Singapore: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Singapore's borders: every crossing point
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Singapore has a single land neighbour, Malaysia, and two causeways link them.
Johor Bahru - Woodlands: the old causeway, the busiest land crossing in the world. At peak times hundreds of thousands of people pass through it in a day.
Tuas - the Second Link: the southern causeway, usually less congested.
Queues on the causeways are the norm, especially on Friday evenings and public holidays: tens of thousands of Malaysians travel to work in Singapore every day.
By sea there are ferries to Indonesia: to Batam and Bintan from the HarbourFront and Tanah Merah terminals.
The main way in is Changi airport, one of the largest hubs in the world.
Bringing a car into Singapore
Overland entry is only from Malaysia, over one of the two causeways.
Your own car in the city is an expensive business: there is a charge for driving into the centre, and the permit to own a car costs more than the car itself.
Traffic drives on the left, as in Malaysia.
A foreign car needs a permit and payment of the road charges.
How long a car may stay in the country is told to you when you bring it into Singapore. Check with customs in advance: the limits get revised.
Travelling to Singapore with a pet
An international veterinary certificate is required, endorsed by the state veterinary service of the country of departure.
The rabies vaccination must be valid on the date of entry.
An import permit is arranged in advance.
The exact list for Singapore comes from the national veterinary service, and the carrier adds rules of its own. Ask both: without the full set of documents the animal will not be taken on board.
Quarantine is compulsory, and the rules are among the strictest in Asia: the permit is arranged well in advance.
Overstaying your visa in Singapore
A fine is charged for exceeding the permitted period and is paid on departure.
The fine is worked out on departure, and you learn the figure at passport control. There is no finding it out in advance in Singapore: the rates are revised and the reference sources disagree. Allow for cash and for time.
An extension is arranged in advance, before the permitted period runs out.
A serious overstay means deportation and an entry ban.
Singapore treats violations extremely strictly, and the consequences here are heavier than in the neighbouring countries.
What else to check before you go
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Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.