An ICA spokesperson said that travellers who are found to be using a duplicate identity or an identity different from their previous trip to Singapore to bypass Singapore’s checkpoints, will be refused entry and prohibited from returning to Singapore.
SINGAPORE: There has been a surge in the number of travellers trying to enter Singapore using disguised identities or identities they have never used before when the border reopened in 2022.
The detected cases often involve immigration offenders who have previously overstayed or been deported, or those who have committed or attempted to commit various offences in Singapore. The number of travellers at land checkpoints also reached near pre-Covid-19 levels during the end-of-year school holidays last December.With the re-opening of borders, and the guarantee of international travel, many Singaporeans are also rushing to apply for passports.
To deal with the surge, ICA deployed nearly 300 officers from other work units to process passport applications 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The figure shows that in 2022, 21 people will be detected with forged or modified travel documents. It increased by one person in 2021.
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