Vaccinated Travel Framework: The Latest VTF News in Singapore

Need to catch up on all the news around the Vaccinated Travel Framework scheme in Singapore? Catch up on the all the latest news articles around VTFs in Singapore here. On 24 March, it was announced that the Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme would be simplified and replaced by the Vaccinated Travel Framework (VTF). This would make it easier for travel to happen in and out of Singapore, for both residents and tourists flying into Singapore.

Before travelling on a VTF flight, check your eligibility. You should:

• Be fully vaccinated with WHO Emergency Use Listing Vaccines
• Hold an Accepted Proof of Vaccination, such as having your records stored in HealthHub or TraceTogether
• Fulfill Travel History & Designated VTL Flight Requirements, including having to take a pre-departure PCR or ART COVID-19 test before entering the country

The latest VTF news

• 5 April 2022: Singapore-bound travellers from all countries can now take virtually supervised ART for Covid-19 (The Straits Times)
• 25 March: All vaccinated travellers can enter Singapore without quarantine from April 1, no need for VTL flights (The Straits Times)
  24 March: Singapore to reopen borders to all fully vaccinated travellers on Apr 1; existing VTLs will be retired (CNA)
• 24 March 2022: Singapore to ease border restrictions, travel to be ‘almost like before Covid-19’: PM Lee (The Straits Times)
• 23 March 2022: S’pore-bound travellers from US, Australia and most of Europe can now take virtually supervised ART (The Straits Times)
• 15 March 2022: ‘Test and release’ protocol for Malaysia’s air VTL with Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand: Transport minister (CNA)
  15 March 2022: Singapore Airlines, Scoot to expand VTL network in Southeast Asia, India in coming weeks (CNA)
  15 March 2022: Malaysia to have uniform VTL requirements for Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand (The Straits Times)
• 10 March 2022: Daily passenger quota for land VTL between Malaysia and Singapore to increase (CNA)
• 8 March 2022: Singapore working with Malaysia to allow vaccinated travellers to cross land border via other transport modes (CNA)
• 8 March 2022: Can I drive into Malaysia when it reopens its border from April 1? (The Straits Times)
• 7 March 2022: Vaccinated Travel Lanes Sprout Up Across Southeast Asia (Routes)
• 4 March 2022: Singapore to extend VTL scheme to Bali, Penang, Vietnam, Greece and all cities in India (The Straits Times)
  1 March 2022: Malaysia drops six-day Covid-19 test procedure for Singapore VTL and others (The Straits Times)
• 26 February 2022: Batam-Singapore sea VTL: What to expect from check-in, to boarding the ferry, to arrival | Video (CNA)
• 25 February 2022: Singaporean expats, businesses welcome long-awaited VTLs with Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia (The Straits Times)
• 25 February 2022: Going to Batam from Singapore? Here are some tips for a smooth, quarantine-free trip (CNA)
• 24 February 2022: Ready for a vacay? These VTL experiences will prepare you for travel out of Singapore (Honeycombers)
• 16 February 2022: Planning a trip? What you need to know about Singapore’s latest border measures and new VTLs (CNA)
  16 February 2022: VTL quotas to be fully restored; quarantine-free sea travel between S’pore, Bintan and Batam to start on Feb 25 (CNA)
  16 February 2022: S’pore to start VTLs with HK, Philippines, all of Thailand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel (The Straits Times)
• 16 February 2022: askST: Do I still need to take PCR tests to travel? What are S’pore’s latest border measures? (The Straits Times)
• 10 February 2022: askST: Can Singaporeans travel to Australia? (The Straits Times)
• 7 February 2022: Australia to fully reopen borders to vaccinated travellers from Feb. 21 (Mothership)
• 28 January 2022: VTL quota depends on COVID-19 situation in both countries, says Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia (CNA)
• 27 January 2022: Indonesia hopes to add direct flights from S’pore to Bali (Mothership)
• 26 January 2022: Fancy a Bintan or Batam trip without quarantining on arrival? What you need to know about travelling there from Singapore – and coming back (CNA)
• 25 January 2022: Singapore to expedite discussions with Indonesia on travel bubble involving Batam and Bintan (CNA)
• 24 January 2022: Indonesia to reopen Batam, Bintan to fully vaccinated Singapore travellers (The Straits Times)
• 21 January 2022: Malaysia reports the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a month as VTL resumes (The Straits Times)
  21 January: VTL testing regime to be simplified; travellers required to self-test only if they need to leave home: MOH (CNA)
• 20 January 2022: askST: Will there be changes to the Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme from Jan 21? (The Straits Times)
  20 January 2022: About 100,000 people have entered Singapore from Malaysia via land and air VTLs (The Straits Times)
• 17 January: Singapore Airlines delays Perth VTL flights (Executive Traveller)
• 13 January: Singapore-Malaysia VTL: Customers scrambling to secure bus tickets hit with glitches, cancellations (AsiaOne)
• 10 January: All land VTL bus tickets until Feb 6 sold out as Malaysians rush to return home for CNY (The Straits Times)
• 8 January 2022: IN FOCUS: Singapore-Malaysia VTLs a comfort for families seeking reunion but Omicron has other plans in store (CNA)
• 5 January 2022: Closing VTLs now will not stop spread of Omicron: Covid taskforce (The Business Times)
• 3 January 2022: All eyes on S’pore’s reopening progress and VTL expansion for 2022 economic outlook (The Straits Times)
• 31 December: Singapore to ease COVID-19 measures for non-VTL travellers (CNA)
• 31 December: Decision to lift Singapore-Malaysia VTL suspension to be made 2 days before Jan 20 (The Straits Times)
• 31 December: Enhanced testing regime for VTL travellers extended for another four weeks (The Straits Times)
• 29 December: Travellers can each bring up to 20 COVID-19 self-test kits into Singapore: HSA (CNA)
• 28 December: Bus operators urge travellers not to buy S’pore-JB VTL tickets through third parties (The Straits Times)
• 25 December: Singapore freezes VTL temporarily until January 20 (Time Out)
  23 December: 53 of 65 confirmed imported Omicron COVID-19 cases arrived in Singapore through VTLs: MOH (CNA)
• 23 December: S’pore suspends VTL ticket sales: What does it mean for my travel plans? (The Straits Times)
  23 December: S’pore suspends ticket sales for VTL flights and buses for inbound travel between Dec 23 and Jan 20 (The Straits Times)
  22 December: Singapore to Halt Quarantine-Free Travel Lane Ticket Sales (Bloomberg)
• 17 December: Vaccinated Singaporeans can holiday in Sydney, Melbourne without quarantine from Dec 21 (The Straits Times)
• 16 December: Travellers staying in Singapore hotels to recover in rooms if they test positive for COVID-19 (CNA)
• 16 December: Italy bans tourists from Singapore till Jan 31 next year (The Straits Times)
• 15 December: 50% more bus tickets for quarantine-free travel between S’pore and JB from Dec 20 (The Straits Times)
• 14 December: Singapore citizens can enter Malaysia via land VTL, and vice versa, from Dec 20 (CNA)
• 13 December: Tightened border rules in S’pore, VTL countries in response to Covid-19 variant Omicron (The Straits Times)
• 9 December: VTL travellers may face problems showing vaccination status as South Korea tightens Covid-19 rules (The Straits Times)
• 9 December: Quarantine-free air travel resumes after India lifts restrictions on Singapore
  (The Straits Times)
• 8 December: All VTL travellers to Malaysia to undergo Covid-19 tests for 6 days (The Straits Times)
• 7 December: Malaysia further tightens COVID-19 testing regime for VTL travellers (CNA)
  7 December: Jetstar Asia gets approval to operate VTL flights from Bangkok and Phnom Penh into Singapore (The Straits Times)
• 6 December: Over 5,000 travelled via land VTL between Singapore and Malaysia in first 5 days (The Straits Times)
• 4 December: VTL travellers from Singapore exempted from South Korea’s new quarantine rules (The Straits Times)
• 3 December: Singapore tightens rules for VTL travellers, requiring them to take COVID-19 tests for 7 days on arrival (CNA)
• 3 December: Travellers using vaccinated travel lane from Singapore to South Korea exempted from 10-day quarantine (CNA)
• 2 December: Malaysia to delay transition to Covid-19 endemic phase due to Omicron concerns (The Straits Times)
• 2 December: South Korea reports first 5 Omicron cases, mandates 10-day quarantine for travellers (The Straits Times)
• 2 December: Man travelling from M’sia via land VTL tests positive for Covid-19 in S’pore (Mothership)
• 1 December: Singapore to enhance COVID-19 testing protocols for all travellers as part of measures to deal with Omicron variant (CNA)
• 30 November: ‘Welcome back’: Malaysia greets first VTL arrivals from Singapore; one Covid-19 case detected (The Straits Times)
• 30 November: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL may be opened up to general travellers from mid-December (Today)
• 29 November: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL: What documents do I need to enter Malaysia? (The Straits Times)
• 29 November: S’pore defers VTLs with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE to cut Covid-19 variant risk; border measures also under review (The Straits Times)
• 29 November: Compulsory on-arrival ART for land VTL travellers entering Singapore from Malaysia after reports about new Covid-19 strain (Today)
• 27 November: S’pore to issue and accept Covid-19 certificates compatible with EU’s system from Dec 7 (The Straits Times)
• 27 November: Singapore launches vaccinated travel lanes with Thailand, Cambodia, Fiji, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Turkey (CNA)
• 26 November: Some S’poreans who booked Europe trips still set on going despite worsening Covid-19 situation there (The Straits Times)
• 26 November: Novavax applies for approval to use its Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore (The Business Times)
• 26 November: Bus tickets still available for first 30 days of land VTL between Singapore and Malaysia (The Business Times)
• 25 November: Vaccinated Travel Lane (Land) between Singapore and Malaysia (gov.sg)
• 25 November: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL to be launched on Nov 29, travellers must use designated bus services (CNA)
• 24 November: 68,500 travel passes granted for travellers from 18 VTL countries as at Nov 22 (The Business Times)
• 24 November: Singapore and Malaysia finalising details for land VTL (The Business Times)
• 23 November: Some UK travellers face hurdles entering Singapore under VTL scheme (CNA)
• 22 November: S’pore-KL VTL: Covid-19 tests $S500, plane tickets $135 (Mothership)
• 21 November: SIA quarantine-free flight brings international travellers back to Melbourne (CNA)
  21 November: About 1,400 people expected to cross Singapore-Johor border in first week of land VTL: Johor chief minister (CNA)
• 21 November: S’pore’s VTL with India to start on Nov 29 with 6 daily flights from Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai (The Straits Times)
• 21 November: Travelling to Singapore: In which scenarios would I have to foot my Covid-19 medical bills? (The Straits Times)
• 20 November: Singapore ‘optimistic’ that land border with Malaysia can reopen end-Nov, says Covid-19 task force (The Straits Times)
  20 November: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL could be launched by end-November: Gan Kim Yong (The Business Times)
• 19 November: SIA to operate VTL flights to more cities under the quarantine-free travel scheme (The Straits Times)
• 18 November: Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane with Malaysia: What you need to know (The Straits Times)
• 18 November: Six airlines to operate daily VTL flights between Singapore and KL from Nov 29 (The Business Times)
• 16 November: Families separated by Covid-19 look forward to Singapore-India VTL (The Straits Times)
• 16 November: Indian nationals delighted about upcoming VTL; travel agencies see surge in demand for flights (CNA)
• 16 November: Indonesian travellers excited about spending year-end holidays in S’pore as bilateral VTL talks continue (The Straits Times)
• 15 November: S’pore to start VTLs with Indonesia and India from Nov 29, and with Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia from Dec 6 (The Straits Times)
• 14 November: Singapore travellers can still enjoy quarantine-free travel to European VTL countries, minus Denmark (The Straits Times)
• 14 November: Vaccinated travel lane to South Korea: 10 things you need to know (The Straits Times)
• 13 November: VTL travellers from US to Singapore can use digital vaccination record instead of Smart Health Card: CAAS (CNA)

Updated as of 6 April 2022

Have more questions about the Vaccinated Travel Lane? Check out our FAQs on the VTL in Singapore here. You can also speak to a doctor over the DA app if you have any questions before you fly.