Singapore visa query

Hi

My partner and I plan to use Singapore as a base to travel round Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand this Summer for 8 weeks. We plan to fly into Singapore, stay there for 7-10 days, then travel overland to Malaysia and continue to Thailand. Our flight home will be from Singapore where we will return to 8 weeks after our arrival date.

We both hold British passports so we%26#39;re aware we can enter without a visa for 30 days.

(1) Can anyone offer any general advice for doing this sort of journey, or warn us of any problems we%26#39;ll run into with visas, etc.

(2)Are we likely to have problems at customs on entry into Singapore because our flight home won%26#39;t be within the 30 days i.e. does a train to Malaysia count as onward travel for getting the 30 day pass?

(3) Will we have any probs getting back into Singapore from Malaysia as we had just been there 6 weeks earlier etc?

Singapore visa query

1)You will have no problems.

2)You do not have to prove onward travel details on arrival, having details of your train journey from Singapore to Malasia may be handy if asked. On you arival card put down your stay in Singapore as 7 days (or whatever it is before your train journey).

3) no problems returning to Singapore within 6 weeks, plenty of people go on the Visa run to Mayalsia and return the same day to get an extra 30 days stay. It is usually quicker then than going to the immigration department early in the morning and queuing up to get you visa extended for another month.

Singapore visa query

Don%26#39;t worry... Singapore immigration is not that ';strict';... we encourage the movement of Bona Fide travellers in and out of Singapore. You will only take about 10 mins to clear the immigration when you arrive in Singapore at Changi Airport. When you arrive, you should complete a white Arrival card for entry into Singapore. The immigration officer keeps half of it and you must retain the other half portion in your passport. When you exit by rail or road across into Malaysia, you will be required to surrender your half-portion. This process would be consider as an exit of Singapore. When you return from Thailand and Malaysia into Singapore, it would be considered a new entry. Don%26#39;t worry too much. It is unlikely that you will be asked about your travel plans and for you to produce any onward ticket. We are not the US where the waiting time to get thru immigration at the airport maybe up to 2 hrs.

You%26#39;ll be pleasantly surprised how fast and easy it is to clear the Singapore customs as long as you%26#39;re not carrying any prohibited items (namely drugs %26amp; cigarettes). Visitors have been known to find themselves arriving at their hotel in town within 45mins of stepping off the plane from Changi.

Immigration in SIngapore is not the slow bit, waiting for the bags is the bottleneck..even that doesnt normally take long.