From September 1 day, the Singapore government will adjust the quarantine time of "home notification" for passengers entering from low-risk countries and regions from 14 days to 7 days.
These low-risk countries and regions include Chinese mainland, Macau, China, Taiwan Province Province, China, Viet Nam, Malaysia and Australia (except Victoria). The Singapore government allows these passengers to complete the "home notice" isolation in their own residence.
In a special period, government policies are changing at any time. Singapore Eye summed up the issue of "entering Singapore" discussed in the recent APP. I hope it helps.
Tourists enter Singapore.
Q: Can I come to Singapore with a multiple-entry tourist visa?
A: Those who used to have visas have to continue to apply for entry approval before they can come in.
Q: Do short-term tourists need to provide return air tickets when they enter Singapore after applying for entry permit?
Enthusiastic netizen: I just called the immigration bureau to ask, as long as I apply for an entry permit, there is no need to provide a return ticket if I don't have a permit locally. I can stay for 30 days after entering the country and renew it online when it expires.
ICA may say that no extra return air tickets are required during the epidemic. But in normal times, from China to Singapore, China (airport border inspection or airlines) is often not allowed to leave the country without a return ticket. For reference.
International students enter Singapore.
General process of allowing international students to enter Singapore
Singapore Eye APP users share details. Knock on the blackboard and draw the key points:
In September, IPA relaxed its application and began to approve it. If you are rejected because of the epidemic, you can try to apply again or submit a complaint.
Affected by the epidemic, the application period of IPA is estimated to be 4-6 weeks, and the validity period of IPA issued is extended from the past 2 months to 6 months.
After the approval, the education department of Singapore will ask the university to pay the nucleic acid testing fee during the home notification period within a specified time (usually 3 days).
Within 3 days before entry, on the official website, the Singapore Immigration and Customs Bureau fills in an electronic entry card, including a health declaration. Fill in the website: https://eservices.ica.gov.sg/sgarrivalcard/.
When entering the country, customs officers will send electronic trackers after confirming their identity and health status. After picking up your luggage, you will go to the address to fulfill the home notice.
During the quarantine period, it is required to download the mobile phone applications Homer and WhatsApp. Use homer to locate and upload problems. Officials will use WhatsApp video to check the isolation.
During the period of isolation, I received the time, place and precautions of nucleic acid testing from the government.
Designate the vehicle for testing, and get the test results after testing 1-2 days.
If the test result is negative, China students can go out after 7 days of isolation.
Q: Will Singapore issue visas to students from private schools this year?
A: The degree of policy tightness is changing at any time. You can see the constant updates of netizens after this post.
Post link: https://bit.ly/3kuVBCQ
Accompany mother and relatives into the country.
Q: How does the accompanying mother enter Singapore?
A: The main process is as follows for your reference.
1. Students get IPA.
2. Schools apply for admission permits for students and parents and submit them to the Ministry of Education.
3. Students can come when they get IPA and MOE entry permits, and mothers can come when they get MOE entry permits and apply for tourist visas.
4. Students enter the country with their mothers. Students get IPA and MOE entry permits, while mothers get MOE entry permits and tourist visas.
Entry approval is as follows
(The answer to this question was compiled by Singapore Eye APP User Reliance Accounting Firm.)
Some netizens said that his wife was a family member and entered the country smoothly.
"My wife DP applied for her mother's entry permit yesterday and approved it today. I submitted the ticket information. Isolated for 7 days, with an electronic bracelet and self-funded nucleic acid testing. " (shared by group friends kelvin)
Work permit application
Q: Has Singapore started to approve SP places now?
A: As far as Singapore knows, some of them have already been approved.
Regulations on home isolation after policy adjustment
Q: When entering Singapore, if the hotel is isolated, will it be at your own expense or the state's expense?
A: Those who leave Singapore before March 27th are free to return to Singapore. Apply for go.gov.sg/shnhotelneedsform here. After that, it is better to isolate at home at your own expense.
Q: How did you get to the quarantine when you got off the plane at Changi Airport and left the airport?
A: According to the sharing of group friends zqq, if you are isolated in the hotel, you should have a car to send. If it is isolated at home, what we see is that our family can pick it up and take a taxi home.
What are the specific requirements for home isolation in Singapore?
Q: Does anyone know the requirements of moe/ica for isolation location? The child 14 years old flew to Singapore, and then wanted to go to a relative's house for isolation. There is only one bedroom and one bathroom in his house. Relatives can sleep on the sofa and go out to use the bathroom of the club. Will this be rejected?
Group friends 50 cents answer: the bedroom should have a bathroom and can't go out of the room. I asked for a separate bathroom and room when I applied, unless the whole room was occupied by myself.
Q: Ah, is it so strict? Not even in front of the bedroom?
A: I don't think so. I have to ask the school.
The above questions and answers are arranged from the posts posted by netizens from the Singapore Eye APP "Lion City Teahouse" and the discussion of the content of the "Walk into Singapore" group. Singapore Eye Association will share the information of immigration policy adjustment in the group in time.
In addition, friends who need to exchange information when planning to fly from Singapore to China will also join a group to discuss it accordingly.
Singapore's concern about the recent epidemic
Victory is imminent?
Hearing these two days' low-digit cases, some readers feel happy, which is also human nature, and some people shout "victory is imminent!"
From the beginning to the present, the Eye of Singapore believes that we must be down-to-earth and take a long-term view of the epidemic.
When the epidemic in March seemed optimistic, we never shouted "Buddhism has become a model for the global fight against the epidemic", nor did we ever shout "about to fall" at the peak of the epidemic in April; Instead, we said, "What about the success of Buddhism?" ? It's just that the world is awkward and this small country is walking on thin ice. "
In the past month, the epidemic control in Singapore has indeed developed in a good direction.
However, we must clearly realize that even if the case is cleared, it cannot be ruled out that the virus has not spread.
Besides, it's far from being cleared.
Thailand did not report local cases for 100, and New Zealand did not report local cases for 102. However, local cases still appeared later.
There are not only local cases, but also imported cases from Thailand and New Zealand have been reported in Malaysia.
Thailand and New Zealand can learn from the past.
Because COVID-19 can lurk for a long time, the mutated virus can make more infected people asymptomatic, so it is still contagious and hard to prevent.
What's more, Singapore has not been eliminated. The "100-day liquidation" of Thailand and New Zealand is actually an unattainable goal for Singapore at least before the end of this year.
It is not surprising that it will probably rebound to dozens of confirmed cases every day before it is cleared.
There is a new wave of epidemic in neighboring countries and Europe, which is fully capable of spreading.
Moreover, although the epidemic situation in Singapore has been temporarily controlled, only key communities can be tested, including dormitory guest workers, employees in essential fields, frontline anti-epidemic and epidemic prevention personnel, employees and residents of nursing homes, pre-school educators, vendors in hawker centers and Bazaar, food delivery staff, taxis and private taxi drivers. There is not enough ability to detect other communities in the community, and there must be viruses lurking in the community.
(From left: Dr. Chen Shilong, Second Minister of Ministry of Manpower, Jing He, CEO of Temasek Holdings, and Goh Chok Tong, former Prime Minister and Honorary Senior Minister of State. Temasek Foundation is one of the supporters of testing. Source: Goh Chok Tong Facebook)
On September 65438+9, 2009, two inspection stations in Malin Bailie District began to conduct free coronary artery swab testing for community vendors, cleaners and food delivery staff in Singapore.
Yesterday, about 500 people were selected from vendors, cleaners and food delivery personnel at the hawker center and Basha in Malibailie District. Another 480 people will continue to be examined today (September 20). The test is not open to the public.
Dr Chen Shilong, the second minister of the Ministry of Manpower and a member of Marin Brigid constituency, inspected the sampling site yesterday. Lianhe Zaobao quoted Chen Shilong as saying that the test results will be announced in a day or two. If the positive cases are at a very low level, it means that the spread in the community is not serious, which is believed to restore people's consumer confidence in these places and shops.
The hidden side of the epidemic has not completely "exploded"
On the other hand, even if it is cleared for many days, even if the virus no longer spreads in Singapore, it will only temporarily control the dominant impact of the epidemic.
The hidden side of the epidemic has not completely "exploded".
As a highly extroverted economy, the integrity of global supply chain and value chain is a prerequisite for Singapore's economic development.
No matter how well the local epidemic situation in Singapore is controlled, as long as the global epidemic situation remains, as long as the global supply chain and value chain are not fully restored, Singapore's foreign investment and foreign trade will still be deeply affected, and the functions of Singapore's shipping center, aviation hub and financial center will continue to be frustrated. Retail, manufacturing and construction have just begun to improve, but tourism, exhibition and other industries are still extremely depressed.
These are global problems, which cannot be solved just by controlling the local epidemic in an island country.
In the second quarter, Singapore's employment rate has dropped by 654.38+200,000, more than four times that of the first quarter of 25,600.
In the third and fourth quarters, this situation may not get better, and it is likely to get worse. Hard days are still ahead, how dare you speak out of turn at this time?
If you have to say "victory", you can only say that victory is far away. At best, we are unbeaten in stages
The fight against the epidemic has not been successful, and the lion city still needs to work hard.