Student’s Pass Information

Important for all new International Students to NUS

All international students must hold a valid Student’s Pass issued by the Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) for their studies at NUS.

New Application

New applications for a Student’s Pass must be submitted at least one month and not more than two months before the commencement of the course through ICA’s Student’s Pass Online Application & Registration (SOLAR) system.

Registration for a Student’s Pass

Before you submit your application, NUS will register you through SOLAR with the  following information:

• Your name, date of birth, gender and nationality (as appear in your travel document)
• Course details, course commencement and course end dates
• SOLAR application reference number

Submission of eForm 16

Once NUS has successfully registered your information, you may login to SOLAR to submit eForm 16.

You must have the following information before logging into SOLAR:

• A registration acknowledgement notice with the login information provided by NUS
• Passport details (including travel document/passport number, date of expiry, etc)
• NRIC/FIN of parents if your parents are Singaporean or foreigners who are working or         residing in Singapore
• A Singapore address and contact details
• Your email address
• One recent passport-sized color photograph (to be pasted on the top-right corner of e-Form 16) and must meet the following requirements:

  - Image must be taken within the last three months

  - Photograph should be in color, must be taken against a white background with a matt or semi-matt finish

  - Image must show the full face and without headgear (headgear worn in accordance with religious or racial customs is acceptable but must not hide the facial features)

Upon submission of the eForm16 through SOLAR, students are required to print a copy of the eForm16 for submission to ICA to complete formalities for the issuance of a Student’s Pass (if the application is successful).