Students’ Pass
International students are required to apply for a Student's Pass online to pursue a course of study in Singapore unless they are holding a Dependent Pass (DP) or an Immigration Exemption Order (IEO). Upon receiving the Letter of Acceptance from the school, the applicant must proceed to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to apply for a Student's Pass. Applicants who are holding a DP or an IEO can be admitted by the School immediately upon passing the school’s Placement Test. The student’s pass takes 4 – 8 weeks of processing time. “Students interested in studying in Singapore, must start the application process for students’ pass at least two months before commencement of the course”, said spokesperson, STB.

 

Basic requirement:

Applicant must first be accepted by an approved Singapore institution to pursue an approved full-time course

A local sponsor is required for the application for a Student's Pass. Local sponsor must be a Singapore Citizen/Singapore PR above age of 21 or the educational institution where applicant intends to study. (Exception: A local sponsor is not needed for students applying to the polytechnics and universities - 5 local polytechnics, NUS, NTU, SMU, INSEAD & University of Chicago)

Student's Pass application must be submitted at least 2 months in advance and not more than six months from the course commencement date

The normal processing time is about 4 weeks, though some applications may take a longer time to process

 

List of documents required to submit for Singapore admission & visa application:

Completed Escrow Form

Completed Student Pass Application Forms

4 Passport size recent colored photographs of the student

Copy of student’s Passport

Student’s Birth Certificate

10th Pass Certificate

12th Pass Certificate

12th Mark sheet

Letter of Recommendation etc

Copy of Father’s Passport

Financial Documents (Original and Photocopy certified)

If Education Loan taken from the bank then – Original Bank Loan sanction letter

Father’s monthly income certificate

“Income Tax Return” statement of student’s parents/ sponsors

 

Note: For PRC national who wishes to pursue a language, commercial, vocational or fine arts course at private schools in Singapore (with the exception of students taking a degree or postgraduate degree course and students studying at SQC for PEOs schools), applicant is required to submit Student's Pass application through the Singapore Embassy in Beijing.

 

With the launch of CaseTrust for Education under the Education Excellence Framework, all private education organizations will need to have the CaseTrust-endorsed Student Protection Scheme to offer school placement for international students. This is effective from December 1 2004.

 

For more information, please refer to www.ica.gov.sg [1].