Travellers are reminded to update their MyICA mobile app from Sept 30 to access the enhanced Singapore Arrival Card (SGAC), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a social media post on Wednesday (Sept 16).
Those travelling by land and using the MyICA app to generate their QR code should also update the app accordingly before making their submission.
The enhanced arrival card is currently only available on ICA’s website.
The advisory comes after ICA announced a refreshed SGAC on Aug 20 with enhanced features including more languages and passport autofill.
The SGAC with electronic health declaration is a mandatory submission all travellers must make before arriving in Singapore.
Only those 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.
The new SGAC 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.
Travellers’ can also easily and quickly enter their personal information using the new passport scan autofill feature.
This new 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.
ICA said the refresh will offer travellers a user-friendly design with “smoother, easier navigation”.
The enhanced SGAC was rolled out on Aug 26.
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