All About Home Addresses
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As far as I know, in the past, parents are allowed to move but it must be within the ballot distance from the school. Has the rule been changed such that parents are not allowed to move at all?
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crazy_dan\" post_id=\"2135414\" time=\"1719040548\" user_id=\"204982:
They can do random spot check, at your house. There are observant \"spies\" around inside the primary school, to spot check on address tallying. You won't know who these \"spies\" are. But, they exist. Especially for highly popular or in-great-demand primary schools, where kids are registered under Phase 2B and Phase 2C.
Just to check, as my wife and my son will be out of Singapore for two months due to some emergency ( July and August )
Can I rent a bedroom within 1km of the school before primary school registration starts and I am the only person to stay there, if got balloted, I will rent another whole unit (same distance) when they come back, and that will be required to update an address again, does it allow?
If u are not staying there, the Primary 1 school Form Teacher will ask your P1 (son / daughter) where he / she is staying now. Form Teachers have a way to know, to tell, whether P1 students are telling the truth, or lying, where they live. If the address your kid currently staying in doesn't tally with the home address which u have used previously to register your child into the school,
then,
school will call parents up to verify, why. -
phtthp\" post_id=\"2135463\" time=\"1719181932\" user_id=\"35251:
This doesn't really answer the question of whether the parent is allowed to move within the 2 years to another place within the same distance. Must the parent stay put at the address he/she used to register the child for the 2 years?
They can do random spot check, at your house. There are observant \"spies\" around inside the primary school, to spot check on address tallying. You won't know who these \"spies\" are. But, they exist. Especially for highly popular or in-great-demand primary schools, where kids are registered under Phase 2B and Phase 2C.
If u are not staying there, the Primary 1 school Form Teacher will ask your P1 (son / daughter) where he / she is staying now. Form Teachers have a way to know, to tell, whether P1 students are telling the truth, or lying, where they live. If the address your kid currently staying in doesn't tally with the home address which u have used previously to register your child into the school,
then,
school will call parents up to verify, why. -
ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2135481\" time=\"1719209609\" user_id=\"3:
To this specific scenario - yes.
This doesn't really answer the question of whether the parent is allowed to move within the 2 years to another place within the same distance. Must the parent stay put at the address he/she used to register the child for the 2 years?
Allowed to move within your distance or even better than distance. -
crazy_dan\" post_id=\"2135414\" time=\"1719040548\" user_id=\"204982:
Technically, so long as you move within the successful balloting area of 1km, you can move any number of times within the 2 years, so long as you hv proof of residence in those addresses, but it must be your family. Your family be ready to be questioned & hv a reasonable answer.
Just to check, as my wife and my son will be out of Singapore for two months due to some emergency ( July and August )
Can I rent a bedroom within 1km of the school before primary school registration starts and I am the only person to stay there, if got balloted, I will rent another whole unit (same distance) when they come back, and that will be required to update an address again, does it allow?
If found to be untruthful, the consequences can be dire, resulting in yr being expelled & parents hv to face punishment. More imptly, the child cld be marred by the incidence. -
Sharing a "scary" story.
Just saying … form your own conclusion.
Happened around August that year. (pre covid)
This VP from a top sch, got my number from the Condo management office and called me at my mobile directly.
-asked to speak the parent of child XXX, who is in the middle of P2 that year
(think about it, the sch did not reach out to the parent directly via their data base but called the mgt office to get the tenant/owners records directly !!)
I said, i am not the parent of XXX but i am renting the unit, #01-23 (example only).
VP wanted me to confirmed the landlord’s identify and any other locked rooms in the unit that was rented out, possibly to XXX’s parents.
Long and short: I rented the whole unit and XXX is not the landlord’s child.
EXTRA:
VP was chatty, so i proceed to ask more about XXX and what will happen to her.
The informal reply was:
-XXX had a sister in P1, who came in via phase 1.
- If XXX’s parents is found out to have violated the 24 month rule, both XXX and younger sister will be posted out. -
Possibly, the parents had previously rented your unit to get the elder child into the school, but did not stay for the 30-month lock-in period, and subsequently for the younger child, they (or Singpass automatically) submitted a different address which is outside the distance bracket. School caught the discrepancy and hence investigated.
MOE website states not only will transfer the kids out, parents will also be liable for police investigation (jail term is possible, apart from fines). -
Since we are sharing stories, let me share what i once overheard during P1 registration (back then it was not online but in-person). Couple raising their voices at the school staff because they had indicated the grandparent’s address for registration (<1km). It was different from the parents’ own IC address, therefore staff queried why. Couple insisted the kid was living with the grandparent, not them. Staff requested they go back and ask the grandparent to make a statutory declaration as a caregiver. I dunno what followed but the school was doing their part to question any suspicious behaviour.
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skii\" post_id=\"2135516\" time=\"1719291877\" user_id=\"82603:
:yikes: The VP of primary schools must be pretty busy doing these things
Sharing a \"scary\" story.
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Conclusion: Don't play play with the system. Even if you do get away with it, you have to cower for 2 years behind a closed door fearing that door knock. Just be honest and do things the right way and you'd be fine. -
Estéema\" post_id=\"2135496\" time=\"1719221355\" user_id=\"66413:
Thanks for confirming that point! I'm glad that the rule still stands.
Technically, so long as you move within the successful balloting area of 1km, you can move any number of times within the 2 years, so long as you hv proof of residence in those addresses, but it must be your family. Your family be ready to be questioned & hv a reasonable answer.
If found to be untruthful, the consequences can be dire, resulting in yr being expelled & parents hv to face punishment. More imptly, the child cld be marred by the incidence.
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