Apply for a Cross-border Taxi Permit before you apply for a Taxi Driver Vocational Licence and a PSVP for taxis. You can apply from LTA through the Malaysian authority, Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat (APAD).
The annual application and renewal cycle for Cross-border Taxi Permits starts in the first quarter of every year, and new permits will take effect on 1 April every year.
After you have obtained the Cross-border Taxi Permit and a Taxi Driver Vocational Licence, apply for a PSVP and/or Autopass card online here at least 2 weeks in advance before entering Singapore.
For your PSVP and/or Autopass card application, you will need the following:
- Your identity card or passport
- Your employment pass or immigration pass card
- Your vehicle registration certificate (front and reverse sides) (a notarised English translated copy is required, if the document is not in English)
- A valid vehicle road tax disc / digital road tax
- A valid vehicle certificate of insurance. You are to ensure that the vehicle has in force a policy of insurance meeting the requirements of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960 for the entire period that the vehicle remains in Singapore.
- Clear photographs of the vehicle with legible vehicle registration number. Click here (PDF, 93KB) for the photograph requirements.
(Vehicle licence plates must be prominently displayed at the front and back of all vehicles, so that the vehicles can be easily identified for regulation, enforcement and emergency purposes.
Vehicle licence plates must display the vehicle registration number clearly where all the letters and digits can be easily seen. There should be no other decoration, fittings or markings near the vehicle registration number on the vehicle licence plate, as they may make the vehicle registration number difficult to see.
If the vehicle licence plate is blocked by any fittings of items or not in Latin and Arabic numerals, an additional plate with the vehicle registration number repeated in Latin and Arabic numerals shall be displayed visibly on the front and back of the vehicle.)
Please ensure to complete your application by submitting accurate information with clear and complete set of documents and paying online with VISA or Mastercard Credit/Debit Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
An email on the status of your application will be sent to your specified email address within 7 working days. You may also check your application status online using your application reference number, or your vehicle registration number, and identity card or passport number.
Collect and Activate your Autopass Card Before Entering Singapore
After receiving LTA's PSVP approval email for your online application, you may refer to the approval email for the approved PSVP duration and/or the steps to collect your Autopass card at the specific card collection centre located in Malaysia which you have selected in your application.
Please bring along your identification card or passport as well as LTA's PSVP approval email. Ensure that the authorised party collecting your Autopass card has his/her identification card and your authorisation within the LTA's PSVP approval email.
Ensure to activate your Autopass card online before bringing your vehicle into Singapore (refer to the steps in LTA's PSVP approval email).
Learn more about Autopass Cards
Your vehicle must have valid PSVP, Autopass card, insurance, road tax, LTA's PSVP approval email and proper licences plates displayed at the front and back before it can enter Singapore. You are required to present the vehicle's Autopass card and the mentioned documents upon request by authorised officers in Singapore.
Foreign-registered taxis detected at Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint without valid LTA's PSVP approval email, PSVP, Autopass card, insurance and road tax or are in violation of Singapore regulations will be turned back from Singapore. If the vehicle is found within Singapore, it would be subject to enforcement action including vehicle seizure.
