Overseas Trip
Notification
All NSmen below the age of 50 for Officers and 40 for
Warrant Officers, Specialists, Other Ranks and Enlistees who are
leaving the country for more than 24 hours but less than 6 months
are required to notify MINDEF Notification Centre (MNC) / Overseas
Notification Centre (ONC) via
Notification of Overseas Trips of their country of destination
and a contact telephone or a fax number (can be local or overseas)
at which they can be contacted or where information of their
overseas whereabouts can be obtained during their absence. NSmen
with valid Exit Permit and those disrupted need not inform of their
overseas trips of more than 24 hours but less than 6 months
With effect from 01 Aug 06, based on recommendation by the Fourth
Committee to Recognise the Contribution of Operationally-Ready
NSmen to Total Defence (RECORD IV), NSmen who have completed their
ORNS Training Cycle and phased into MINDEF Reserve (MR) / SPF or
SCDF Reserve are no longer required to notify their overseas trips
of less than 6 months. However, they are still required to apply
for an Exit Permit for overseas trip duration of 6 months or
more.