SG Arrival Card guide for visitors
Checked 6 November 2026 by Darius Cheung. Independent guide, not a government website.
The SG Arrival Card is filed on the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority's site, eservices.ica.gov.sg. You can submit within 3 days before arrival, counting the day you land, so the form offers today and the next two days. It's free and it isn't a visa. Visitors fill two steps, then tick a declaration and submit.
Visitor or resident
The site splits people in two at the start. The resident path is, in the form's words, "For Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and those holding a Valid work, Dependent, or Long-Term Visit Pass." Residents sign in with Singpass, which fills most of it for them. Everyone else is a visitor and chooses "Fill in Manually", or "Autofill with Passport/Visa" to scan a passport.
What the visitor form asks
Step 1: Traveller Details
The arrival date (picked from three days), your full name as in the passport, passport number and expiry, sex, date of birth, nationality, country of birth, where you live, email, phone code and number, the last city before Singapore, the purpose of your trip, your departure date and the next city after Singapore. It also asks whether you've entered Singapore before on a passport under a different name. Malaysians are asked for their identity card number too.
The health questions sit at the end of this step. The site sends them fresh, so they can change without notice. Answer them for this trip.
Step 2: Visit Details
How you arrive (air, land or sea) and the flight, vehicle or vessel, then where you stay: a hotel from a list, a home address by postal code, transit, or a day trip.
Review
A summary, the declaration tick, and Submit.
Things that catch people out
- Lists only take a picked row. Typing "Malaysia" and moving on leaves the box empty. Type a few letters, then click the row.
- Nationality is listed by people. You'll find "MALAYSIAN", not "MALAYSIA".
- Reloading starts again. The visitor form keeps nothing if you refresh or press Cancel, so have your passport and booking open first.
- Groups. Up to 10 travellers can go in one submission, each in their own panel.
After you submit, and after you land
An acknowledgement email comes first. Then, as the site puts it, "All arriving visitors who cleared immigration in Singapore will now receive an electronic Pass (e-Pass) through email in replacement of inked endorsement stamps on the passport." See the email and e-Pass guide if either is missing, and the error guide if the form won't move on.
Free, so watch for copies
The site says it plainly: "Please note that the Singapore Arrival Card is not a visa. The use of the Singapore Arrival Card e-Service is free of charge." A site asking for a fee to file it isn't ICA's.
Questions people ask
How early can I submit the SG Arrival Card?
Within 3 days before arrival, counting the day you arrive. For a 30 June arrival, the form opens on 28 June.
Do Singapore citizens need the SG Arrival Card?
The site has a separate resident path for citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders, using Singpass. Check ICA's page for which checkpoints need it.
Can I file for my family in one go?
Yes. A visitor submission can hold up to 10 travellers, and later travellers can copy the first one's trip details.
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Rules change, so check the official site before you travel. Where we quote a form's message, we copied it from the form's own public code. Some messages may rarely appear, and we don't run test submissions on government forms.
- SG Arrival Card e-Service, its English text and scripts (official site, read by us on 6 Nov 2026)
- ICA: SG Arrival Card with Electronic Health Declaration (official)