All About Home Addresses

[ChiefKiasu]

3Boys:

... Sorry CKS, just taking a mild dig at your wonderful site.

Aw... dig away... it is only through an open forum are we able to get to the heart of issues to deepen our appreciation for each other's point of view. And I thought it should be quite clear by now that we maybe kiasu, but not stupid .

I'm going to sit out of this discussion for a bit. All I can say at this point is that this is all based on economics - demand and supply, and any attempt to regulate the process will always be subject to criticism by those who felt they were discriminated by the system, and also those who felt the regulation creates unhealthy side-effects on our children or society as a whole. There will be people who really need to move for good reasons, and there will be those looking to subvert the system to their advantage at any cost. The challenge is to define a system that can effectively diminish the desire for the latter to want to do so, without making the whole process so onerous and complicated that it penalizes everyone else.

PS. 3Boys, I really liked your thesis on the issue of PV in the other thread, though I felt it trivialized the PV process a little too much. For one, the boys of the Light Brigade did not have a choice at Balaklava - they were led by a series of mistakes made by their leaders. We as parents do have the choice of weighing our options in deciding where we can place our children, assuming we know what our options are, in the first place.

[3Boys]

ChiefKiasu:

3Boys:

... Sorry CKS, just taking a mild dig at your wonderful site.

Aw... dig away... it is only through an open forum are we able to get to the heart of issues to deepen our appreciation for each other's point of view. And I thought it should be quite clear by now that we maybe kiasu, but not stupid .
PS. 3Boys, I really liked your thesis on the issue of PV in the other thread, though I felt it trivialized the PV process a little too much. For one, the boys of the Light Brigade did not have a choice at Balaklava - they were led by a series of mistakes made by their leaders. We as parents do have the choice of weighing our options in deciding where we can place our children, assuming we know what our options are, in the first place.

Thanks Chief, you are too kind. I have managed to ruffle a few feathers these few days and am going to sit low for a while...

[ssbabudilip]

hi

I prepare to move near to the school. But after moving still my child may not get admission. so i have below plan, is that leagl?

1. Currently i own a HDB house. My target school is quit very far from my house.
2. I plan to rent a house witin 1km to the school to get priority registration. ofcourse I will change my IC and will physically plan to stay in that address.
3. If it is sucessful, then I plan to buy a propery within 1km from the school and will move to my new house.
Is it legal?

[schellen]

ssbabudilip:

hi

I prepare to move near to the school. But after moving still my child may not get admission. so i have below plan, is that leagl?

1. Currently i own a HDB house. My target school is quit very far from my house.
2. I plan to rent a house witin 1km to the school to get priority registration. ofcourse I will change my IC and will physically plan to stay in that address.
3. If it is sucessful, then I plan to buy a propery within 1km from the school and will move to my new house.
Is it legal?

Yes and yes. Because you will be staying there, in both the rented home and eventually bought home. As for the rented home, I think you need to produce bills, etc addressed to you at the rented home for a number of months before you can change your address. I'm not sure about this but I vaguely recall that this was asked and answered in this thread already so you just need to scan from the start. (However, I also recall someone else posted saying that you don't need to wait for a few months before changing the address. Best is to scan the whole thread.)

[ssbabudilip]

hi

thanks for your reply.

i have scanned the whole thread, but there is no clear cut answer for it.

i.e. can i move to another property within 1km vicinity?

[schellen]

ssbabudilip:

hi

thanks for your reply.

i have scanned the whole thread, but there is no clear cut answer for it.

i.e. can i move to another property within 1km vicinity?

Sorry, I guess it's not here. Maybe it's under the \"priority\" thread.

Yes, you can move to another property within 1km. If you moved outside the 1km, then I'm not sure.

ADD: These are 2 more threads where I may have read about it.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=410
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=426

[ChiefKiasu]

ssbabudilip:

hi

I prepare to move near to the school. But after moving still my child may not get admission. so i have below plan, is that leagl?

1. Currently i own a HDB house. My target school is quit very far from my house.
2. I plan to rent a house witin 1km to the school to get priority registration. ofcourse I will change my IC and will physically plan to stay in that address.
3. If it is sucessful, then I plan to buy a propery within 1km from the school and will move to my new house.
Is it legal?

I thought the OB markers are quite clear - the address you use to register must reflect the location where you WILL BE STAYING with your child during his Primary school stint. MOE will not stop you from moving, especially if you move to another location within the same distance bucket of the address you registered with. However, if you move further away before P3, you may be subject to inquiry.

[kwcllf]

Hi,


I have a question regarding P1 registration.

We used to live sometimes at my parent’s place and sometimes at our home. This was because my children’s childcare centres are near my parent’s home.

We have left our registered address as my parent’s address because when my kids returned from primary school now, they will always return to my parent’s place to be looked after by their grandparents while we are at work.

They are not in any so-called popular school. In fact, my kid is in one of those neighbourhood school near my parent’s place. Have we in anyway broken any rules? Any advice on this issue will be greatly appreciated.

[Luanee]

kwcllf:

Hi,


I have a question regarding P1 registration.

We used to live sometimes at my parent's place and sometimes at our home. This was because my children's childcare centres are near my parent's home.

We have left our registered address as my parent's address because when my kids returned from primary school now, they will always return to my parent's place to be looked after by their grandparents while we are at work.

They are not in any so-called popular school. In fact, my kid is in one of those neighbourhood school near my parent's place. Have we in anyway broken any rules? Any advice on this issue will be greatly appreciated.

I gathered ur kids are already studying in primary schools now? Did u need to ballot when ur kids were registering the last time? If they are in 'unpopular' schools like what u said, then I gathered the answer is no? In that case u dont have to worry. Only thing is u may want to change the address in ur IC to ur current residential address.

[kwcllf]

Thanks Luanee,


Yeah, my older kid is in Primary 3 now and my daughter will be going to the same school next year. When my kid applied for the neighbourhood school, there was no balloting as it was within 2km of the grandparent’s house. However, at that time, byeond 2km there was balloting but the enrolment numbers were just marginally above the available vancancies.

It did not occur to us that this could potentially be a problem. However, should we change back to our own address, would the govt thinks that I left my registered address as it is for the purpose of getting into a particular school?