Vaccinated Travel Lanes Singapore: How to apply and obtain VTP Approval?

New update:

From 22 December 2021, 2359hrs (SGT), there will be no new ticket sales for all designated VTL (Air) flights for entry into Singapore until 20 January 2022, 2359hrs (SGT). Ticket sales for entry from 21 January 2022 will also be temporarily reduced.

Travellers who already hold a ticket for a VTL flight can continue to enter Singapore under the VTL (Air) on their originally planned date, provided they meet all VTL (Air) conditions. Applications for the Vaccinated Travel Pass (Air) will remain open.

What is Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL)?

Vaccinated Travel Lane is mainly designed for the quarantine free travel for the passengers who have completed full COVID-19 vaccines. Travelers can travel between Singapore and the following countries: Australia, Canada, Brunei Darussalam, Denmark (There may be some entry restriction. You can check with your airline), France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

• From 15 th November 2021, travelers can travel from Singapore  to South Korea
• From 29 th November 2021, travelers can travel from Singapore  to Malaysia

Who are the Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL Air) Countries/Regions?

Active VTL (Air) Countries/Regions

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland, Fiji, Finland, France*, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy (excluding The Vatican City), Malaysia, Maldives, the Netherlands**, the Republic of Korea, Spain (including Canary Islands), Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom*** and the United States, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

*Including all overseas departments and regions (DROM), overseas collectivities (COM), overseas territories (TOM), and New Caledonia.

**Including Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and all special municipalities.

***Including the Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey), and all British Overseas Territories.

7Including the US territories of

How to apply and obtain Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) / VTP Approval?

Requirements for Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) application:

1. Short-term visitors (including business and official travel), or Long-Term Pass holders (Long-Term Visit Pass, Student’s Pass, Work Pass or Dependant’s Pass) are required to apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) between 7 to 30 days prior your departure to Singapore. For the children under 12 years and below need not to apply. For more details, visit https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/vtl/apply-now.
2. As of 15 th November 2021, VTP application is already open for Australia, Brunei, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States. From 22, November 2021, VTL application will be open for Malaysia, Finland, Sweden (Singapore Airlines does not currently operate flights to Finland or Sweden)
3. Singapore citizens and permanent residents are not required to apply for a VTP, but permanent residents will need valid re-entry permits.
4. VTP is free of charge to apply.

Procedure to apply and obtain Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) approval

1. Visit https://eservices.ica.gov.sg/STO1/VTL

2. If you want to create a new application, click “create new VTP application”

3. Enter the name and email to receive the OTP. Enter the OTP received to proceed with the next step.

4. Select the origin country and the travel date

5. Select the traveler type whether you are applying as a short or long term visitor and enter.

6. Enter all the required details and proceed

How to check the status of VTL Application?

1. Visit https://eservices.ica.gov.sg/STO1/VTL
2. Click “check VTP application status” to check your status.
3. Enter your passport number or FIN details
4. Enter the departure date and proceed to check the status.

What are the requirements to travel under Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL)?

Travelers who wants to travel under VTL, they are required to follow the terms and conditions:

1. All the travelers including Short-term visitors and long-term pass holders will need to apply for a VTP to enter Singapore under the VTL
2. Travelers need to stay in one or more of the VTL countries in the last 14 consecutive days prior to departure to Singapore.
3. VTL travelers are required to take pre departure and on arrival COVID-19 PCR tests and must have negative PCR test result. Pre departure test must be taken within 48 hours before departure to the Singapore and on-arrival test is at the Airport.
4. Children who are 2 years and below (as of November 2021, children born in or after 2019) are not required to undergo these tests.
5. VTL travelers must complete the full cycle of vaccination and show the proof of vaccination issued from VTL countries or Singapore.
6. Children who are 12 years and below do not require to fulfil this conditions if they are accompanied by a VTL traveller who fulfils all the above requirements.
7. All the VTL travelers are required to travel on the designated VTL flights. For the transit, they can use another VTL country to take a designated VTL flight into Singapore.
8. Once obtained a VTP approval, short term visitors can apply for a visa to enter Singapore.
9. Short term visitors must use the TraceTogether app in Singapore to facilitate contact tracing.
10. Short-term visitors and Long-Term Pass holders holding a Vaccinated Travel Pass must arrive on a designated VTL flight.

List of approved COVID-19 vaccines in Singapore

What may be the reason for Vaccinated Travel Pass VTP approval rejection?

If anyone facing an issue of not getting VTP approval, you need to check

• whether your vaccination QR code is valid or not
• whether the details in the application is correct or not
• the passport validity is less than 6 months.

What is the validity of VTP?

• VTP is valid for single entry only. If your flight date has changed, you need to re-apply.

Vaccinated Travel Pass VTP Helpline / customer care support

For any assistance on VTP, contact SafeTravel Enquiries helpline at 6812 5555.

What are the accepted Proof of Vaccination?

Singapore:

Vaccination on the TraceTogether or HealthHub app
(OR)
Vaccination certificate issued by the Singapore Ministry of Health

Australia

International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (QR code in ICAO Visible Digital Seal for Non-Constrained Environments (VDS-NC) format) issued by any VTL (Air) country/region.

Brunei

Proof of vaccination on the BruHealth app

Cambodia

COVID-19 Vaccination Card (in English or Khmer) issued by the Cambodian Government (e.g. Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Defence in Cambodia)

Canada

SMART Health Cards (SHC) issued by any Canadian province

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

• How to get EU COVID Certificate?

India

International Travel Certificate in the Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing (DIVOC) standard, available on the Co-WIN platform

Malaysia

Digital Certificate for COVID-19 Vaccination downloaded or shown on the MySejahtera app

Republic of Korea (ROK)

Static QR code on the COOV app

UK

1. National Health Service (“NHS”) COVID Pass of vaccination; or
2. Northern Ireland COVID certificate issued by Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland (e.g. found on the COVIDCert Northern Ireland (“NI”) app)

USA

Smart Health Cards (SHC) issued by:

1. CommonTrust Network issuers (listed here and here); or
2. Vaccination Credential Initiative issuers

Designated Vaccinated Travel Lanes VTL Flights to Singapore

VTL flights from Australia to Singapore

Melbourne to Singapore

• TR19- Scoot Airlines
• SQ218- Singapore Airlines
• SQ228- Singapore Airlines

Sydney to Singapore

• TR13- Scoot Airlines
• SQ212- Singapore Airlines
• SQ222- Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from Brunei Darussalam to Singapore

• Royal Brunei is a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flight to travel Singapore.

Documents required to board on a designated VTL flight

• Passport
• Brunei exit travel pass to be applied from the government portal
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination through the BruHealth app on their mobile devices. Brunei-issued vaccination booklet (yellow booklet) is not accepted as a proof of vaccination.
• Negative COVID-19 PCR test report
• Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP)
• Trace Together app (downloaded and registered)

VTL flights from Canada to Singapore

• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from Denmark to Singapore

• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from France to Singapore

• Air France
• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from Germany to Singapore

• Lufthansa LH 778 Frankfurt – Singapore(four VTL flights per week from Frankfurt to Singapore)
• Scoot Airlines (Berlin to Singapore)
• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from Italy to Singapore

• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from the Netherlands to Singapore

• KLM Royal Dutch Airline
• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from South Korea to Singapore

• Asiana Airlines
• Korean Air
• Singapore Airlines
• Scoot Airlines(Incheon to Singapore – Effective 15 November 2021)

VTL flights from Spain to Singapore

• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from Switzerland to Singapore

VTL flights from United Kingdom to Singapore

• British Airways
• Singapore Airlines

VTL flights from United States to Singapore

• Singapore Airlines