If your society falls under any of the types of societies listed in the Schedule of the Societies Act, you should seek registration under the normal registration process. The average processing time under the normal registration process may be two months or more, on a case-by-case basis.

If your society does not fall under any of the types of societies listed in the Schedule of the Societies Act, you are eligible to seek registration under the automatic registration process. Societies that wish to register under Automatic Registration will need to declare that they are eligible for Automatic Registration. Do note that under the Societies Act, the Registrar of Societies is empowered to seek clarification with applicants where required so as to ascertain whether a society qualifies for the automatic registration route; move applications from automatic registration to normal registration route for further assessment; reject an application submitted via the automatic route; and order an automatically registered society to, after its registration, change its name or its rules, if he is of the opinion that the rules of the society if unchanged, would be contrary to national interest or prejudicial to the public peace, welfare or good order in Singapore.