KITAS Holder_Indian Passport - Singapore Visa required?

**neemadan** · 27-09-12, 22:40

I have Indian Passport and currently hold KITAS. To visit Singapore for 3 days, do I need visa?

**lantern** · 27-09-12, 23:43

The site of the Singapore Embassy in India says you do http://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/ov.../overview.html

Your KITAS is not relevant.

**jstar** · 28-09-12, 08:27

But it's not a bad question; there are countries which have a special arrangement for residents of other states. For instance: if someone has a Schengen (EU) or USA residency, the Indonesian passport does not require a visa application for Taiwan or Mexico.

It's a shame for the poster that Singapore allows Indonesian citizens but not Indonesian residents to enter without visa.

**redsnapr** · 28-09-12, 08:50

It's not a shame; it's logical. A resident of the EU or the US is thought to have a job and solid economic basis to not be enticed to emigrate (illegally) to another country. With the current economic situation in EU and US, this may change. Slowly...

**lantern** · 28-09-12, 11:47

Originally Posted by jstar

But it's not a bad question; there are countries which have a special arrangement for residents of other states. For instance: if someone has a Schengen (EU) or USA residency, the Indonesian passport does not require a visa application for Taiwan or Mexico.

It's a shame for the poster that Singapore allows Indonesian citizens but not Indonesian residents to enter without visa.

There are embassies that will only allow you to apply for a visa outside your home country if you have some sort of residency where you are applying. For example the Ghana embassy in Togo didn't allow foreign tourists to apply for a Ghana visa but made an exception for foreigners who were temporally resident in Togo. They still had to get a Ghana visa though.

A Schengen visa allows you to visit a number of different European countries which have an existing agreement on the free movement of people across borders which is somewhat different.

**jstar** · 28-09-12, 12:25

@snapr: was more talking from the viewpoint of the poster (for him/her it's not very good news I guess). There are exceptions on the EU/USA citizens though, mainly with the ASEAN countries; look at Vietnam for instance. We need a visa but the Indonesians don't.

@lantern:what you say about Schengen is true, but only the moment you get there. Before that, you can't just apply for a 'Schengen' visa, it is country dependent. Also, if you plan to visit multiple countries in the EU, you need to mention this at the consulate and depending on your nationality, informing or even pre-approval of the concerned countries is necessary. Of course, the moment you're in, you're in. But I still wonder what they will do if the immigration in Spain finds out an Indonesian visitor only applied for visiting Germany and never got pre-approval.

**neemadan** · 02-10-12, 23:02

I was trying to booking air ticket in the CGK(Jakarta)--> SIN(Singapore)--> BLR(Bangalore, India) route. I checked with some travel specialists and got to know that I'll require visa to travel via Singapore(for e.g. Lion Airways). If I choose Airasia CGK-->KL-->BLR route, they provide transit visa(no charges). So, no problem at all. Finally, I booked Airasia flight tickets and issue is sorted. As a backup, I got 1 year valid Malaysia tourist visa, so I can rely on that as well. Thank you all for the response and guidance.