The High Commission and Consulates also provide notarial services for official documents to be used in Singapore. Please bring along your passport or identity card as a form of identification should you require such service.

What the Consular Officers can do?

• Provide information, advice and consular assistance
• Issue emergency travel document if you lose your passport
• Contact your relatives or friends on your behalf to request them to send you emergency funds for your repatriation or other necessary emergency expenses
• Notify your next-of-kin in the event you are injured abroad
• Notify your next-of-kin in the event of your arrest or detention
• Visit Singapore citizens who have been arrested or imprisoned and affirm that due process under the judicial system of India is accorded to him or her
• Help to obtain a list of officially registered local lawyers and translation services where this is available
• Make arrangements for the return to Singapore of the remains and personal belongings of a deceased Singaporean
• Assist during emergencies such as natural disasters or civil disorder
• Certification of documents as a Notary Public

What the Consular Officers cannot do?

• Pay your medical, hospital, legal, accommodation, travel or other bills
• Provide loans or cash your cheques
• Post bails or pay fines on your behalf
• Intervene in the judicial process of a foreign country or ignore local laws
• Provide legal advice or initiate court proceedings on your behalf
• Act as your guarantor or sponsor
• Arrange for your accommodation or for work