Can I fly from Malaysia to Singapore airport without a visa, assuming I don't pass immigration and fly straight back?
I am from Yemen and I am studying in Malaysia.
well the iPhone 7 is coming out soon and I am planing to buy it from Singapore, they do have istudio in the airport so I though if i book a round flight with airasia, go get my iPhone from the airport and go back without even getting inside Singapore, I just need the phone that's it .
So can I do that ? .. Won't there be any problems when i come back to Malaysia because I have no entry stamp in Singapore or whatso ever ?
Will Malaysia let me out event tho i don't have Singapore visa ?
Best Answer
While the authorities at Singapore might be okay with your plan, the airlines are unlikely to let you board without a Singaporean visa, as outlined in the other answer. However you might still pull it off:
Buy a ticket from your city in Malaysia to a different country via Singapore, e.g. Cambodia which has a visa on arrival available for Yemeni citizens
In addition, buy a ticket from Singapore to Malaysia within 24 hours of the first flight's arrival
On arriving to Singapore, discard the second leg of your first ticket, buy the iPhone and fly back on the second ticket
Both tickets have to be on a non-budget airline, so that you qualify for transit without a visa
Be aware that this would make the journey not worth the price savings, as the first ticket would cost at least a couple hundred dollars. You might also pull it off by having a fake second leg (e.g. a non-paid reservation), but the success of that plan would depend on how through your documents are checked by the airline.
Overall I'd recommend getting a visa and seeing Singapore in the process.
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