S'pore Arrival Card now scans your passport and comes in Filipino, still free within 3 days

Flying back to Singapore? File the free SG Arrival Card within three days before you land.

Every traveller arriving by air or sea must submit it, whatever pass they hold. Since 30 September 2026, the MyICA app fills it in with a passport scan and offers Filipino.

Who files it

The card is a short online form with an electronic health declaration on your health and recent travel. ICA uses it to log who enters Singapore and when.

If you fly into Changi, you file one. That covers Work Permit, S Pass and Employment Pass holders, dependants, PRs, and family visiting on holiday.

Two groups skip it. Transit passengers who never clear immigration, and citizens, PRs and long-term pass holders crossing by land at Woodlands or Tuas.

For JB trips, set up your MyICA QR code instead. See our guide to clearing Woodlands and Tuas with a QR code and our guide to crossing to JB on a Filipino passport.

When to file

Submit within three days before arrival, counting the day you land. Land on a Sunday and you can file from the Friday.

The system will not take an earlier submission. File the night before your flight and keep the confirmation on your phone.

Passport scan and Filipino

ICA moved the refreshed card into the MyICA app from 30 September. Hold your phone over the photo page and the app pulls in your name, passport number and date of birth.

The scan replaces the old "retrieve with passport" and "retrieve with visa reference number" steps. Citizens, PRs and long-term pass holders can also scan, or pull details through Singpass.

The card now runs in 19 languages, up from 12. Filipino is one of the seven new ones, with Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Dutch, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

That helps a lola flying alone to see the apo, or a new kasambahay still finding her feet in English.

How to submit

1. Update MyICA on the App Store or Google Play. An older version may not show the new card.
2. Choose to submit the SG Arrival Card.
3. Scan your passport photo page, held flat under good light.
4. Check every field against your passport and complete the health declaration.
5. Submit, then save or screenshot the acknowledgement.

For visiting family, walk them through it once over a video call before they pack. Our Philippines to Singapore travel checklist covers the rest of the trip.

No-boarding rule

From 30 January 2026, ICA can issue No-Boarding Directives to airlines flying into Changi and Seletar.

ICA can stop a traveller who fails entry rules, such as a passport with under six months of validity or a missing visa. Airlines that ignore a directive face fines of up to S$10,000.

ICA says it uses SGAC data, flight manifests and other sources to flag travellers before they arrive.

Check that your passport has at least six months left. Our walkthrough on renewing your Philippine passport in Singapore covers booking and fees.

Fake sites

The card is free. ICA does not endorse any commercial site that files it for a fee and will not cover your loss if one takes your money or passport details.

Copycat sites rank high on Google and charge fifteen or twenty dollars every ber-month season. Official ICA addresses always contain ".ica.gov.sg".

File only on the SG Arrival Card e-Service or in the MyICA app. Keep ScamShield installed on your phone as a second guard.

Before you fly

Update the app on home wifi before the Christmas padala runs. For more trip planning, see our travel guide from kababayans who already live here.

ICA changes the card and app from time to time, so read the SG Arrival Card page before each trip.