Driving Into & Out of Singapore


West-Malaysian Registered Vehicles

Cars and Motorcycles

Before entering Singapore, please ensure that you have:

a valid insurance coverage for your vehicle for the period of your vehicle’s stay in Singapore
a valid road tax for your vehicle
an Autopass Card

If you do not have an Autopass Card, please purchase one at the checkpoint before you enter Singapore. The Autopass Card is only issued at VEP/ Tolls offices in secondary clearance areas at the arrival zones of Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint.

It is an offence to drive a foreign-registered vehicle into Singapore without an Autopass Card.

 

Autopass Card

Costs S$10 (comprising a pre-loaded cash value of S$4 and a non-refundable card cost of S$6)
Can be used to pay the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges using a temporary In-vehicle Unit (IU) unit which may be rented at Tuas and Woodlands checkpoints or a permanent IU in your vehicle

Non-transferable as it is encoded with the particulars of the vehicle

 

Where to buy?

The VEP/Tolls office located at the Arrival Zone at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints

Please produce your valid road tax disc and vehicle insurance certificates when purchasing the Autopass Card.

 

When you drive through Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoint

Insert your Autopass Card into the card reader installed at the immigration booths to register your vehicle's entry and exit records. Please top up your Autopass Card in Singapore with sufficient cash value to pay your VEP fees, toll charges (where applicable) and ERP fees (if applicable) when you drive through the Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint.

 

You can be fined or taken to court if

You drive into Singapore without an Autopass Card for your vehicle
You use an Autopass Card belonging to another foreign-registered vehicle

There are no records of your vehicle’s entry/exit information on your Autopass Card upon exit and entry respectively

You use a CashCard to register your entry and exit records or for VEP/Toll Payment 

 

Paying in cash

You will have to pay in cash if you:

are detected using a faulty Autopass Card
are detected using an Autopass Card with insufficient value
arrive at Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint without an Autopass Card

If you pay in cash, you will have to pay an additional administration fee of S$10.

For more information on the use of Autopass Card, please click here.

You can also download "The Autopass Card System" brochure for more information regarding VEP and Autopass Card.

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Last Updated on 31/12/2009


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