All About Home Addresses
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floppy\" post_id=\"2032207\" time=\"1627604819\" user_id=\"97579:
This one mostly not allowed lah
just for discussion: i remember there was one year a parent was asking if can put a work place address as resident address. parents are really creative.... :shock:Orb\" post_id=\"2032204\" time=\"1627602656\" user_id=\"25015:
[quote=Aztac post_id=2032202 time=1627598775 user_id=132972]
That was my understanding as well. However, I think many could not find the exact answer to what the meaning of \"reside\" was, as in even if the NRIC places the official registered residential address as \"Resident A\" but do not stay there, does it contravene the rules? There was no intention to deceive the system because both parents' NRICs do indicate \"Resident A\" but they only stay there over the weekends or not every weekday etc. Assuming Resident A is unoccupied (i.e. not rented out, just empty), consider the scenario where both parents are required to stay in a company hostel during the weekdays for their work purposes and their child stays with grandparents beyond 2km of the pri school, which address should the parents register? Grandparents' or their own Resident A or their hostel? I would have thought it would be allowable to put Resident A as indicated on their NRICs. Hence the \"uncertainty\" faced by some of the posters here.
*but there are certain exceptions. Some work places are also residential units / SOHO. If you live and work in one of those, it’s possible.
Having the residential unit that you owned as the official residential address (ie reflected in NRIC), but staying with the in-laws / parents on certain days is not contravening the policy.
Having a residential unit as the official residential address but not staying there at all is contravening the policy.
The policy does not prescribe how many days in a week / month / year you must stay there but it says you cannot not stay there.[/quote]I think residing there is quite clear cut but of course some parents may want to play with words or so call act blur about not knowing. I feel that even if parents think that hey the policy never say how many days...basic principle will be majority of the days in the week? If majority of the week you are not there how can you say you are residing here and not the other place where you spend majority of the time? Also when reading the policy, need to read it as a whole and not just cherry pick a sentence here a sentence there to read and then say not clear or never state how many days.
It's stated very clear \"The home-school distance category priority is given for the convenience and interest of the child. The family is expected to reside at the address for the duration of the child's primary school studies. MOE recognises that some families are unable to remain at the address used for registration for the entire duration of the child's primary school studies. Even so, a child who gains priority admission through their distance category is required to reside at the address used for registration for at least 30 months from the start of the P1 Registration Exercise on 30 June 2021. If the 30-month stay condition is not met, MOE reserves the right to transfer the child to another school with vacancies, as the priority admission to the first school was based on the declared address used for registration.\"
If you are not staying there majority of the time, worse still only go back during the weekend, where's the convenience?
But then of course parents can choose to take the risk and prepare to live with the consequences. -
Parents trying to cheat, "act blur" to enrol their child into popular primary schools, will answer for the consequences of their daring action
Because
schools have their own ways and means of "mata" (police) detective spy network to investigate the Primary 1 students enrolled.
P1 students are innocent, because they are fresh out from kindergarten K2 ! Can’t imagine parents start to train their kids to be cautious in answering their school (teachers + classmates / school mates / school bus mates ) over where they stay -
phtthp\" post_id=\"2032215\" time=\"1627610004\" user_id=\"35251:
it should be like this, create a fairer playing field for all
Parents trying to cheat, \"act blur\" to enrol their child into popular primary schools, will answer for the consequences of their daring action
Because
schools have their own ways and means of \"mata\" (police) detective spy network to investigate the Primary 1 students enrolled.
P1 students are innocent, because they are fresh out from kindergarten K2 ! Can't imagine parents start to train their kids to be cautious in answering their school (teachers + classmates / school mates / school bus mates ) over where they stay
in fact MOE conduct spot checks on and off I think -
CALYNSEA\" post_id=\"2032151\" time=\"1627548568\" user_id=\"181903:
That's a risk that some are willing to take and some are not. Ultimately it all boil down to individual risk appetite.
Frankly, it us by right and by left. So long u disnt rent out the unit, u shld be fine. No one will check whether u r staying there or not.parent_to_be\" post_id=\"2032148\" time=\"1627547128\" user_id=\"104008:
[quote=CALYNSEA post_id=2032135 time=1627537673 user_id=181903]
Well I'm not so sure we can say parents can circumvent this. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when floppy said \"As long as you keep the place for more than 30 months, are legal owners of the address / unit, and spend *some* time (even it's for the weekends only) at the registered address, you are good to go.\" is an assumption and not a fact?
And actually I don't think it's grey at all but that's my own 2 cents worth of interpretation, cos when I read \"...The family is expected to reside at the address for the duration of the child's primary school studies.\" I think it's quite clear you need to be staying there and not just spend some time there.
Obviously I could be wrong here.
I just think that you never know when the authorities will check. They could take action base on tip off and so on. Perhaps maybe our kids talk in school with their classmates...like I stay at place A during weekdays and place B over the weekend. And the classmate told their parents or teachers who somehow tip off the authorities who then conduct the check. Well maybe I overthink and my risk appetite is low.[/quote]Correct. Some have low risk n some die die must go to tht particular school. By the book, definitely the answer is not the answer tht he or she is hoping to hear. We all know it in our own heart. -
Hi everyone! First of all, thanks for all the input, certainly helped to clear up some questions!
Just thought I would clear up any misunderstanding or confusion in my original post - my family does intend to stay at our own place for the long term (not just weekends). Including after my child is enrolled in P1 and beyond, we are intending to stay here.
My question pertains primarily to this period before the enrollment - i.e. while my child is still in K2, and due to work commitments, we find it easier to stay at my in-law’s place during the weekdays (once again only during this period until my child is enrolled in primary school, after enrollment we are permanently staying at our own place for weekdays and weekends). -
dttk\" post_id=\"2033063\" time=\"1628092439\" user_id=\"194022:
Hi, I have the exact same situation as yours. I did explain my situation to MOE when I called up for enquiries and they just repeating MOE doesn't state or define how many days you need to stay there. They just keep repeating 30 months from start of P1 registration. My is mainly because of my 2 kids preschools that we staying with in-laws on weekdays. Advice previously given here was the change the preschool and problem solved or bite the bullet for half a year. Or course the other option was to take the risk. We decided to bite the bullet for the half a year in the end.
Hi everyone! First of all, thanks for all the input, certainly helped to clear up some questions!
Just thought I would clear up any misunderstanding or confusion in my original post - my family does intend to stay at our own place for the long term (not just weekends). Including after my child is enrolled in P1 and beyond, we are intending to stay here.
My question pertains primarily to this period before the enrollment - i.e. while my child is still in K2, and due to work commitments, we find it easier to stay at my in-law's place during the weekdays (once again only during this period until my child is enrolled in primary school, after enrollment we are permanently staying at our own place for weekdays and weekends). -
a question to those who knows the answer: my hubby n I are looking to sell our own place and buy a new house due to the coming of the new member of the family
. we just got the good news that our kid would be getting into the school in phase 2C within 1km from our current place. the school needs balloting though for sc outside of the 2km range. does it mean we can broaden our options for our new purchase as long as within the 2 click range? or we have to staying within the 1km range. this whole thing is really confusing to us. thanks in advance!!!! -
bobmaxiao\" post_id=\"2034174\" time=\"1628771134\" user_id=\"153089:
Based on what I have read, u still need to stay within 2km because u got in to the school through an advantage as others outside 2km had to ballot. The only exception for this is if the school DID NOT require any balloting and all who applied got in.
a question to those who knows the answer: my hubby n I are looking to sell our own place and buy a new house due to the coming of the new member of the family . we just got the good news that our kid would be getting into the school in phase 2C within 1km from our current place. the school needs balloting though for sc outside of the 2km range. does it mean we can broaden our options for our new purchase as long as within the 2 click range? or we have to staying within the 1km range. this whole thing is really confusing to us. thanks in advance!!!! -
actual question is whether we need to stay in the 1km range or we can venture into the much more avail options in houses if we are allowed to go for the 2km n within. and im pretty sure going out of the 2km range is a definitely no-no for moe also for our kid going to school every morning.
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bobmaxiao\" post_id=\"2034313\" time=\"1628842935\" user_id=\"153089:
I suggest you write in to MOE to check and get a written answer in black & white before you buy.
actual question is whether we need to stay in the 1km range or we can venture into the much more avail options in houses if we are allowed to go for the 2km n within. and im pretty sure going out of the 2km range is a definitely no-no for moe also for our kid going to school every morning.
Cos if it’s not approved or legal, then you can get into serious trouble when u update the school (and/or other govt records) with your new address.
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