All About Home Addresses

[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?

[Luanee]

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?

That means u did indeed used the grandparents' address to secure a place for ur first kid. Mmm... I am not sure the implications of changing ur address now

[ssbabudilip]

I own a HDB house and I just bought a fully completed private condo. (Currently tenanted)


Being I will permanently willing to stay in my private property, I would like to apply to the primary school near to (with 1km) it for my daughter 2011 primary 1 education.
(I need to apply during July 2010). But my HDB house MOP (Minimum Occupation Period) is ending only at July 2011. So I can move in to the new house only at July 2011.

I have all the proof for the purchase of private property.

My question is am I eligible to apply to the school under within 1km range using my new private property address?