine under the Infectious Diseases Act for 6 days from departure from the risk country, at a government quarantine facility; non-residents who refuse are denied entry.
Communicable Diseases Agency (Singapore): Yellow fever ICA Singapore: Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate WHO International Travel and Health, Annex 1: Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring proof of vaccination against yellow fever (18 Nov 2022, revised 3 Jan 2023) WHO ITH Country List: Vaccination requirements and WHO recommendations for international travellers, 2022 edition (18 Nov 2022, revised 3 Jan 2023) Checked October 19, 2026
Moving to Singapore
Practical facts for newcomers, from official sources Finance Living
Finance
3
Currency
Singapore Dollar
SGD
Singapore Dollar
Cost of living
78
Price level · US = 100
World Bank price levels, 2025
Tax
2–24%
Income tax (national)
GST 9%
Top 24% rate applies to chargeable income above SGD 1,000,000 (YA 2024 onwards).
Living
1
Happiness
#34 of 145 countries
World Happiness Report 2025
Eligibility
Who it’s for: Visitors in Singapore on an ICA-issued Short-Term Visit Pass.
Timing
Sign in to check this route against your profileYour pass must have 14 days or less remaining, and you must submit before it expires.
14 days or less
Pass time remaining · submit before expiry
Official wording
The pass must have 14 days or less remaining. Submit before it expires.
Assessment
Sign in to check this route against your profileICA looks at your reasons for staying and whether you have immediate family who are Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.
Local sponsor
Sign in to check this route against your profileYou need a sponsor if you have immediate family here who are citizens or permanent residents, or hold a listed nationality or document.
21
Sponsor requirements · years old
- Sponsor must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Sponsor must have a Singpass account
Official wording
You need a sponsor if you have immediate family here who are citizens or permanent residents, or if you hold a listed nationality or travel document. The sponsor must be a citizen or permanent resident, at least 21, with a Singpass account.
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