Greetings to the resident local SIN experts. I need some advice on how to interpret some wording that can be found on the official website of the ICA. The website Im referring to is (copy of link):
https://www.ica.gov.sg/
Argentina is listed as a high-risk country for yellow fever, which is something to "argue" about in itself, and all G7 nations that I know of do not require this.... but I know better than trying to argue this with a Singaporean Immigration Agent - so then here goes my interpretation question.
First the text in question....
In the section pertaining to Yellow Fever related entry requirements, the text reads (and I will quote - bolding and coloring is mine): "
To protect Singapore against the risk of yellow fever importation and transmission, all travellers, including Singapore residents, with recent travel to countries with risk of yellow fever transmission (regardless of area, city or region) in the past six days prior to arrival in Singapore must produce a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate to the ICA officer upon arrival in Singapore. "
and here my question.....
I will be entering Singapore on January 10th, which is (very)
long after my departure from Argentina (we left EZE on 12/22), so my date of entry is actually over triple the six day timeframe mentioned in the ICA's text.... so, does anybody think that I could face questioning and/or a demand from an Immigration official at Changi when entering Singapore for a 3 day visit...? Apart from the mention of travel, which would apply say for a US citizen that lives in the States and visits EZE before going to SIN, what of this six day rule for those (like me), that live in Argentina...? There is no wording differentiating residents from visitors to the affected areas, so I would interpret that as long as Ive been away from any affected areas longer than 6 (six) days I should be OK - and hence do not require vaccination....?
Aside from kindly requesting the advice of the local experts, I was wondering if you all think it makes sense for me to call the ICA...? Im willing to guess that given the efficiency of everything in Sinagapore, I should be able to get someone on the telephone that is competent and can give me a definate answer.... or is this a pipe dream? Of course then there is the issue of how I can provide "proof" of my query to ICA at Changi should this issue arise.... but perhaps Im overthinking this...?
Thanks to all for your assistance and patience with this long post and somewhat "strange" question.
Cheers,
Alex / Gaucho100K