Participants are responsible for making their own visa arrangements, if required. This page provides information that may assist you.
If your travel itinerary includes a stopover in a third country, you may also need a transit visa. Please check with your travel agent or the relevant authorities of the countries you will transit through.
All foreign visitors must ensure that they meet or possess entry requirements as stated by the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
Do you need a Visa for entry into Singapore?
- Short-term travelers holding a passport from a visa-required country/region must apply for a visa in advance.
- Travelers from visa-required countries may be eligible for the Visa-Free Transit Facility (VFTF) if transiting through Singapore for less than 96 hours.
If you are travelling from a visa-required country/region you must apply for a visa. Please start this process NOW. The conference is not liable for declined visas or visas that are not processed in time. Please ensure your visa application is submitted at least six weeks prior to the conference but we recommend even earlier to be safe.
For detailed visa application procedures, required documents, fees, and processing times by country, visit: Travel documents by countries and places
Do you need an official invitation letter?
An official invitation letter to support your visa application, funding request, etc. can be requested from the Local Organising Committee at invitation2025@iamcr.org only if you meet at least one of the following conditions:
- You have a paper accepted for presentation at IAMCR 2025.
- You have registered for the conference. Do not make your request until you have received confirmation of your conference registration.
- You do not have a paper accepted for presentation, and haven't yet registered for the conference, but your request is supported by a known IAMCR authority (e.g. the head of a section or working group or a member of the International Council or Executive Board).
Your request for an invitation letter must include all the information below:
- your full name as it appears in your passport
- your home address
- your email address
- your nationality
- your date of birth
- your passport number
- if you have a paper accepted for presentation, provide its title and Ex Ordo submission ID number
- if you do not have a paper accepted you must provide details of your registration or of the IAMCR authority supporting your request to register
- are you a member of IAMCR? Yes/No
Send your request to invitation2025@iamcr.org and write INVITATION LETTER as the subject of your email.
