Three years after being suspended to combat COVID-19, China will on Wednesday allow people of Singapore and Brunei to enter the country for a period of 15 days without a visa.
This will be accessible for travel, business, and sightseeing. Zero-COVID measures were abolished in China in December, but tourist permits were reinstated in March.
Visa-free stays in China
More than three years after the visas were stopped to stem the spread of COVID-19, China will start allowing nationals of Singapore and Brunei to enter the country for 15 days without a visa as of this Wednesday, according to its embassies in the two countries.
Singaporean and Bruneian nationals with regular passports would be permitted to enter China without a visa for transit, business, sightseeing, and visits to friends and family, according to announcements made by the embassies on their websites.
- China permits 15-day visa-free entry for Singapore and Brunei nationals.
- Singaporean and Bruneian passport holders enter China without visas.
- China relaxes zero-COVID restrictions, resumes tourist visas, and seeks Singapore visa-free entry.
Many of China’s zero-COVID restrictions were relaxed in December, but the country didn’t resume issuing tourist visas until March. Additionally, China has been pushing for Singapore to grant its residents visa-free entry.
