Singapore border open with more relax requirements, no more on-arrival tests. The new rule will take effect from 8 January 2022.
Singapore will ease COVID-19 measures for travellers outside the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) arrangement.
Here is the updated border measure summary in a glance.
Travellers from Category 2 and Category 3 countries will need to serve stay-home notice at home for seven and 10 days respectively. However, those from Category 4 countries need to serve 10 days at a dedicated facility.
Singapore Border Update: Category 1 Countries List
Requirements:
- Pre-Departure Antigen-Rapid Test (ART) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test within 2 days before departure for Singapore
- On Arrival Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test
- Hong Kong
- Macao,
- Mainland
- China
- Taiwan
Singapore Border Update: Category 2 Countries List
Requirements:
- Pre-Departure Antigen-Rapid Test (ART) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test within 2 days before departure for Singapore
- 7-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at declared place of accommodation
- SHN exit PCR test
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Canada
- Cambodia
- Chile
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Indonesia
- India
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Turkey
- the United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
Singapore Border Update: Category 3 Countries
Requirements:
- Pre-Departure Antigen-Rapid Test (ART) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test within 2 days before departure for Singapore
- 10-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at declared place of accommodation
- SHN exit PCR test
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Kazakhstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mauritius
- Norway
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
Singapore Border Update: Category 4 Countries
Requirements:
- Pre-Departure Antigen-Rapid Test (ART) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test within 2 days before departure for Singapore
- 10-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at dedicated SHN facilities.
- SHN exit PCR test
All other countries not mentioned above will belong to this category.
Conclusion
We hope that the year 2022 will be a year of rapid recovery of air travel in Asia. While the rapid infection of Omicron is high, the death rate remains low. Therefore, we hope this is just a small hurdle onto recovery.
Find out the more detailed annex through the link below:
https://www.moh.gov.sg/docs/librariesprovider5/default-document-library/annex65d16d3f183f4601b852069e4f628dc9.pdf
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