Additional Responsibilities for Party Submitting Entry Application

Additional Responsibilities for Party Submitting the Entry Application

Entry Approval Requirements

Pass holders who spent the last 14 consecutive days in	What they must do	Read the documents below for more details on your company's additional responsibilities
Group 1 countries/regions: Australia Brunei Mainland China New Zealand Taiwan	Take on-arrival COVID-19 test. Remain isolated until they get negative test result.
Group 2 countries/regions: Macao	Take on-arrival COVID-19 test. Serve 7-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at home or hotel. Take another COVID-19 test before SHN is over.
Group 3 countries/regions: South Africa The United Kingdom	Defer entry. Not allowed to enter Singapore until further notice.
Group 4 countries/regions: Fiji Hong Kong Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam	Take COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 72 hours before departure. Take on-arrival COVID-19 test. Serve 14-day SHN at home (upon approval) or dedicated SHN facilities. After SHN, pass holders staying in dormitories must go for additional 7-day testing at designated facilities. Take another COVID-19 test before SHN is over.
All other countries/regions	Take COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours before departure. Take on-arrival COVID-19 test. Serve 14-day SHN at dedicated SHN facilities. After SHN, pass holders staying in dormitories must go for additional 7-day testing at designated facilities. Take another COVID-19 test before SHN is over.

Note:

• Children 6 years old and below this year are exempted from the COVID-19 tests.
• Pass holders who departed from, transited through or visited any of the following places within the last 14 days are not allowed to enter Singapore until further notice. Please defer their entry for now:
  • South Africa
  • The United Kingdom

What Companies Must Do when Pass Holders Enter Singapore

• Ensure they comply with the SHN upon arrival, if applicable.
• Ensure they take all the required COVID-19 tests.
• Arrange for them to travel using the designated transport, unless they are serving SHN at dedicated SHN facilities.
• Get them to download both WhatsApp and FWMOMCare app on their mobile phones. They must respond to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s phone calls, WhatsApp video calls or SMSes within 1 hour. This includes ensuring their prepaid cards have sufficient value. They must also report their health status using the FWMOMCare app.
• (Only for pass holders who are issued an electronic monitoring device by the checkpoint) Ensure they install the mobile application and register the device within 1 hour of arriving at their SHN accommodation.
• Provide them with food and other daily essentials throughout their SHN, unless they are serving SHN at dedicated SHN facilities.
• Reschedule any non-emergency medical needs (e.g. follow-up visits for chronic conditions or refilling of prescription) so that they don’t need to leave their SHN accommodation.

What Pass Holders Must Do During Their SHN

Pass holders must:

• Remain in their SHN accommodation at all times.
• Carry their mobile phones with internet connection at all times. They must respond to MOM’s phone calls, WhatsApp video calls or SMSes within 1 hour. They must also report their health status using the FWMOMCare app.
• (Only for those who are issued an electronic monitoring device by the checkpoint) Wear the device and charge it throughout the SHN.
• Take all the required COVID-19 tests.
• Not have any visitors and minimise contact with others.
• Maintain a record of persons they come into close contact with.
• Act responsibly based on advisories issued by the Singapore Government.

Penalties for Non-compliance

Companies and pass holders have a joint duty to comply with the entry approval requirements listed above. Work pass holders are also responsible for ensuring their dependants comply with the entry approval requirements.

If any party is unable to fulfil the requirements, please do not bring the pass holders into Singapore.

Enforcement measures, including criminal proceedings, revocation of passes and suspension of work pass privileges, will be taken for non-compliance or false declarations.