Bookmark this page for the latest updates on VTF travel and the countries you can now go to quarantine-free, plus current on-arrival safety regulations.
While a ticket freeze was put in place last year to buy some time for better defence against the Omicron variant, travel is finally back in full force. Unfortunately, with new countries being added and removed from the Vaccinated Travel Framework all the time, it’s easy to get confused. Thus, we’ve put together the ultimate guide to VTF travel from Singapore to help you stay up to date. Simply bookmark this page for all the latest VTF travel news, entry requirements, as well as the master list of post-pandemic travel guides.
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Ultimate Guide to Singapore Vaccinated Travel Framework:
#1: VTF Travel Requirements When Arriving Back in SG
#2: VTF Travel Requirements For Those Who Just Recovered From COVID-19
#3: VTF Travel Requirements When Departing From Singapore
#4: Complete VTF Travel Master List
🚨 Latest VTF Travel News and Update
18 May 2022: Travellers From Singapore, Australia, Thailand, And The US Will Be Able to Enter Japan
According to The Straits Times, Japan will be opening its borders to about 50 vaccinated tourists from all four countries this month. Those who wish to visit must:
✅ Be fully vaccinated, with one booster shot
✅ Purchase their own medical insurance
✅ Be accompanied by a tour guide throughout — travellers will only be allowed entry through packaged tours with predetermined itineraries approved by the government
As of now, individual tourists will not be allowed in Japan.
More updates on VTF travel here -> Singapore Vaccinated Travel Framework Updates: What You Need to Know
1) Entry Requirements When Arriving Back In Singapore
| For Fully-Vaccinated Travellers | |
| Before Departure To Singapore | ✅ Fill up your SG Arrival Card (online) |
| Upon Arrival in Singapore | – |
2) VTF Travel Requirements For Those Who Just Recovered From COVID-19
Are you a fully-vaccinated, recovered traveller? Be sure you have any of the following documents showing a positive COVID-19 infection between 7 – 90 days before the date of departure:
✅ PCR test result (administered at an internationally accredited or recognised lab/clinic/medical facility)
✅ ART result (administered by a trained professional)
✅ Medical discharge memo issued by the relevant state authority or licensed medical professional, showing:
👉🏻 Name (as per passport)
👉🏻 ID number (as per passport)
👉🏻 Date of Birth
👉🏻 Date of infection
🚨 Do note that you must obtain the documents in English (or translated to English). Handwritten documents will be rejected.
3) VTF Travel Requirements When Departing From Singapore
Bookmark this page because we will be updating it when new information comes in!
🚨 Remember to bring the following documents to the clinic when taking your pre-departure test:
✅ Identity card (for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Long-Term Pass Holders)
✅ Passport
✅ Flight/bus booking details showing the departure timing
| Countries | Specific States (if any) | Current Border Measures For Vaccinated Travellers |
| Australia | Find out more about entry requirements to Australia here | |
| Brunei Darussalam | – Bandar Seri Begawan | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 48 hours) ✅ On-arrival PCR test, self isolate until results come |
| Cambodia | – Phnom Penh – Siem Reap | – *Travel insurance from Forte Insurance recommended |
| Canada | ✅ On-arrival randomised PCR test (pre-register) | |
| Denmark | – | |
| Fiji | – Nadi | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 48 hours) or ART (within 24 hours) ✅ Booked and paid for a minimum of three nights’ accommodation at a Care Fiji Commitment (CFC) certified property (hotel or resort) 👉🏻 This must include CFC certified transport from the airport ✅ Take ART: two days after arrival |
| Finland | – Helsinki | – |
| France | all cities | – |
| Germany | ✅ Complete a digital registration before departure 🚨 PLUS: – Face masks: KN95/N95/FFP2 masks recommended – “2G” rule: for vaccinated or recovered travellers – “2G Plus” rule: for those who received booster vaccination or vaccinated with a negative test result that is no more than 24 hours old | |
| Hong Kong | unilateral for now | ✅ Non-residents can only travel from mainland China or Macau for now |
| Israel | – Tel Aviv | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 72 hours of landing in Israel) ✅ Health insurance policy with coverage for the treatment of COVID-19 ✅ Fill out this entry statement form within 48 hours of arrival at the Israeli border crossing and verify COVID certs here 👉🏻 You should receive a Green Pass that will exempt you from entering isolation if exposed to a confirmed COVID-19 case in Israel ✅ Pay in advance for on-arrival PCR testing (~S$26.70) ✅ Quarantine while waiting for the results — it is possible to use public transportation, including domestic flights, in order to reach the isolation accommodation 👉🏻 Exception: Those who are recognized in Israel as recovered, and no more than 60 days have passed since the recovery |
| India | ✅ On-arrival randomised PCR testing ✅ Visitors to monitor health for 14 days after | |
| Indonesia | – Bali – Bintan & Batam – Jakarta – Lombok – Makassar – Manado – Medan – Surabaya – Yogyakarta | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 48 hours) ✅ Download the PeduliLindungi contact tracing app and complete the e-HAC (Health Alert Card) via the app ✅ Verify your vaccination certificate. ✅ Mandatory travel insurance of $US25,000 COVID-19 coverage 🚨 Those who have had a positive COVID-19 test taken a maximum of 30 days before departure to Indonesia are exempt from the pre-departure PCR test requirement 👉🏻 However, you need to complete an on-arrival PCR test and carry a doctor’s certificate or COVID-19 recovery certificate |
| Italy | – Milan – Rome | ✅ Complete Digital Passenger Locator Form before departure from Singapore |
| Laos | ✅ Proof of vaccination OR ✅ Proof of negative ART (taken within 48 hours of departure) for travellers 12 years of age and older | |
| Malaysia | Fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore and Malaysia can now enjoy test-and-quarantine-free land travel — via all modes of transport! Checklist for driving in: ✅ 3/4-tank rule ✅ Road tax validity ✅ Certificate of Insurance ✅ Toll Charges: Nets Cashcard (~S$4.20) ✅ Touch ‘n Go card (check for validity, they become invalid if left unused for 12 months – buy from convenience stores) ✅ Road Charge RM20 (~S$6.45) (currently waived until 7 April) ✅ Vehicle Entry Permit ✅ MySejahtera app 👉🏻 Complete the pre-departure Form under the “traveller” tab For Air Travel: ✅ Download MySejahtera app 👉🏻 Complete the pre-departure form under the “traveller” tab 👉🏻 You will be issued a “Digital Traveller’s Card”, reflected on the app ✅ Verify your digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate here | |
| Maldives | – Male | – |
| Netherlands | – Amsterdam | ✅ Complete health declaration form before departure from Singapore |
| New Zealand | ✅ Proof of COVID-19 vaccination certificate ✅ Proof of Electronic Travel Authority ✅ Complete Health Declaration before arrival ✅ Pre-departure COVID-19 PCR test within 48 hours of departure or supervised ART within 24 hours ✅ Day 0/1: On-arrival self-swab ART* ✅ Day 5/6: self-swab ART* *ART kits will be provided free of charge upon arrival *You do not have to self-isolate while waiting for the test results – but you must report the result from both tests | |
| Qatar | ✅ On-arrival PCR test (within 72 hours) | |
| Republic of Korea | – Seoul | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 48 hours) 👉🏻 A printed hardcopy of the results is required ✅ Make sure that you have your vaccination certificate with QR code obtained from Notarise ✅ Proof of travel insurance with a minimum coverage of 30M KRW ✅ Install Self-Check Mobile App and report daily health status for 14 days or duration of stay, whichever is shorter ✅ Apply for K-ETA ✅ On-arrival PCR test (pre-booking required) ✅ Day 6 or 7: self-administered ART (for those staying more than 8 days) |
| Saudi Arabia | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test or ART (48 hours before) | |
| Spain | Present (one of these options): ✅ EU Digital COVID Certificate: Proof of vaccination, negative certificate of an active infection diagnostic test, or a recovery certificate ✅ Complete the SpTH Health Control Form: For those who do not have the EU Digital COVID Certificate | |
| Sri Lanka | – Colombo | ✅ Apply for a visa |
| Switzerland | – | |
| Thailand | 🎉 No on-arrival tests for vaccinated visitors to Thailand are required! 👉🏻 Minimum travel insurance requirements will also be reduced from US$20,000 to US$10,000 👉🏻 You will still be required to apply for the Thailand Pass 👉🏻 And have the MorChana App on hand | |
| Turkey | – Istanbul | – |
| The Phillippines | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test within 48 hours of departure, or ART test within 24 hours of departure | |
| The United Kingdom | – | |
| The United States | – Houston – Los Angeles – New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport) – New York (Newark Liberty International Airport) – San Francisco – Seattle | ✅ Pre-departure ART or PCR test — taken within one day before departure ✅ Complete this form ✅ Get tested with a COVID-19 viral test 3-5 days after travel 👉🏻 Find the COVID-19 testing location here |
| UAE | – Dubai | ✅ Pre-departure PCR test (within 48 hours) |
| Vietnam | – Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City – Da Nang | ✅ Pre-departure ART test within 24 hours, or a PCR test within 72 hours before departure ✅ Complete health declaration form ✅ Present the following upon arrival: 👉🏻 Proof of pre-departure test 👉🏻 COVID-19 vaccination cert ✅ Self-monitor health for up to 10 days upon arrival. |
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Ready? Jet-Set, Go!
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