How to get a visa to Singapore

A visa to Singapore is required. The Singapore Embassy does not process visas. Documents for a visa must be submitted to companies accredited by the embassy: Asian Visa Center in Moscow, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Pony Express.

You can not get a visa to Singapore if this is a transit point of travel and the tourist will stay in the country for less than 96 hours. Also, during a transit stay in Singapore, a tourist must have a hotel reservation confirmation or a similar amount in cash or on a card. Entry and exit from the same country is not considered a transit flight.

Singapore Tourist Visa Documents

To obtain a visa to Singapore you will need:

Fill out an electronic application on the website of an accredited company
Or come to the representative office of one of the companies and fill out an application on the spot
Scanned copy of passport valid for at least 6 months
Color photograph on a light background in electronic form. Photo format – jpeg, photo size 400×514 pixels, size no more than 60 kbps
Hotel confirmation scanned or electronically
Or an invitation from a citizen of Singapore, or a foreigner registered and permanently residing there
Or an invitation from a company registered in Singapore
Airline ticket booking confirmation (scanned copy of ticket or electronic confirmation)

It is also recommended that you make a copy of your health insurance policy with coverage of at least $30,000.

Singapore Visa Application Rules

When obtaining a visa through Qatar Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Pony Express, the application is filled out at the offices and representative offices of the company. If the answer is positive, visa confirmation is also issued at the offices of these companies.

The decision to issue a visa is sent to the e-mail specified by the applicant. The letter will contain the details of the applicant, the validity of the visa and the number of days allowed for the stay.

The confirmation must be printed on an A4 sheet and shown at passport control.

Visa application processing time: 1-3 working days
Visa cost: 800 rubles.
Service fee: from 600 rubles.
Most often, Russian tourists are issued a multiple-entry visa with a validity period of 5 weeks and with a permitted period of stay in Singapore up to 35 days.

Migration card in Singapore

When entering Singapore, you must fill out a migration card. Blank forms are issued on planes before boarding, they are also available at counters in front of passport control.

Migration card in Singapore состоит из 2 частей – первую необходимо отдать при въезде, а вторую хранить при себе до отъезда. The map is filled in in English.

How to get a visa to Singapore на ребенка

To travel to Singapore with children, you will also need to fill out a questionnaire and collect a package of documents for the child, regardless of whether he is entered in the parent’s passport or not. If the child is included in the passport, then a scanned page of the parent’s passport with the child’s data will also be required.

No permit is required for a child to travel with one of the parents. When a child travels without parents with an accompanying person, a notarized permission from one of the parents will be required.

Problems with visa-free entry

Although visa-free entry is allowed through any border crossing for up to 96 hours for transit passengers, there may be problems obtaining entry approval at the Woodlands border crossing with Maylasia and at the port of Singapore, where ferries from Indonesia arrive.

Local officials often do not allow tourists to enter without a visa, citing the fact that this way of visiting Singapore is only allowed through Changi Airport.

It is also worth knowing that even at the airport, the decision on a visa-free stay of a tourist in the country is made by a border guard officer, who may refuse, doubting the documents or the length of stay.

Some airlines may try to deny boarding to Singapore on the grounds that, according to the TIMATIC information system, a visa is required to enter the country. In such cases, you should ask to look at the section in the TIMATIC database not “entry”, but “transit”, and also refer to the Singapore immigration website, which indicates that transit entry is allowed.

Singapore Transit Visa

Singapore Transit Visa не требуется.

Embassy of Singapore in Russia

Address: Moscow, per. Kamennaya Sloboda, 5
Phone: +(7 499) 241 37 02, 241 39 13
Working hours: 09:00-13:00, 14:00-17:30, Sat, Sun – day off