The Philippine Embassy in Singapore, in a statement, urged married Filipinas to declare their marital status clearly to avoid incidents at Singapore’s Immigration Checkpoints where a number of married Filipinas have been questioned for the alleged misdeclaration in the embarkation/disembarkation card.
“To avoid this, the embassy would like to remind our married kababayans who previously entered Singapore using their maiden names to tick ‘Yes’ in the embarkation/disembarkation card, the box opposite the question ‘Have you ever used a passport under a different name to enter Singapore?’,” the advisory said.
In addition, the embassy reminded married Filipino women who are now using their husband’s surnames to always bring a copy of their marriage contracts as well as their previous passports when traveling to Singapore.
False declaration in the embarkation/disembarkation card is a violation of Singapore’s Immigration Act that is punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
