Travelling to Singapore
Entry requirements by nationality
- Argentina: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Australia: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- Brazil: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Canada: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Chile: visa-free short stay
- China: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- France: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- Germany: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- India: visa required
- Italy: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- Japan: visa-free short stay
- Malaysia: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Mexico: visa-free short stay — up to 30 days per visit
- Netherlands: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- New Zealand: visa-free short stay
- South Korea: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- Spain: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- Ukraine: visa required
- United Kingdom: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
- United States: visa-free short stay
What you can bring
- Alcohol: allowed, within limits — Duty-free liquor concession applies only if you are 18+, have spent 48 hours or more outside Singapore immediately before arrival, and are not arriving from Malaysia. Pick one combination totalling the concession.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Cannabis: prohibitedDetailscompare everywhere →
- Cash: allowed, must be declared — The Singapore Police Force operates a real cross-border cash movement reporting scheme (Form NP 728, lodged with the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act) covering cash and bearer negotiable instruments above a threshold.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Controlled medication: depends on specifics — Medicines containing a substance listed in Appendix A of HSA's 'Document guide for bringing in personal medications' — drawn from the Second and Third Schedules to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations, the First Schedule to the Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016, and other medications of concern — cannot be brought in under the ordinary 3-month traveller allowance. You must submit an online application for HSA approval at least 2 weeks before arrival, in English, attaching medical documentation (pharmacy dispensing label, doctor's prescription, or doctor's letter with patient/prescriber details, medication composition, dose, frequency and total quantity) plus photographs of the product showing its name, active ingredient(s), strength, directions for use, dosage form and dispensed quantity. Approved medications do not need to be declared at customs, but the approval email and supporting documents must be kept available for inspection by ICA officers on request.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Drones: depends on specifics — Drones over 250g must be registered through the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's (CAAS) UA Portal: a S$25 registration label plus online registration, using Singpass or a UAPass account for foreign visitors, taking about 5 working days to process. The minimum age to register is 16. Drones of 250g or under are exempt from registration for basic recreational use.Detailscompare everywhere →
- E-cigarettes: prohibited — E-cigarettes, vaporisers, and components/imitation tobacco products of this kind are banned outright for import, possession, purchase, and use - there is no personal-use allowance.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Fresh produce: allowed, within limits — Fruit and vegetables are allowed from any country in a small, reasonable hand-carry quantity for personal consumption, within the general 5kg/5L/S$100 non-commercial food allowance.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Injectable medication: depends on specifics — Insulin and GLP-1 medicines (semaglutide, tirzepatide) are not on HSA's Appendix A controlled-substances list, so the drug itself falls under the ordinary personal-medication rule: up to 3 months' supply with a prescription/doctor's letter and original labelled packaging. Separately, delivery hardware — pen injectors, needles and syringes that are not already in use on your body on arrival — may fall under HSA's personal-import-of-medical-devices scheme, which requires its own advance approval (apply at least 10 working days ahead, via a doctor's/dentist's letter confirming and justifying the need), capped at a 3-month supply of devices.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Meat & dairy: allowed, within limits — Beef, mutton and pork are allowed only from Singapore Food Agency-approved source countries (the approved list includes Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay and the USA for beef, with the exact list varying by meat type), capped at 5kg combined. Dairy and other processed food fall under the general non-commercial personal-food allowance of 5kg/5L/S$100 combined.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Medication: allowed, within limits — Up to 3 months' supply for your own or an immediate family member's use, provided the medicine is lawfully prescribed to you in your country of residence, does not contain a controlled substance (see the 'controlled medication' entry) or a prohibited substance, and is not in chewing-gum form. You must carry a copy of the valid prescription/doctor's letter, and each medicine must be in its original container/packaging, labelled by the dispensing pharmacy with patient name, medication name and quantity. Imports exceeding 3 months' supply are not allowed under any circumstances.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Tobacco: allowed, must be declared — There is NO duty-free concession or GST import relief for cigarettes or tobacco products, in any quantity.Detailscompare everywhere →
From the blog
Checked against official sources on 2026-09-02. Official source