Foreign Passenger Cars and Motorcycles not Registered in Malaysia

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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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 from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore. 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.

Insurance 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 in Singapore. 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.
  • Buy insurance from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore
  • Insurance 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.

Apply for ICP via AAS

Visitor’s Permit (VP)

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, at least a month before the vehicle's intended entry into Singapore. Please select the “Vehicle Matters” category and the “Autopass, Vehicle Entry Permits and Tolls” sub-category for your application to be processed more promptly.

• Vehicle registration certificate (a notarised English translated copy is required, if the document is not in English)
• Vehicle's 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.

Your motor insurance must be bought from a Singapore-based insurance company to cover your vehicle’s stay in Singapore. Insurance can be purchased from MS First Capital Limited. Visit GIA website for more details.

• ATA Carnet / Customs Inward Permit
• Bill of lading (airway bill / seaway bill), if applicable. You may provide us a prelim copy while finalising the transport, and furnish with the final copy once available.
• Mode of vehicle's entry into, exit from and movement within Singapore
• Place of storage of the vehicle during its stay in Singapore
• Vehicle's intended date of entry into and exit from Singapore
• Details of driver(s) and passenger(s) and a copy of their passport / identity card, immigration status in Singapore
• Pictures and specifications of the vehicle (front, back and sides, including vehicle registration number)
• Purpose for bringing the vehicle into 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.

Foreign-registered vehicles detected at Woodlands or Tuas Checkpoint without valid LTA's approval email, vehicle entry permit, Autopass card and insurance 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.

Autopass Card

Learn more about Autopass Cards

 

When entering Singapore
 

You must have valid International Circulation Permit (ICP) or Visitor's Permit (VP), Autopass card and motor insurance in Singapore before bringing the vehicle into Singapore. 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.

When bringing foreign-registered vehicle into Singapore, bring these documents to the Singapore checkpoints:

Extension of Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) in Singapore for Social Visit Pass holders

Foreign-registered vehicles need to have valid VEPs for the duration of vehicle's stay in Singapore, regardless of whether they are used on Singapore roads. 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 issued by an insurance company in Singapore. Insurance 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

 

Reporting Traffic Accident

 

You are required to lodge a Singapore police report if your foreign-registered vehicle is involved in a traffic accident in Singapore. Click here for more information.

 

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.

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.

 

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.

 

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