Has anyone (e.g. those who stay in the transit hotel) ever had any problem with going airside and then coming back out through immigration ?
I arrived into SIN last week on BA and was taking SQ the following morning. However, I wanted to use the lounge to catch up on e-mails. So:
* I collected my luggage in T1 and checked-in again in T2
* With my SQ BP, I then went airside and used the lounge in T3
However, after I'd finished in the lounge, I passed through immigration again and (apart from the computer record no doubt of my entry and exit earlier that evening) the immigration officer could plainly see that I was going through immigration in T3 after arriving on BA into T1. I of course told him the full story when asked.
He mentioned that airside is a restricted area and that even with a BP, you can't simply come and go as you please. Nevertheless, he thankfully let me back into the country.
(I know that what I should have done is on arrival into T1, leave my luggage (so that it'll eventually get taken away and stored); collect my BP from a transfer counter airside; use the lounge in T3; and then proceed through T1 immigration and collect my luggage.)
I arrived into SIN last week on BA and was taking SQ the following morning. However, I wanted to use the lounge to catch up on e-mails. So:
* I collected my luggage in T1 and checked-in again in T2
* With my SQ BP, I then went airside and used the lounge in T3
However, after I'd finished in the lounge, I passed through immigration again and (apart from the computer record no doubt of my entry and exit earlier that evening) the immigration officer could plainly see that I was going through immigration in T3 after arriving on BA into T1. I of course told him the full story when asked.
He mentioned that airside is a restricted area and that even with a BP, you can't simply come and go as you please. Nevertheless, he thankfully let me back into the country.
(I know that what I should have done is on arrival into T1, leave my luggage (so that it'll eventually get taken away and stored); collect my BP from a transfer counter airside; use the lounge in T3; and then proceed through T1 immigration and collect my luggage.)
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