{"id":30132,"date":"2026-02-21T02:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30132"},"modified":"2026-02-21T02:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:14:36","slug":"singapore-begins-ban-on-undesirable-visitors-as-airline-boarding-rules-take-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30132","title":{"rendered":"Singapore begins ban on \u2018undesirable\u2019 visitors as airline boarding rules take effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/30\/6b84dd78-6b4e-4f21-96e1-463d6327b3f2_3ce5072c.jpg?itok=hILD37ho&amp;v=1769756825\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Singapore<\/span>\u2019s move to bar undesirable visitors from boarding planes to the city state began on Friday, with airlines flying into its airports required to deny access to passengers flagged as risks.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new directive is aimed at preventing \u201cundesirable or prohibited immigrants, and those who do not meet Singapore\u2019s entry requirements, from boarding flights bound for Singapore\u201d, according to an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) statement released on November 28 last year.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Airlines<\/span> flying into Seletar and Changi airports would be issued no-boarding directive (NBD) notices from Friday, the ICA said.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Foreigners subject to NBDs include those with previous records in Singapore of having committed crimes, attempting to enter under a different identity, overstaying their visa or working illegally. In addition, those who are assessed as posing a threat or risk to public safety are barred from the city state.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Singapore can also refuse entry to those without a valid visa or travel document with at least six months\u2019 validity, according to the ICA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/lifestyle-culture\/article\/3341803\/singapore-begins-ban-undesirable-visitors-airline-boarding-rules-take-effect?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore\u2019s move to bar undesirable visitors from boarding planes to the city state began on Friday, with airlines flying into its airports required to deny&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[5252,6011,3283,16095,8143,208,22,16094,5783],"class_list":["post-30132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-airline","tag-ban","tag-begins","tag-boarding","tag-effect","tag-rules","tag-singapore","tag-undesirable","tag-visitors","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}