The biggest question by all Singaporeans: When will Singapore start Japan VTL?
Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane allows foreigners to enter Singapore without mandatory quarantine.
Japan is without a doubt one of the most popular choice of destination. Most can’t wait to enjoy the Mount Fuji and a ride in a Shinkansen.
UPDATE 29 November 2021: One rather bad news, Japan in fact are closing their border again over Omicron variant.
Personally, I have viewed many people have questioned on this VTL through the Instagram Stories after more and more VTL were being established.
Recently Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was in a phone call with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. Subsequently, there is no action as of now yet.
However, initially we believe that the commencement of Japan VTL is imminent. We don’t know yet as of now, but we are less than confident that Singapore will establish Japan VTL by December 2021. Reopening in 2022 is subsequently more feasible.
Prime Minister Lee said that Singapore looked forward to deepening cooperation with Japan in areas where both countries share common interest, including the safe resumption of travel, digitalisation and the digital economy.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore
Ongoing Singapore VTL & Border Measures
Japan’s neighbour, South Korea, recently started VTL with Singapore. There are also other countries for the VTL at the moment. Check out the list below for other Vaccinated Travel Lanes Countries list.
- 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) 🇺🇸 ✔️
Current Airlines serving Tokyo – Singapore Flights
Here are the airlines of the flights yet to be Japan VTL flights certified:
- All Nippon Airways (ANA)
- Japan Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- ZIPAIR
We will surely update this section when we gather new information.
Conclusion
Singapore is rapidly increasing numbers of VTL countries. Therefore, we will expect more countries to join before 2021 ends, and Japan VTL is one of them. We have in fact a comprehensive guide on Vaccinated Travel Lane for Singapore here. Strongly recommend it.
