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Long-Term Visit Pass (family of a Singapore citizen or permanent resident)

Long-Term Visit Pass (family of a Singapore citizen or permanent resident) is issued by Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). VisaAI tracks 17 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.

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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)’s own page before you apply.

Conditions you must meet

  • Seven categories qualify, and each has its own conditionsSpouse of a citizen; spouse of a PR; unmarried child under 21 born in or adopted into a legal marriage to a citizen or PR; parent of a citizen or PR; graduate of a Singapore institute of higher learning seeking employment; parent or grandparent of a child studying here on a Student's Pass; and a visitor seeking permission to give birth in Singapore.
  • Parents-in-law are not eligibleThe only category ICA states as an exclusion. A parent qualifies through their own child, never through a child's spouse.
  • Marriage does not guarantee approvalICA's own words, on the page it matters most. The assessment weighs family ties, economic contribution, qualifications, age, family profile and length of residency.
  • Work Permit holders — current AND former — must get the Controller of Work Passes' approval before marrying a citizen or PRAny marriage form, civil, religious or customary, in Singapore or overseas. The penalty is not a refused application: it is losing the right to work in Singapore, and possibly being barred from entering for a period.
  • A Singapore sponsor lodges the application with their SingpassFor a spouse it is the citizen or PR spouse. For a parent of a citizen or PR aged under 21, or a Student's Pass child's parent or grandparent, or a birth visitor, it is any citizen or PR aged 21 or over.
  • The in-principle approval is not an immigration pass and confers no right to stayICA states it as its own numbered point. An applicant holding one still needs a valid immigration pass to be in Singapore.
  • The pass is digital, retrieved through FileSGViewable in FileSG the next working day, or in the Singpass app after three working days. IHL graduates seeking employment and birth-permission applicants can only access theirs through FileSG.

Documents you must provide

  • Originals plus official translations, and copies for ICA to keepICA names who may translate — the issuing country's embassy, a notary public, or a private translation attested or notarised — and endorses no translation company. Insufficient documentation may mean the application is not accepted.

Steps in the process

  • Do the free Pre-Marriage LTVP Assessment BEFORE marrying: six weeks instead of six monthsThe single highest-value action on this route, and it is only available before the wedding. It costs nothing, and completing it afterwards is impossible. A couple who did it receives a Letter of LTVP Eligibility valid one year, used in the application after marriage.
  • Without the assessment, a citizen's foreign spouse waits up to six monthsICA states both figures in one sentence so the comparison cannot be missed. Nothing done after the marriage shortens it.
  • Every applicant must declare in the e-Service, and a Singpass account takes 2 to 5 working daysA queue before the queue. ICA advises not starting an application until everyone who must declare already has an account.
  • Most applications take six weeks, if the documents are in orderThe six-month figure applies to a citizen's foreign spouse without the pre-marriage assessment; six weeks is the general case.
  • Complete the required tasks before the approval expires, or the application is treated as withdrawnThe tasks may include a medical check-up. Missing the expiry is not a delay; it ends the application.
  • Pay within 14 days of being notified, or the application is withdrawnA second, shorter clock that starts only after ICA has verified the uploaded documents.
  • Renew at least three months early — leftover validity is not carried forwardThe renewed pass runs from the date of issuance, so renewing very early forfeits the remainder of the current one. Three months before expiry is ICA's own figure.

Government fees

  • S$45 per application at submission, non-refundableSGD 45Paid whether or not the pass is granted.
  • S$60 to issue the pass, plus S$30 for a multiple journey visaSGD 60 · SGD 30 multiple journey visaDue at completion of formalities, and ICA warns that further fees may follow.

Official sources

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