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Singapore’s QR code immigration clearance for car travellers to start March 19

  • The new feature means car travellers will not need to present physical passports to immigration officers and only need to scan a single QR code
  • The initiative only applies to Singapore’s checkpoints at the moment, and travellers will still need physical passports at Malaysia’s checkpoints

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Motorists coming from Malaysia’s Johor form a queue as they approach the immigration checkpoint to enter Singapore. Photo: AFP
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From next Tuesday, car travellers arriving in and departing Singapore at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints will be able to clear immigration with QR codes.
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Once the feature is rolled out, they will not need to present their physical passports to Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at car counters, ICA said on Tuesday.

Instead, travellers would only need to scan a single QR code – which they must generate via the MyICA mobile app before arriving at a checkpoint. This QR code is shared by all travellers in the car.

While travellers will be able to perform “self-clearance” in the comfort of their cars with minimal intervention by officers once the system is fully implemented, the in-car clearance process that begins this month is not yet fully automated as officers will still be stationed at the manual counters, ICA had said at its annual workplan seminar last May.

Hundreds of people queue up at Woodlands Checkpoint to cross the Singapore-Malaysia border. Photo: Getty Images
Hundreds of people queue up at Woodlands Checkpoint to cross the Singapore-Malaysia border. Photo: Getty Images

Travellers can thus still choose to present their physical passports to ICA officers at the counters instead of using QR codes.

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