You can keep or use foreign-registered passenger cars or motorcycles in Singapore for short private trips if you meet the requirements below.
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Before entering Singapore, you need to meet certain requirements. The requirements for keeping or using Malaysia-registered cars and motorcycles in Singapore also apply to Thailand-registered cars and motorcycles. In addition, Thailand-registered vehicles must purchase Singapore insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) for the respective duration of the vehicle's stay in Singapore. For cars and motorcycles not registered in Malaysia or Thailand, there are different requirements depending on how you enter Singapore: You will need to settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle. (You can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences.)
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. Cars and motorcycles have different payment methods. You must settle all fees when exiting Singapore. There are different requirements depending on how you exit Singapore: Use the calculator to check your entry and exit fees to ensure you have sufficient funds in your Autopass Card for payment.
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Keeping or using a foreign-registered passenger car or motorcycle in Singapore
For foreign passenger cars or motorcycles not registered in Malaysia, you can keep or use them in Singapore for short private trips, subject to certain conditions.
Before bringing your foreign-registered vehicle into Singapore, you must have all required documents and met the permit requirements.
If you want to keep or use a foreign-registered vehicle in Singapore on a long-term basis, you need to import and register it for use on Singapore roads.
Cars and motorcycles registered in Thailand
The requirements for Malaysia-registered cars and motorcycles also apply to Thailand-registered cars and motorcycles to be kept or used in Singapore. In addition, you need to purchase insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore.
Insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) website for more details.
Learn more about keeping or using Malaysia-registered cars and motorcycles in Singapore
Before entering Singapore
Motorists bringing foreign passenger cars and motorcycles not registered in Malaysia or Thailand into Singapore must meet these requirements:
- You will need to settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle (You can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences.)
- Your vehicle is a passenger vehicle
- Armoured vehicles, camper vans, caravan trailers and mini buses with cooking and sleeping facilities are not allowed
- You have a valid International Circulation Permit (ICP) or Visitor’s Permit (VP)
- Apply for your ICP or VP before entering Singapore
- You have a valid Autopass Card for your vehicle
- You have a valid motor insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) in Singapore
- Buy insurance from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore
- Insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.
You do not belong to any of the following categories:
- 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
Applying for your International Circulation Permit (ICP), Visitor’s Permit (VP) and/or Autopass Card
International Circulation Permit (ICP)
If you have an AIT Carnet (or Carnet de Passages en Douane (CPD)) for your vehicle, you will need an International Circulation Permit (ICP) issued by the Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS).
Each ICP is only valid for a one-time temporary stay in Singapore. Once you bring your vehicle out of Singapore, the ICP will no longer be valid. You need to apply for a new ICP for your next trip.
If you have an ATA Carnet or Customs Inward Permit for your vehicle, you will need a Visitor’s Permit (VP) issued by LTA before bringing the vehicle into Singapore.
To apply for a VP, you can submit a request with the following documents via LTA's online feedback form. Please select the “Vehicle Matters” category and the “Autopass, Vehicle Entry Permits and Tolls” sub-category for your application to be processed more promptly.
- Pictures of the vehicle (front, back and sides, including vehicle registration number)
- ATA Carnet / Customs Inward Permit
- Vehicle registration certificate
If it is not in English, an English translation is required. - Certificate of insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death)
Your motor insurance must be bought from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore. Insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details. - Driver's passport
- Bill of lading (airway bill / seaway bill), if applicable
- Purpose of vehicle's stay in Singapore (for vehicles entering Singapore for purposes other than short private trips)
- Period of vehicle's stay in Singapore
We will reply to you via email to make an appointment to visit LTA's Customer Service Centre, 10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701. Bring along the documents specified in the email and pay for the VP, preferably by NETS, CEPAS card or CashCard.
You must obtain approval from LTA before bringing the vehicle into Singapore.
Autopass Card
An Autopass Card is used to record your vehicle’s entry into Singapore and to pay all entry and exit fees 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. The Autopass Card is valid for use up to the expiry of your vehicle's insurance, road tax or Visitor's Permit (VP), whichever is earlier.
If you are applying for a VP, you can collect your Autopass Card at the same time.
To apply for an Autopass Card, you can submit a request with the following documents via LTA's online feedback form. Please select the “Vehicle Matters” category and the “Autopass, Vehicle Entry Permits and Tolls” sub-category for your application to be processed more promptly.
- Pictures of the vehicle (front, back and sides, including vehicle registration number)
- ICP or VP
- AIT Carnet / ATA Carnet / Customs Inward Permit
- Vehicle registration certificate
If it is not in English, an English translation is required. - Certificate of insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death)
Your motor insurance must be bought from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore. Insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.
- Driver's passport
- Bill of lading (airway bill / seaway bill), if applicable
- Purpose of vehicle's stay in Singapore (for vehicles entering Singapore for purposes other than short private trips)
- Period of vehicle's stay in Singapore
We will reply to you via email to make an appointment to visit LTA's Customer Service Centre, 10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701. Bring along the documents specified in the email and pay for the VP, preferably by NETS, CEPAS card or CashCard.
You must have valid International Circulation Permit (ICP) or Visitor's Permit (VP), Autopass Card and motor insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) before bringing the vehicle into Singapore.
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.
When entering Singapore
You must have valid International Circulation Permit (ICP) or Visitor's Permit (VP), Autopass Card and motor insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) in Singapore before bringing the vehicle into Singapore.
When bringing foreign-registered vehicle into Singapore, bring these documents to the Singapore checkpoints:
For Entry via Land
For Entry via Air / Sea
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, 10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701, up to 5 days before it expires.
Please bring along the following for your visit:
- The vehicle
- Driver's passport
- Autopass Card
- Vehicle registration certificate
- Vehicle certificate of insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) issued by an insurance company in Singapore. Insurance (with third party coverage for bodily injury and death) can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.
Check the VEP fees applicable for your vehicle using our calculator here to ensure a successful payment transaction, preferably by NETS, CEPAS card or CashCard.
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)
In Singapore, there are ERP gantries on selected roads to help control traffic congestion. You will incur an ERP charge when you drive through the gantries during operational hours.
Learn more about ERP and applicable charges
When exiting Singapore
Before you exit Singapore, ensure that you have enough value in your Autopass Card to pay for all the fees and charges incurred during your vehicle's stay in Singapore. Click here to calculate the total fees incurred by your vehicle.
Avoid fines of up to $1,000 by paying all fees 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.
Remember to top up your Autopass Card in other parts of Singapore in advance, as there are no top-up machines at the checkpoints.
Your Autopass Card can be topped up to a maximum of $500. If you need to make payment of more than $500:
- If your vehicle is exiting via land. Insert your Autopass Card into the card reader at the immigration booth in Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint when you are bringing the vehicle out of Singapore and visit LTA’s VEP/Toll Office within Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint to make the payment for applicable fees, preferably by NETS, credit card or debit card.
- If your vehicle is exiting Singapore via air or sea. You will need to settle your vehicle's fees and exit procedures over the counter at LTA's Customer Service Centre, after your vehicle exits Singapore. To do so, you will first need to submit a request via LTA's online feedback form. Please select the “Vehicle Matters” category and the “Autopass, Vehicle Entry Permits and Tolls” sub-category for your request to be processed more promptly. We will reply to you via email to make an appointment to visit LTA's Customer Service Centre, 10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701 to settle your vehicle's fees and exit procedures, preferably by NETS, CEPAS card or CashCard.
Exiting via Land
Exiting via Air / Sea
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