All About Home Addresses

[kk01]

Hi,

Please advise…
If I have just sold my house which is <1km from my shortlisted school, I still use the address for registration. Will there be any issue. Thanks.

[tankee]

kk01:

Hi,

Please advise...
If I have just sold my house which is <1km from my shortlisted school, I still use the address for registration. Will there be any issue. Thanks.

of course there will be issue. It they find out, they will transfer your child out of the school to another supposed nearly to the actual home that you are staying at.

And it is also illegal not to update your home address with the authorities.

[cherrygal]

kk01:

Hi,

Please advise...
If I have just sold my house which is <1km from my shortlisted school, I still use the address for registration. Will there be any issue. Thanks.

This is contentious... property purchase or sale takes time to go through, so if you really haven't bought/ rented a new home, then you have no choice but to use the present address. That is only if the vacancies are plenty and no balloting is conducted.

If balloting is conducted, and your kid gets in coz you're within 1km, you are thus required under the law to live in that stated address for the entire period of the primary school education. To prevent any trouble with the law, the only choice left would be to hunt for a suitable new house that is still within 1km of the school. I don't suppose you are moving far away since this is your shortlisted school?

Think the school authorities will understand if you bought a new home within 1km. Reasonable to move within the neighbourhood but not OK to move outside 1km if using for balloting.

[Melaniessl]

Hi Kiasu grand master, This is very interesting. So does this requirement by law to stay at the distance which you used to ballot NOT apply if you did not ballot but used that address to register. For example if i use a address that is within 1 KM to school to regsiter for phase 2B and did not need to ballot and got a place in school. Is there a minimum occupation period for that address?


If this is really the case then how about if my no 1 got into school using that 1 KM address and my no 2 registers when my no 1 is in primary 4 under sibling phase and therefore did not really use the address distance factor to register - does this mean that when no 1 graduates from pri 6 i can then move away beyond 1 KM?

This is pretty important to me and it is curious to note that what happens if a parent is retrenched or i decide to be a SAHM and cannot afford to stay in current house and need to downgrade and move away to more than 1 KM will we be penalised? Seems pretty harsh to me.

I had initially heard that Minimim occupation period for distance used to register is first 3 years pri 1 - 3 but you had mentioned entire duration of primary school so just wanted to confirm this. Thank you

[qms]

Melaniessl:

I had initially heard that Minimim occupation period for distance used to register is first 3 years pri 1 - 3 but you had mentioned entire duration of primary school so just wanted to confirm this. Thank you

The school can't stop families from moving house midway through the children's primary school education.

Bottom line is, as long as you are genuinely staying in the address at the point of registration and that you have not sold or don't plan to sell in the short term this property you are using for P1 registration, you may use this address when you register.

For kk01's case, it's totally different. She has already told the property. Unless she plans to arrange with the buyer of the property to extend her stay there for a few years, she should not use this property during P1 registration.

[kk01]

Hi all, thanks for the advice. Think I really sold my house at a wrong time in terms of registration for my son. In that case I will have to look for a home near to the school.

I can’t imagine if my son is kicked out of the school…

[cherrygal]

Melaniessl:

I had initially heard that Minimim occupation period for distance used to register is first 3 years pri 1 - 3 but you had mentioned entire duration of primary school so just wanted to confirm this. Thank you

The MOE put it as the whole period in the FAQ but this is to deter pple from renting then moving away, a short time after the registration period. For genuine cases, schools are understanding enough if you explain to them the reasons for the move should it happen if kid is already in upper primary.

You will also not be penalised if you never used the distance priority in any balloting before (meaning no balloting held for that entire Phase).

If your kid had a place through Phase 2B / 2C and there was balloting involved (even if only balloting for kids staying >2km etc), your kid would still have already used the 1km distance as a priority to enter.

[Simplifight]

Hi… Need help with this scenario.

My mum owned a place at TohYi (<1km to Pei Hwa Presbytarian Primary School)
And I have a place at River Valley (<1km to River Valley Primary School)
My family is a church member affiliated to PHPPS.

My question is when my kids are due for Primary school registration,

1. Can I move to my mum place and apply for PHPPS under Phase2B, assuming i stay with my mum and we had letter endorsed by affiliated church.

2. However, If My kids failed to get a place in PHPPS during Phase2B, can I change back my address to River Valley and apply for RVPS Under Phase2C?

Please advise… Thanks in advance…

[THC]

Simplifight:

Hi.. Need help with this scenario.

My mum owned a place at TohYi (<1km to Pei Hwa Presbytarian Primary School)
And I have a place at River Valley (<1km to River Valley Primary School)
My family is a church member affiliated to PHPPS.

My question is when my kids are due for Primary school registration,

1. Can I move to my mum place and apply for PHPPS under Phase2B, assuming i stay with my mum and we had letter endorsed by affiliated church.

2. However, If My kids failed to get a place in PHPPS during Phase2B, can I change back my address to River Valley and apply for RVPS Under Phase2C?

Hi when you applied in P2B, the address used is locked in the system.
If u changed address during P2C, it will raise a red flag.
Declare your mom as caretaker and apply under 1 to 2km in P2B.
PHPPS is far away from RV.

[Melaniessl]

cherrygal:

Melaniessl:

I had initially heard that Minimim occupation period for distance used to register is first 3 years pri 1 - 3 but you had mentioned entire duration of primary school so just wanted to confirm this. Thank you

The MOE put it as the whole period in the FAQ but this is to deter pple from renting then moving away, a short time after the registration period. For genuine cases, schools are understanding enough if you explain to them the reasons for the move should it happen if kid is already in upper primary.

You will also not be penalised if you never used the distance priority in any balloting before (meaning no balloting held for that entire Phase).

If your kid had a place through Phase 2B / 2C and there was balloting involved (even if only balloting for kids staying >2km etc), your kid would still have already used the 1km distance as a priority to enter.

Thank you - your answer is very clear. In this case, I'm in the clear. We will really be staying at the address but do intend to move out much later when he is in Primary 4 or so to downgrade as I would like to become a part time SAHM so single income definitely need to downgrade. My no 2 son will use sibling to get in to same school so even if we do not stay within 1 KM, no 2 should still be able to get in. Thanks