Your Malaysia-registered vehicles must have a valid Autopass Card, insurance, road tax and LTA's approval email before entering Singapore.
You can keep or use Malaysia-registered cars or motorcycles in Singapore if you meet these requirements below.
At a glance
Keep or use your Malaysia-registered car or motorcycle in Singapore |
To keep or use your vehicle in Singapore, you must meet these requirements:
1. Your vehicle must have valid road tax, vehicle insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death), Autopass Card and LTA’s approval email.
2. When entering or exiting Singapore via the land checkpoints, you will need to use your Autopass Card to record your vehicle's visit and pay entry and exit fees and charges.
3. Your vehicle has a valid VEP. VEPs for Social Visit Pass holders have a validity period of up to 14 days from the date of the vehicle's entry into Singapore and can be extended up to 5 days before it expires. To find out how to extend VEP for your vehicle, click here.
4. You will need to pay Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges if you use ERP-priced roads during ERP operating hours. There are several payment methods available for cars and motorcycles.
5. You will need to settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle. (You can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences.)
6. Use our calculator to check your entry and exit fees and charges to ensure that you have sufficient funds in your Autopass Card.
7. You do not belong to any of the following categories:
A person who is not a resident of Singapore but holds a Work Pass issued by the Ministry of Manpower must meet certain conditions to keep or use a foreign-registered vehicle in Singapore. |
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Important
VEPs for Social Visit Pass holders have a validity period of up to 14 days from the date of the vehicle's entry into Singapore and can be extended up to 5 days before it expires. Enforcement action, including the seizure of vehicles, will be taken against vehicles with expired VEPs in Singapore.
To find out how to extend VEP for your vehicle, click here.
Bringing a Malaysia-registered car or motorcycle into and out of Singapore
Before entering Singapore
You must meet these requirements:
- Have a valid Autopass Card
- Have a valid road tax for the vehicle
- Have a valid certificate of insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) to use the vehicle on Singapore roads
- Have a valid LTA's approval email
- Settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle. (You can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences)
You are not allowed to keep or use a foreign-registered vehicle in Singapore if you are a:
- Singapore Citizen
- Singapore Permanent Resident (PR)
- Resident of Singapore
- Long-Term Visit Pass or Dependant's Pass holder
- Student's Pass holder
- Training Employment Pass or Work Holiday Pass holder
- Work Pass holder who is also a resident of Singapore
Any person who is not a resident of Singapore, but holds a Work Pass issued by the Ministry of Manpower, may keep or use a foreign-registered vehicle in Singapore if ALL these conditions are met:
- The person is the registered owner of the vehicle
- The person resides outside Singapore
- The person has a valid certificate of insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) and road tax to use the vehicle on Singapore roads
- The vehicle is kept or used outside Singapore for a total period of 6 hours or more every day
- The vehicle has an Autopass Card to validate its entry / exit at Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint and to pay for the required fees and charges
The requirements for Malaysia-registered vehicles also apply to Thailand-registered cars and motorcycles to be kept or used in Singapore. In addition, Thailand-registered vehicles must have Singapore insurance coverage from a Singapore-based insurance company for the duration of your vehicle's stay in Singapore.
Work Pass holders must ensure compliance to all conditions to keep or use foreign-registered vehicles in Singapore. Offenders will face a fine up to $1,000 or imprisonment for a term up to 3 months on first conviction and in case of second or subsequent conviction, a fine up to $2,000 or imprisonment for a term up to 6 months.
An Autopass Card is used to record your vehicle’s entry into Singapore and to pay all entry and exit fees and charges when your vehicle exits Singapore.
Your Autopass Card is non-transferable. Each Autopass Card is encoded with particulars of the vehicle it is issued to. It is an offence to misuse an Autopass Card issued to another vehicle. You must apply for a new Autopass card for the vehicle, even if you have kept the same vehicle number for your next vehicle.
Visit https://go.gov.sg/vepds-vepapp to apply and pay online for an Autopass Card at least 2 weeks in advance before bringing your foreign-registered car or motorcycle into Singapore, if you do not have one. To facilitate your application, please ensure to submit clear and complete set of documents. After receiving LTA’s approval email for your online Autopass Card application, you may collect your Autopass Card at the specific service centre located in Malaysia which you have selected in your application (refer to steps in LTA’s approval email).
If you have a valid Autopass Card and have just renewed your vehicle's road tax or purchased a new insurance cover, visit https://go.gov.sg/vepds-insureapp and update your road tax and insurance validity with LTA. You will receive LTA's approval email within 5 working days if your application is successful. Please click here for a step-by-step video guide and supporting documents required in the application.
To receive a copy of the outcome of your recent application for Autopass Card or to update your vehicle's road tax and insurance validity, please visit https://go.gov.sg/vepdsoutcome.
Your vehicle must have valid Autopass Card, insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death), road tax and LTA's approval email before it can enter Singapore. Foreign-registered vehicles without valid vehicle entry permit, Autopass Card and LTA's approval email would be turned back from Singapore.
If you need help with your VEP Digital Service (VEPDS) application, please call or visit our service centres (open 24 hours daily) located in Malaysia.
Please click here (PDF, 101kB) for the terms and conditions governing the use of the Vehicle Entry Permit and Autopass Card.
Please click here (PDF, 106kB) for the Autopass Additional Terms.
Avoid committing an offence by making sure that you have valid vehicle insurance that covers third-party liability for death and bodily injury in Singapore. Keeping or using a foreign-registered vehicle without valid insurance in Singapore is an offence and an offender may be fined up to $1,000, or imprisoned up to 3 months, or both.
When entering Singapore
When bringing your vehicle into Singapore via Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint, insert your Autopass Card into the card reader at the immigration booth to validate your vehicle's entry. Your entry and exit fees and charges will be deducted from your Autopass Card when your vehicle exits Singapore.
Extension of Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) in Singapore for Social Visit Pass holders
VEPs for Social Visit Pass holders have a validity period of up to 14 days from the date of the vehicle's entry into Singapore and can be extended up to 5 days before it expires.
As the extended VEP starts on the date of VEP extension, please schedule an appointment here to visit LTA's Customer Service Centre at 10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701, up to 5 days before it expires.
Enforcement action, including the seizure of vehicles, will be taken against vehicles with expired VEPs in Singapore.
When driving in Singapore
Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)
When driving in Singapore, you may encounter ERP gantries that are used to control traffic congestion. You will incur an ERP charge when you drive through the gantries during operational hours.
When exiting Singapore
You can bring your vehicle out of Singapore via Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint. Before exiting, ensure that you have sufficient value in your Autopass Card to pay all the fees and charges incurred during your vehicle's stay in Singapore. Top up your Autopass Card in other parts of Singapore in advance, as there are no top-up machines at the checkpoints.
Avoid fines of up to $1,000 by paying all fees and charges before leaving Singapore and by using the Autopass Card for your vehicle. Do not insert a NETS CashCard/Motoring Card or local CEPAS card into the card reader at the immigration booth.
Your Autopass Card can be topped up to a maximum of $500. If you need to make payment of more than $500, you will need to make payment at LTA’s VEP/Toll Offices at Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint, preferably by NETS, credit card or debit card. Bring your Autopass Card so that we can update the trip records.
At the immigration booth, insert your Autopass Card into the card reader to pay the fees for your vehicle.
Please refer here (PDF, 231kB) for the step-by-step guide on using your Autopass Card.
Fees (for foreign-registered cars)
Fees |
Amount (SGD)
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Woodlands Checkpoint |
Tuas Checkpoint |
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| Entry Tolls | - |
$2.10 |
| Exit Tolls | $0.80 |
$2.10 |
Vehicles Entry Permit (VEP) Fees |
Waived for the first 10 days that you need to pay the VEP fees in each calendar year, then $35 a day that your car is in Singapore thereafter.
You do not need to pay VEP fees:
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Reciprocal Road Charge (RRC) |
$6.40 per entry |
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ERP Charges |
$5.00 a day, if your car is not installed with an IU (Click here to learn more about ERP and applicable charges) |
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Fees (for foreign-registered motorcycles)
Fees |
Amount (SGD) |
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Woodlands Checkpoint |
Tuas Checkpoint |
Entry & Exit Tolls |
- |
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Vehicles Entry Permit (VEP) Fees |
Waived for the first 10 days that you need to pay VEP fees in each calendar year, then $4 a day that your motorcycle is in Singapore thereafter.
You do not need to pay VEP fees:
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Calculate your total entry and exit fees before your visit to Singapore
You can check your entry and exit toll charges, VEP fees and Reciprocal Road Charge to prepare for your next visit to Singapore. The values from the calculator are indicative. The actual fees and charges may be different depending on any changes that are determined by the authorities.
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