Singapore student visa fee
What a Singapore student visa costs, taken from the government's own published fee page. The application fee is rarely the whole cost, so the charges that sit beside it are set out below as well.
At a glance
| Visa | Student's Pass (STP), applied for through ICA's SOLAR / Student's Pass Online Application & Registration e-Service. For visa-required nationals such as Indian passport holders, the entry visa is embedded in the In-Principle Approval (IPA) letter — as published at ica.gov.sg/reside/STP/apply |
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The fee, as published
As published by ICA: "A non-refundable S$45 processing fee is payable" at application, plus, on approval, "A S$60 issuance fee for Student's Pass" and "S$30 for Multiple Journey Visa (if applicable)" payable online before the pass is issued. Payment by Visa/MasterCard/AMEX, internet banking or PayNow. Institution/university administrative charges are separate and set by the school, not by ICA.
What the application fee does not cover
Almost every student visa route has costs beyond the application fee itself, and they are a material part of the budget rather than a rounding error.
- Health surcharge or insurance, which several countries require up front for the whole course length.
- Biometrics, where it is charged separately from the application.
- Document costs — attestation, notarisation, certified translations, courier.
- The financial requirement itself, which is money you must hold rather than spend, and is usually the largest number in the process.
- Dependant applications, each charged separately.
Before you budget from this page
- Check the date this page was last verified, printed at the foot.
- Open the official source linked there and confirm the current figure.
- Check whether your route — the specific visa subclass or category — carries the same fee.
- Add the surrounding costs above before deciding what the visa stage will cost you.
Visa fees are revised on government timetables rather than annual ones, and a figure that was right last quarter can be wrong this one. The date at the foot of this page is the honest limit of what we can tell you.
Fees — FAQs
2 questions
Application fees are generally not refunded on refusal. That is the usual position across student visa routes, and it is why getting the application right the first time matters more than the fee itself.
Yes, these fees are paid online during the application in nearly every route. Budget for the exchange rate and card charges on the day.
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Sources
Not re-checked recently — treat the figures as indicative and confirm before you rely on them.