10-days SHN is finally the new 14 days quarantine in Singapore.
All of a sudden, this is the first time Singapore reduce SHN length to 10 days for high risk countries.
Now that Singapore cuts the quarantine requirements to 10 days, will it be more attractive to us? Let’s dig deep into it in due time.
14 Days Travel History Prior to 10-days SHN
You will still have to be in the country for at least 14 days. Singapore in fact have segregation based on countries of arrival.
Above all, this rule will apply only from .
Category 1: There is no need for SHN
This time, the countries in Category 1 are:
- Australia 🇦🇺✔️ (From 8 November 2021 – only Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents or their immediate families), (From 21 November 2021: Singapore residents)
- Brunei 🇧🇳 ✔️
- Cambodia 🟡 (From 16 December 2021)
- Canada 🇨🇦 ✔️
- Denmark 🇩🇰 ✔️ (From 10 November 2021 – Singapore Visitor needs to undergo quarantine in Denmark)
- Fiji 🇫🇯 🟡 (From 16 December 2021)
- Finland 🟡 (From 29 November 2021)
- France 🇫🇷 ✔️
- Germany 🇩🇪 ✔️
- Hong Kong (From 25 February 2022)
- Indonesia 🇮🇩 (From 29 November 2021)
- Israel (From 25 February 2022)
- Italy 🇮🇹 ✔️
- Malaysia 🇲🇾 🟡 (From 29 November 2021)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 ✔️ (Pre-departure COVID-19 test required starting from 13 November 2021)
- Philippines (From 25 February 2022)
- Qatar 🇶🇦 🟡 (From 25 February 2022) VTL Reinstated
- Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (From 25 February 2022) VTL Reinstated
- South Korea 🇰🇷 ✔️
- Spain 🇪🇸 ✔️
- Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 🟡 (From 16 December 2021)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 🟡 (From 29 November 2021)
- Switzerland 🇨🇭✔️
- Thailand 🇹🇭🟡 (From 14 December 2021)
- Turkey 🟡 (From 16 December 2021)
- UAE 🇦🇪 🟡 (From 25 February 2022) VTL Reinstated
- United Kingdom (UK) 🇬🇧 ✔️
- United States (US) 🇺🇸 ✔️
Category 1.5: Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) — There is no need for SHN
In brief, you will need to stay in the countries for at least 21 days 14 days to enjoy this privilege.
At this time, the countries for Singapore Vaccinated Travel Lanes are as per above.
Category 2: 7-days SHN at own place of accommodation*
If the criteria fulfilled, later you will only need to serve 7 days SHN at own accommodation.
So, the countries in this category are:
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cambodia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia (from 12 November 2021)
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Samoa
- San Marino
- South Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- UAE
- UK
- USA
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
Category 3: 10-days SHN at own place of accommodation*
If the criteria fulfilled, later you will only need to serve 10 days SHN at own accommodation.
Additionally, you will also need to do Day 3 and 7 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) self-swab test.
From 27th October, you will no longer need to do Day 3 and Day 7 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) self-swab test.
To list, the countries are:
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Brazil
- Chile
- Columbia
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- India
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Ukraine
Category 4: 10-days SHN at Dedicated Facilities
From 27th October 2021, some countries previously excluded from Category 1-4 from the list below, are now in Category 4.
- Bangladesh
- India
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
In the meantime, all other countries / regions not listed above will need to serve SHN at dedicated facilities.
Additionally, you will also need to do Day 3 and 7 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) self-swab test.
From 27th October, you will no longer need to do Day 3 and Day 7 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) self-swab test.
Furthermore, there is no exception to stay at own place of accommodation for this case.
Prior to this, there was a time where the SHN length was 21 days. What a nightmare that was.
Now that we have confirmed list of the dedicated facilities here.
https://mileschaser.com/2021/10/02/latest-confirmed-list-shn-hotels-singapore-october-2021/
Given these points, we refer to the official article here:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-stay-home-notice-travellers-cut-10-days-2217101
Conclusion
So is this a good thing?
Despite Singapore having record-breaking COVID-19 cases numbers, they decided to reduce the number of days for SHN.
We absolutely love this further cut of SHN to 10 days. With this intention in mind, it will be a much better option than staying 14 days in the hotel.
Under those circumstances and high vaccination rates, I believe that eventually Singapore will cut down the SHN even more.
