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Before you decide to drive into and out of Singapore,
there are a few basic things you need to know, depending on whether your vehicle
is a foreign-registered one or registered in Singapore.
Foreign-registered vehicles
If you drive a foreign-registered vehicle, you have to acquire an Autopass Card (a vehicle entry permit) at either Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint arrival zones before entering Singapore. It is an offence to drive into Singapore without an Autopass Card (a vehicle entry permit) for your foreign-registered vehicle.
For a foreign-registered commercial vehicle (like bus, taxi or goods vehicle), you only need
to pay tolls using the Autopass Card, in addition to the relevant permit required for entry to Singapore.
Singapore-registered vehicles
If you drive a Singapore-registered vehicle, you have to pay tolls using the CashCard. Please note that using an Autopass Card that belongs to a foreign-registered vehicle is not allowed.
Only NETS CashCards (for local vehicles) and Autopass cards (for foreign vehicles) are currently accepted for payment at Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints.
Singapore citizens, permanent residents (regardless of their place of residence),
student pass holders, long term social visit pass holder and residents of
Singapore are NOT allowed to use or keep any foreign-registered vehicles in Singapore.
WORK PASSES
Any work pass holder, who is
neither a Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) nor a resident of Singapore,
may drive a foreign-registered car and motorcycle in Singapore only if ALL these conditions
are met:
| a) |
he is the registered owner of the vehicle ; |
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b) |
he does not have a permanent residential address in Singapore and returns to his country of origin on a daily basis ; |
| c) |
the vehicle is kept or used outside Singapore for a total period of 6 hours or more everyday ; |
| d) | he has a valid insurance certificate and road tax for the use of the vehicle on Singapore roads ; and |
| e) |
the vehicle has an Autopass Card to validate its entry/exit at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints and for payment of Vehicle Entry Permit/Toll charges. |
Please note that a work pass holder who is also a SPR or resident of Singapore is not allowed to drive a foreign-registered vehicle in Singapore.
Visitors driving into Singapore in foreign-registered vehicles must use the Autopass Card to make payment for their VEP fees and/or toll charges and/or ERP charges at either Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint.
VEP fees are calculated on a daily basis. However, there is no VEP fee charged for Saturdays, Sundays and all Singapore Public Holidays.
Ten VEP-free days
From 1 June 2005, all drivers of foreign registered cars and motorcycles can drive into Singapore for a maximum of 10 days in each calendar year without having to pay VEP fees.
After the 10 VEP free days have been utilized, VEP fees for subsequent days are chargeable if you continue to use or drive your foreign-registered car or motorcycle during VEP operating hours.
Please note that toll charges still apply. Toll charges are calculated on a per trip basis. You have to pay toll charges on arrival and departure at Tuas Checkpoint but only on departure at Woodlands Checkpoint.
Here's
a snapshot of some of the things you have to remember, depending on the type of
vehicle you drive to enter Singapore:
| Foreign-registered
cars and motorcycles |
Foreign-registered buses, taxis and goods vehicles | Singapore-registered vehicles |
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Use Autopass Card
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Use
Autopass Card |
Use CashCard |
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Last Updated on 07/01/2010
