How to Apply Student Visa in Singapore

How to Apply Student Visa in Singapore 

You will need to apply for a student’s pass if you are a foreigner and have gotten the full-time study admission in a Singapore university. How to apply student visa in Singapore? Take the IPA, university Offer, and passport, go inbound to Singapore and take student visa in Singapore! See the following details.

1. Make student visa application online at least 2 months and not more than 3 months before your course begins. 

Applying for student visa in Singapore, you need to log in official website of Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority(ICA). You need to upload documents/information to complete your Student's Pass application, please have them ready before you apply. You can find a study abroad agent via CatEight to help you with the visa application.

6 types of educational institution are divided by ICA. You should log in the SOLAR+ and make it clear which type of education you are applying.

2. Find your desired university, submit the course application and get the offer.

The Offer-delivery time is about one week after submitting your course application, and the time for your visa application should be at least 2 months and not more than 3 months before your course begins. So, you are suggested to prepare visa application certificates before making university application and getting the Offer.

3. ICA approves your student pass and tells the university you will enroll in.

4. Your university notifies you that your student pass was approved and you should remit tuition.

5. The university sends you the In-Principle Approval Letter after you pay part of the tuition.

6. With the Entry Approval Letter and passport, you can start your Singapore journey!

7. After arriving in Singapore, you need to make e-appoint in the ICA website and get the student visa at the ICA office on the appointed day. you need to take required written documents to the ICA office.

(1) A copy of the personal passport (the copy of the first page of the passport).

(2) Study abroad application form and study abroad plan (it is better in your native language).

(3) Notarization of personal birth, notarization of the highest academic qualification, and notarization of banking deposit. All the notarized materials should be in both English and your native language.

(4) Physical examination report of Singapore local hospital (healthy examination after IPA entry).

(5) e-Form 16 form downloaded from ICA website.

(6) 8 individual photos, with passport photos size.

(7) University offer and IPA.

Applying for students pass to Singapore, you need fill in application form online, prepare required documents in advance, and pay attend to the application time. After submission, you need to check the application status. For all of those, you’d better to find an agent to help you. You are suggested to log in CatEight. Just submit your application info and the agents from CatEight will know you and contact you and help you！