Singapore and Malaysia are preparing to reopen their borders to the world from 1 April 2022, allowing fully vaccinated travellers to enter without quarantine.
Quarantine-free travel between the two countries is already possible via the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) agreement, but from 1 April the VTL will be replaced by an even simpler process, with Malaysia waiving the on-arrival test and allowing pre-departure ARTs for travellers from Singaporeย (Singapore has already scrapped on-arrival testing and accepts pre-departure ARTs for arrivals from all over the world).
Malaysia has now confirmed that travel insurance will not be required for travellers entering by air or land from Singapore, scratching yet another item off the to-do list.ย
No travel insurance necessary for travellers from Singapore
Travellers to Malaysia are required to have travel insurance with a minimum coverage of US$20,000 for COVID-19 medical treatment, unless they belong to one of the following categories
|
|
However, the Malaysian Health Ministry has announced that fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore are exempt from the travel insurance requirement as well, regardless of whether they arrive by land or air. For avoidance of doubt, children aged 17 and below are considered fully vaccinated, regardless of actual vaccination status.
The Malaysia-Singapore borders will reopen this 1 April. Travellers from Singapore are exempted from on-arrival test.
For more info please visit https://t.co/xdv0GwHW7X#ReopeningSafely pic.twitter.com/wWv2H4Qu65
— KKMalaysia๐ฒ๐พ๐ท (@KKMPutrajaya) March 30, 2022
While purchasing travel insurance is still a good idea in general, this will be a welcome development for travellers intending to make day trips across the land border.ย
As a reminder, Singapore will also remove its travel insurance requirement for fully vaccinated short-term visitors (from all over the world, not just Malaysia), effective 1 April 2022.ย
VTF: Singapore scraps travel insurance requirement for tourists
Procedure: Travel to Malaysia
Travellers from Singapore to Malaysia must:
- download the MySejahtera app (Android | iOS)
- create an account (when registering, enter the Malaysiaย address you’ll be staying at)
- complete the digital pre-departure form via the “Traveller” icon on MySejahtera
- verify their COVID-19 vaccination certificate
When verifying your vaccination certificate, be sure to enter your name exactly the way it appears on the certificate. If there’s a hyphen, put the hyphen. If there’s a comma, put the comma. Any differences will cause the verification process to fail.
| ย | By Air | By Land |
| Pre-Departure Test | ART within 2 days of departure | N/A |
| On-Arrival Test | N/A | N/A |
In terms of testing, air travellers to Malaysia from Singapore are required to take a professionally-administered ART within 2 days of departure. For avoidance of doubt, this can also be a video-supervised ART administered by a tele-medicine provider in Singapore.ย
There are no testing requirements for land travellers to Malaysia from Singapore.
Procedure: Travel to Singapore
Travellers from Malaysia to Singapore must complete the SG Arrival Card within 3 days of arrival, where information on the following will be requested:
- Personal particulars
- Vaccination status (not required for those vaccinated in Singapore)
- Health declaration
If you were vaccinated in Malaysia, you can upload the digital certificate for COVID-19 vaccination on the MySejahtera app.ย
They will also need to download and register for TraceTogether (Android | iOS). This is required for checking into venues and displaying your vaccination status.ย
In terms of testing, air travellers from Malaysia to Singapore are required to take a professionally-administered ART within 2 days of departure. This can be done via a tele-medicine provider like CLEA.ย
| ย | By Air | By Land |
| Pre-Departure Test | ART within 2 days of departure | N/A |
| On-Arrival Test | N/A | N/A |
There are no testing requirements for land travellers to Singapore from Malaysia.
Conclusion
Malaysia will scrap its travel insurance requirement for fully vaccinated travellers arriving from Singapore by air or land, which should further simplify the travel process especially for day trippers.ย
There is no longer any travel insurance requirement in the opposite direction either, following Singapore’s decision to scrap it for fully vaccinated travellers as well. It means you can travel between Singapore and Malaysia uninsured, though it’s always a good idea to get coverage nonetheless.ย
For further details on quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Malaysia by air, refer to the post below.ย
Complete Guide: Singapore – Malaysia quarantine-free air travel from 1 April
I just completed the verification of my vaccination on MySafeTravel and the uploading of the insurance certificate is still a requirement. Until this is changed, travellers planning land travel would still have to purchase insurance to complete this step.
edit: there is an “I do not have travel insurance” option, but I do not know if the vaccination verification will be rejected if that is chosen.
I did choose โI do not have travel insuranceโ but could proceed as expected and had my QR code verified.
Where did you see the I do not have travel insurance” part in the mysafetravel? All I see is to select Berjaya, Zurich or I have my own policy.
Me too. There is no option for “I do not have travel insurance”. I am trying to call the hotline but no answer.
Actually, if there is a hyphen in the name, you need to ditch the hyphen when typing the name into the system. Actual DP after 2 hours calling the helpline
My name has a hyphen, left it out and it didn’t go through, added it and it did! Weird
Do we still required to do PCR / supervised ART 48 hour prior travel to Malaysia by land?