After the Government announced the move to ban the entry of all non-residents who travelled to India in the last 14 days into Singapore, there have been discussions taking place on social media among travellers from India to find different ways to enter into the city-state.
This can be seen in the below screenshots taken from a Facebook group called “Getting Back home to SG”.
Based on the screenshots, one can read that a user from India, who is trying to relocate to Singapore, asked members of the group on how to enter into the city-state as the HR company that hired the user is having a hard time obtaining entry approval.
“I am trying to relocate to Singapore around 4th June. I have got IPA for S-Pass. The company HR have informed me that they are facing issue in procuring entry approval for me.
“So we’re exploring entry via Sri Lanka. But for that it’s seems we need to procure Sri Lanka visa and stay there for at least 14 days before going to Singapore from Sri Lanka,” the user noted.
In the comment section of the user’s post, many responded offering help such as arranging visa to Sri Lanka, and even added that travellers from India can opt to even travel via Nepal and Maldives before arriving in Singapore.
They added that many Indian travellers have used this method, adding that it is cheaper to travel via Nepal.
In another post, former-Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng also made the similar suggestion by asking an Indian national to travel to Singapore via Sri Lanka.
The post, which was shared on Wake Up Singapore Facebook page, wrote: “Why is this former NMP Calvin Cheng teaching Indians how to enter Singapore through other countries?”
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has earlier announced that all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been to India within the last two weeks will be barred from entering Singapore, or transit through Singapore.
The ban takes effect at 11.59pm on Friday (23 Apr) “until further notice”, which will also apply to all those who had obtained prior approval for entry into the city-state.
This came after it was reported that 11 migrant workers of Westlite Woodlands dormitory were tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, of which 10 of them have initially recovered from the disease.
