All About Home Addresses

[ChiefKiasu]

2galsmum:

Poonie:

If you are letting your child take school bus to school please take note that your pick up point must tally with the registration address. Most people do not know this but SLA requires all bus companies ferrying school children to submit a list of names and pick-up addresses to SLA yearly. This list must be endorsed by the school prior to submission. So you should know what this means!

I dun really understand.......My kid's pick up point is at my mum house...I have registered my kid using own address. Both addresses are 1-2km away from school...

Does that makes any different???

Hi 2galsmum, I think Poonie is trying to infer that if parents are not going to be truthful about their home addresses, they had better not use the school bus services. In your case, you have nothing to worry.

[2galsmum]

phew…thanks chief for the clarification!

[snowflake]

Hi ChiefKiasu,


What if my child goes to student care and the school bus needs to pick up from the student care instead of from my residential address - like that how? :?

[ChiefKiasu]

snowflake:

Hi ChiefKiasu,


What if my child goes to student care and the school bus needs to pick up from the student care instead of from my residential address - like that how? :?

That should be fine. The school is normally aware of and coordinates with the nearby student care services in ensuring that its students are safely transported between them. At least that is the case of Konghwa and the nearby student cares.

Honestly speaking, as long as the child is really staying in the address you registered with, there is nothing to worry about.

[snowflake]

thanks for the quick reply, ChiefKiasu, really appreciate that

[checkered]

ChiefKiasu:

NRO has tightened its rules regardind address changing since June 2008. You will need to produce phone/utilities bills that reflect your current address. That is to confirm that you are staying with your mum.

Your registration priority is considered to be 1-2km even if your mum is staying right next to the school.

Only 1 NRIC is required.

Hi Chief,

I'm confused on the above. If i've changed my current address to my mom's address (which is nearer to the sch of choice), how come it's still considered 1-2KM priority?

[learningtobekiasu]

checkered:

ChiefKiasu:

NRO has tightened its rules regardind address changing since June 2008. You will need to produce phone/utilities bills that reflect your current address. That is to confirm that you are staying with your mum.

Your registration priority is considered to be 1-2km even if your mum is staying right next to the school.

Only 1 NRIC is required.

Hi Chief,

I'm confused on the above. If i've changed my current address to my mom's address (which is nearer to the sch of choice), how come it's still considered 1-2KM priority?

because you don't live there, your mom does. you will also need to get a statutary declaration that the child will be living there.

[jedamum]

learningtobekiasu:

checkered:

[quote=\"ChiefKiasu\"]

NRO has tightened its rules regardind address changing since June 2008. You will need to produce phone/utilities bills that reflect your current address. That is to confirm that you are staying with your mum.

Your registration priority is considered to be 1-2km even if your mum is staying right next to the school.

Only 1 NRIC is required.

Hi Chief,

I'm confused on the above. If i've changed my current address to my mom's address (which is nearer to the sch of choice), how come it's still considered 1-2KM priority?

because you don't live there, your mom does. you will also need to get a statutary declaration that the child will be living there.[/quote] is it so? i believe there are a fair share of parents that took advantage of this by changing their NRIC to their parent's address without declaring that the parent is the caregiver. in such case, if no one else knows/complaints, the parent gets to get away with registering as applicants within 1km.

[learningtobekiasu]

jedamum:

learningtobekiasu:

[quote=\"checkered\"]
Hi Chief,

I'm confused on the above. If i've changed my current address to my mom's address (which is nearer to the sch of choice), how come it's still considered 1-2KM priority?

because you don't live there, your mom does. you will also need to get a statutary declaration that the child will be living there.

is it so? i believe there are a fair share of parents that took advantage of this by changing their NRIC to their parent's address without declaring that the parent is the caregiver. in such case, if no one else knows/complaints, the parent gets to get away with registering as applicants within 1km.[/quote]its a risk. i know some who rent a place for 6 months (didn't even stay there!) to use the address... but are is it worth the risk of getting caught? if the child has to be transferred out later won't it be embarrasing for the kid? in some cases its fraud (like that lawyer case)...

[jedamum]

learningtobekiasu:

its a risk. i know some who rent a place for 6 months (didn't even stay there!) to use the address... but are is it worth the risk of getting caught? if the child has to be transferred out later won't it be embarrasing for the kid? in some cases its fraud (like that lawyer case)...

Yes it's risky, but there are people doing it - if not, why the constant need for some schools to have balloting within a certain distance EVERY YEAR?? Is it possible that they have so many P1 going kids living there EVERY YEAR??? But risk and embarassment aside, i hope that parents who want to do this for the sake of the kids, to bear in mind that they are depriving applicants who genuinely are living just next to the school a seat and that they are lying to get a place for their kids. Talk about morals!