Planning to travel at the end of the year? Renew passports now, Singaporeans told

The ICA advisory comes after a surge in passport applications earlier this year, when travel resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singaporeans with year-end travel plans should apply for new passports now if they are holding passports with fewer than six months' validity or expired ones.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in an advisory on Thursday (Aug 18) that doing so will help to avoid another surge in applications for passports towards the end of the year.