LTA | Buses, Taxis and Goods Vehicles Registered in ASEAN Countries

You can drive a bus, taxi, or goods vehicle registered in ASEAN countries into Singapore, if you carry a valid ASEAN Public Service Vehicle Permit (PSVP) or ASEAN Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP).

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Driving a bus, taxi or goods vehicle into Singapore

Before driving into Singapore, you must meet these requirements:

1. Ensure that you have an ASEAN Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) or an ASEAN Public Service Vehicle Permit (PSVP).

2. You will need an Autopass Card and the vehicle must have vehicle insurance for use in Singapore.

3. You will need to install a permanent In-vehicle Unit (IU) to pay Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges if you use ERP-priced roads during operating hours.

4. You will need to settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle (you can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences).

5. When entering or exiting Singapore via land checkpoints, you will need to use your Autopass Card to record your visit and pay entry and exit fees and charges.

6. Use our calculator to check your entry and exit fees and charges to ensure you have sufficient funds in your Autopass Card for payment

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Driving a bus, taxi or goods vehicle registered in ASEAN countries into Singapore

Before driving into Singapore

Before you drive into Singapore, ensure that you have the following:

An ASEAN Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) for goods vehicles, or ASEAN Public Service Vehicle Permit (PSVP) for buses and taxis
An Autopass Card to validate and pay your entry and exit tolls at Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint. Each Autopass Card is encoded with particuars of the vehicle it is issued to. It is an offence to misuse an Autopass Card issued to another vehicle.
Valid road tax for the vehicle
Certificate of insurance (with third party coverage) for the use of the vehicle in Singapore
- Except for Malaysia-registered vehicles insured with Malaysian insurance companies, all foreign vehicles may purchase insurance from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.

Please settle all outstanding fines for your vehicle (you can check online at AXS website for outstanding offences).

Applying for an ASEAN Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) or an ASEAN Public Service Vehicle Permit (PSVP)

Please apply online for GVP or PSVP (bus / taxi) for your goods vehicles, buses and taxis and refer to the steps in LTA's approval email. Your vehicle must have valid GVP/PSVP, Autopass Card 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.

For your online application, you will need the following:

Your identity card or passport
Your employment or immigration pass card
Your vehicle registration certificate. If it is not in English, an English translation is required.
Your vehicle inspection certificate
A valid vehicle road tax disc
A valid vehicle certificate of insurance (with third party coverage). For buses not registered in Malaysia, you may purchase insurance from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.
A valid Omnibus Licence, for buses providing scheduled bus services
Additional documents for buses ferrying school children or workers
- A valid letter of support from the school or organisation (the letter should carry the letterhead of the school or organisation), indicating the period of conveyance, pick-up and set-down timings and their location in Singapore; and
- A valid list of passengers ferried in the bus endorsed by the school or organisation in Singapore

Please refer here for a step-by-step video guide.

Within 7 working days from your application, you will receive an email on the status of your application. You may also check your application status online using your application reference number, vehicle registration number, and identity card or passport number.

After receiving LTA's approval email for your online application, you may make payment and collect your PSVP and/or Autopass Card (refer to the steps in LTA's approval email).

Please bring along your identification card or passport, as well as LTA's approval email. For your convenience, you can show us the approval email on your smartphone. Ensure you have sufficient monies for payment of the permit ($5 per month or part thereof), preferably by NETS for a faster transaction.

Your vehicle must have valid PSVP, Autopass Card 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 online application, please call or visit our service centres (open 24 hours daily) located in Malaysia.

Wira Security Services Sdn Bhd
34, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Susur 1
80000 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia
Tel: +60 72070709

Wira Security Services Sdn Bhd
No 1, Jalan Nusa Puncak 1
Taman Nusa Puncak
79200 Iskandar Puteri, Johor
Tel: +60 75097222 and Tel: +60 75853663

The PSVP for a bus costs $5 per calendar month or part thereof.

To apply for an Omnibus Licence for an Express Bus, click here (PDF, 114kb).

Please click here (PDF, 121KB) for the terms and conditions governing the application for and grant of PSVP and Autopass Card.

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 June every year.

After you have obtained the Cross-border Taxi Permit and a Taxi Driver Vocational Licence, apply for a PSVP.

For your online application, you will need the following:

Your identity card or passport
Your employment pass or immigration pass card
Your vehicle registration certificate. If it is not in English, an English translation is required.
A valid vehicle road tax disc
A valid vehicle certificate of insurance (with third party coverage)

Please refer here for a step-by-step video guide.

After receiving LTA's approval email for your online application, you may make payment and collect your PSVP and/or Autopass Card (refer to the steps in LTA's approval email).

Please bring along your identification card or passport, as well as LTA's approval email. For your convenience, you can show us the approval email on your smartphone. Ensure you have sufficient monies for payment of the permit ($2 per month or part thereof), preferably by NETS for a faster transaction.

If you need help with your online application, please call or visit our service centres (open 24 hours daily) located in Malaysia.

Wira Security Services Sdn Bhd
34, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Susur 1
80000 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia
Tel: +60 72070709

Wira Security Services Sdn Bhd
No 1, Jalan Nusa Puncak 1
Taman Nusa Puncak
79200 Iskandar Puteri, Johor
Tel: +60 75097222 and Tel: +60 75853663

The PSVP for a taxi costs $2 per calendar month.

Please click here (PDF, 121KB) for the terms and conditions governing the application for and grant of PSVP and Autopass Card.

Autopass Card

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. The Autopass Card is valid for use up to the date that your GVP or PSVP expires, or up to expiry of your vehicle's insurance or road tax, whichever is earliest.

Learn more about Autopass Cards

Learn more about driving commercial vehicle in Singapore

When entering Singapore

You can drive into Singapore via Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint. Taxis can only enter Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint. Insert your Autopass Card into the card reader at the immigration booth to pay your entry tolls.

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.

ERP payment

Except for foreign cars with valid Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) and Autopass Card, all other foreign vehicles need to install or rent an In-vehicle Unit (IU) for your vehicle at any authorised IU Service Centre to pay ERP charges.

Foreign cars without IUs pay a flat rate of S$5 per day on exit from Singapore, if the vehicle had been driven through an ERP gantry during ERP operational hours.

You will need to insert a stored-value card into the IU when you drive through an ERP gantry during ERP operational hours. If you drive through an ERP gantry without an IU, you will incur a $70 charge each time you pass through a gantry.

Learn more about ERP charges

When exiting Singapore

You can drive out of Singapore via Tuas or Woodlands Checkpoint. Taxis can only exit Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint. Before you leave, 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.

Use the Autopass Card for your vehicle to pay entry and exit tolls at the checkpoints. Do not insert a NETS CashCard/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.

At the immigration booth, insert your Autopass Card into the card reader to pay for the following:

From 31 March 2023, Singapore will revise toll charges for all vehicles (except motorcycles) at Tuas Checkpoint. More information regarding revision of toll charges is available here.

Fees (for Buses)

Fees	Amount (SGD)
	Woodlands Checkpoint	Tuas Checkpoint
	All Day	Peak Hours: 5am-10am 3pm-11pm	Off-Peak Hours: 10am-3pm 11pm-5am
Entry Tolls	-	$2.50	$1.20
Exit Tolls	$0.60	$2.50	$1.20

Fees (for Taxis)

Fees	Amount (SGD)
	Woodlands Checkpoint	Tuas Checkpoint
	All Day	Peak Hours: 5am-10am 3pm-11pm	Off-Peak Hours: 10am-3pm 11pm-5am
Entry Tolls	-	$1.60	$0.80
Exit Tolls	$0.40	$1.60	$0.80

Fees (for Vans/Light Goods Vehicles having 2 axles or 6 wheels or less)

Fees	Amount (SGD)
	Woodlands Checkpoint	Tuas Checkpoint
	All Day	Peak Hours: 5am-10am 3pm-11pm	Off-Peak Hours: 10am-3pm 11pm-5am
Entry Tolls	-	$5.60	$1.50
Exit Tolls	$1.50	$5.60	$1.50

Fees (for Heavy Goods Vehicles)

Fees	Amount (SGD)
	Woodlands Checkpoint	Tuas Checkpoint
	All Day	Peak Hours: 5am-10am 3pm-11pm	Off-Peak Hours: 10am-3pm 11pm-5am
Entry Tolls	-	$11.30	$2.00
Exit Tolls	$2.00	$11.30	$2.00

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.