Singapore Arrival Card refreshed, to feature 7 more languages and passport autofill

Come Aug 26, the Singapore Arrival Card (SGAC) will have a refreshed interface.

Announcing this in a social media post on Thursday (Aug 20), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said SGAC will also come with enhanced features on its MyICA mobile app and website.

The SGAC with electronic health declaration is a mandatory submission all travellers must make before arriving in Singapore.

It replaced the paper embarkation/disembarkation card in March 2020.

Only those who are transiting through Singapore, and residents such as Singapore citizens, permanent residents, long-term pass holders need not do so while travelling through Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints.

Among the enhancements is the availability of more language options.

The new interface will offer 19 languages, adding seven more from the current 12: English, Malay, Bengali, German, French, Vietnamese, Hindi, Tamil, Thai, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

AsiaOne understands that the new language options are: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Dutch, Tagalog, Italian, Spanish and Russian.

ICA also highlighted passport scan autofill as another feature that will allow faster entry of travellers' personal information. 

This feature makes a user's journey more seamless, as compared to the existing process of using the "retrieve with passport" and "retrieve with visa reference number" features currently listed under the lead traveller section.

An illustration of the autofill button shown by ICA shows it being built directly into the personal information field.

ICA said the refresh will offer travellers a user-friendly design with "smoother, easier navigation".

Travellers are advised that submitting SGAC via ICA's official channels is free.

If in doubt whether a request for payment is authentic, they may call the 24/7 ScamShield helpline at 1799.

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