One agent I spoke to said as long as maid is experienced and can follow instructions from s’pore agent on what to do then should be no problem to arrange direct hire. Just make sure that she doesn’t go to a training centre in Indo (where they will hold maid’s passport, make her take a loan to pay agent fees, etc).

Peony - Thanks for your reply. When you go through the agency, does the helper still have to take a loan ?

Thanks - I will try the embassy as well.

Hi anggie78 - can u share your agency’s contact please? I am also planning to rehire ex-helper. Thanks.


Hi Peony - any luck with self application ? Thanks.

I asked a few agencies & still getting conflicting info. Some say just need to pay agent fees (almost $2k) and maid no need to take loan. Some say need agency fee + maid still have to take loan again.

I just spoke to SJI admin, they said will be 1 session next year.


I'm hoping to register my son in SJI for P1 next year and would like to seek advice from parents who had to ballot in phase 2B or 2C last year or previous years. Were you able to get information from the school on how many applicants there were before registration closed for either of the phases ?

I qualify for phase 2B but live >2km so definitely will have to ballot. Was hoping that the school will be able to provide info on the number of applications submitted by the 2nd day of registration so that I can assess the balloting chances before giving up a confirmed space in another school under phase 2A2. The SJI admin person I spoke to said they don't give out such info which is really not helpful.

Other schools I spoke to said they will provide the info as they understand that it is important for the parents to know so that they can make an informed decision on the chances of getting a place in the school.

Any SJI parents with similar experience to share ? Many thanks

Hi qms,


Many thanks for the info & clarification.

Hi … can someone shed some light or confirm if the following would work?


I will be registering my son for P1 in school A under phase 2A2 which should guarantee a place. If subsequently i want to take a risk & ballot for school B under phase 2B >2km, how would be withdrawal & registration process be?

I was thinking that I would wait till the afternoon of the 2nd day of 2B registration and if the numbers look ok, my husband will do the withdrawal at school A and then I will do the registration at school B. This is assuming that the system is online & does not need time to process the withdrawal before allowing registration.

I read in someone’s post that simultaneous withdrawal/registration not possible because we do not have 2 sets of original documents… I thought school A would only take copies of our ic, child’s health booklet,etc. They don’t retain the original documents right?

Any advice & clarification would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.