Do Iranian travellers need a transit visa for Singapore?
For an Iranian traveller, whether Singapore needs a transit visa depends on your itinerary, mainly whether you leave the transit area and where you fly on to. The Visa-Free Transit Facility exists, but it reaches only passengers whose case meets its conditions.
Those conditions are updated from time to time and rest on your own documents and onward flight, so it's safer to confirm your specific routing than to rely on another traveller's experience.
If a short connection through Changi is in your plan, read the current ICA transit guidance before you book. Settling a transit requirement in advance is straightforward; meeting it for the first time at the gate is not.
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Last updated: 2026-06-18
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