Upon entering Singapore, your passport will be stamped with a Visit Pass stating the date of the end of your permitted stay in Singapore. In most cases, you are given 30 days, after which you must leave the country. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority allow you to apply for a one-time 30-day extension of stay (extension of a short term Visit Pass).
An approved extension of stay is emailed to the applicant in a PDF format.
Pay for the application on the next page. Alternatively, return to completing the form for the next applicant and then pay for everybody in one go.
Step 3
As soon as we’ve checked your application(s), we will email to confirm receipt of the documents and your payment. Processing starts after a full payment had been received.
Step 4
Within 1 to 2 days, you will receive an outcome of the Immigration Authority’s decision via email.
Who can apply for an extension of stay
You can apply for an extension of stay if you fulfil all of the following conditions:
You wish to extend your stay up to 30 days from date of entry to Singapore.
Your Visit Pass (a date on the electronic arrival card) has a remaining validity of at least 5 working days from the date of submission (working days are from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays). It is preferable that you send the document on 15-20th day of your stay in Singapore.
You will not be returning to Singapore within 5 days from the departure date of your current trip.
Fees and processing time
The fee is 85 SGD and it takes 1-2 working days to be processed. Payment must be made when submitting the documents.
Overstaying is an Immigration offence. If you overstay, you may be subject to a composition fine or prosecution in Court. Holders of a Visit Pass are not permitted to engage in any form of employment, business or occupation without a valid work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A).
Extension of stay in Singapore application
Unfortunately, nationals of the following countries will not be able to apply for the online extension of stay: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. An application in such a case will need to be made in person ICA Building.
The fee is 85 SGD and it takes 1-2 working days to be processed. Payment must be made when submitting the documents.
Payment for an extension of stay in Singapore
Please, use your credit card or the online payment system PayPal to pay for the extension of stay in Singapore or return to completing a form for the next applicant. These payment methods are safe both for us as a merchant and for you as a buyer, and at the same time, the payment is wired instantly.
Select your preferred method of payment:
Credit card
Stripe allows you to make a payment with the majority of debit and credit cards or online wallets without the need to register.
Select the payment link
In the corresponding dropdown on the top, select the number of applications you are paying for
You will be forwarded to the secure payment page. Here you will be able to pay for your order with a credit card
If when making a payment, you are specifying an email address different to the one used in the submitted application, please, let us know who you are paying for by sending a separate email so that we could match the submitted application with the payment made and start the application process.
Please note: An additional 5% will be added to the total amount as this is what we are being charged by the banks for transactions.
Paypal
PayPal allows you to make a payment with the majority of debit and credit cards using their account or using a credit card as a guest without creating an account.
In the corresponding dropdown, select the number of applications
Please note: An additional 5% will be added to the total amount as this is what we are being charged by the banks for transactions.
Unfortunately, nationals of the following countries will not be able to apply for the online extension of stay: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. An application in such a case will need to be made in person in the ICA Building.
It should be noted that approval of the extension of stay is not guaranteed and refusals are not so rare. In case of refusal, an applicant may make an appeal to Immigration & Checkpoints Authority to review their rejected application when there is new supporting information or if there are exceptional circumstances that may support their case. An appeal must be made in person. In such instances, the applicant and local sponsor will be required to come in person to the Visitor Services Centre, ICA Building, with supporting documents (if applicable) for consideration. The local sponsor must be either a Citizen of Singapore or a Singapore Permanent Resident who is at least 21 years old and has a SingPass account.