Singapore SG Arrival Card
Everything you need to apply for your Singapore SG Arrival Card: the requirements, the documents, and the steps from start to approval.
Official Singapore government portalOverview
The SG Arrival Card is Singapore's free, mandatory digital arrival declaration for foreign visitors, and it includes an electronic health declaration. It is not a visa: it is the entry record that the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority requires from everyone arriving in Singapore, including travellers who are visa-free for a short stay. It replaces the paper disembarkation card that used to be handed out on flights, and each traveller files their own, including children and infants.
You submit it within the three days before you arrive, and submitting too early is not accepted because the health declaration must reflect your actual situation at arrival. The card itself costs nothing at the government source; the service fee covers preparing your declaration in your own language and reviewing every field before it is submitted, so your record is complete and accurate when you reach the checkpoint. The SG Arrival Card does not grant a visa, work rights or the right to live in Singapore.
If your nationality needs a Singapore visa for your trip, you must still obtain that visa through the proper consular channel before you travel; the arrival card is a separate, additional requirement on top of any visa. Because it is digital, there is nothing to collect at the airport and no stamp in your passport. Your SG Arrival Card is completed and checked so it is filed correctly inside the window and you can travel with confidence.
Requirements in detail
Filling in the SG Arrival Card is straightforward, but the details have to match your travel documents exactly. You need your passport, valid for your trip, with the passport number and its issue and expiry dates to hand. You provide your trip details: the arrival flight or carrier, your arrival date and your accommodation address in Singapore if you are staying overnight.
You also complete the short electronic health declaration, which asks about your recent travel and health status and must reflect your real situation on the day you arrive. There is no photograph to upload and no fee charged by the authority. The single most common avoidable error is the timing combined with a mistyped passport number or name: submitting before the three-day window opens is rejected, and a character that does not match your passport can cause questions at the checkpoint.
A valid email address is essential, because your acknowledgment and your Visit Pass are notified by email. Please be careful with look-alike websites that advertise the SG Arrival Card and charge inflated fees while adding no value; the declaration is free at the government source, and the role here is to complete and review it in your language. Before anything is submitted, the name, passport number, dates and health answers are checked against the documents you provide, so the record filed with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is clean and ready for your arrival.
What you'll need
Have these ready before you begin your application. Requirements can vary by nationality and trip purpose.
- Passport with at least six months validity
- Arrival date and entry point in Singapore
- Singapore accommodation address (if staying overnight)
- Current health declaration per ICA requirements
- Email address for confirmation
- Payment method (one all-inclusive price, government fee is zero for the SG Arrival Card)
How to apply
Three steps from start to approval.
Complete the form
Answer the official questions online. Your draft is saved for 30 days, so you can finish once your documents are to hand.
Pay securely
You see the one all-inclusive price before you pay. We check your application for completeness before it reaches the government portal.
Receive by email
Your approved travel authorisation arrives by email. Bring it, or a copy, together with the passport you applied with when you travel.
On arrival
Once the SG Arrival Card is submitted, you receive an acknowledgment by email. Foreign visitors are then notified of their Visit Pass, the e-Pass that shows the period of stay granted and your last allowed day in Singapore. There is no passport stamp and nothing physical to collect; the immigration system already holds your submitted card.
Keep the acknowledgment and e-Pass email accessible on your phone or saved offline in case you want to refer to it. At the checkpoint you normally clear immigration with your passport alone, so travel on the exact passport you used for the declaration. The officer makes the final admission decision, so it helps to have your return or onward ticket and your accommodation details ready to show if asked.
Government processing time
What the issuing authority typically takes once the application is submitted.
Government processing: Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority processes SG Arrival Cards digitally once submitted to the official portal. VisitPass review happens before the submission to that portal: Standard 1-3 business days, Rush 1 business day, Super Rush less than 6 hours. The card can only be lodged within the three days before your arrival date, so timing matters.
The review is completed and the card submitted early inside that window, leaving a short buffer in case a flight or accommodation detail still needs correcting. Every field is verified against the passport so the submission is clean and questions at the checkpoint on arrival are avoided.
Who can apply
Mandatory for all foreign visitors entering Singapore by air, land or sea. The digital declaration replaces the paper disembarkation card previously distributed on flights. Each traveller including children files individually.
Singapore help desk
Have questions about your SG Arrival Card? Email the Singapore desk and we reply within 24 hours.
singapore@visitpass-online.com