Originally Posted by
invisible
Your expectation is out of bounds.
If you dig thru what is requirements for visa to Singapore, 'local contact' means beasically an invitation from a private person and that person theoretically is on hook if the invited person has trouble with a law (immigration or otherwise) in Singapore.
Not for Singapore. Expectation that a a local private person (again - 'local contact' is a private person) puts him/herself on a risk for some foregner and does it for free is outside of a reasonable expecatation even if you spend $1m/year on Hilton.
Thank you. You seem to be knowledgeable about Singapore entry requirements, so if I may please pick your brain. What do you think of the Singapore visa service link in my OP? I guess that agency fills out the "local contact" form for the traveler and takes its chances? Or is there some other way it might obtain a visa? You can imagine my reluctance to use that service, though the Four Seasons recommending it is, I suppose, one factor in its favor. Second, what do you know about the 96-hour visa-free transit rule? The
government site says that the traveler, who meets all of the listed requirements, "may" be eligible. This is typical language that visa authorities use, but do you have any insight into this? A poster on another thread thought the visa-free transit would work, FWIW.
Thanks again. There's little recent discussion of this topic on the Singapore forum.