All About Home Addresses

[Cathqueksoon]

Hi all

Can I apply for change of address now for 2C to be within 1km of the school now? And for 2B using current 1-2km address?

Anyone has same experience to share pl. Poor super stressed mummy here.

[Ballerinaflats]

Hi all,


Can i clarify if my friend used the caregiver’s address and managed to get a seat through priority admission by virtue of distance, does her child have to stay at the caregiver’s address on weekdays? Or can the child go back to his own home (aka parents’ own address) before and after school.

couldn’t get any clear answer on MOE website. Thanks!

[Zeal mummy]

Ballerinaflats\" post_id=\"2075092\" time=\"1658152006\" user_id=\"188054:

Hi all,

Can i clarify if my friend used the caregiver’s address and managed to get a seat through priority admission by virtue of distance, does her child have to stay at the caregiver’s address on weekdays? Or can the child go back to his own home (aka parents’ own address) before and after school.

couldn’t get any clear answer on MOE website. Thanks!

30-month stay requirement

If the caregiver's address is successfully used for priority admission, you will have to continue with the same childcare arrangement at the same address for at least 30 months from the start of P1 Registration Exercise, which is 29 June 2022 for the 2022 P1 Registration Exercise. If not, your child may be transferred to another school with vacancies.

Source: https://www.moe.gov.sg/primary/p1-registration/home-address

So yes, her child will have to stay (until parents goes off work and can fetch child home) at the caregiver’s address on weekdays for 30 months starting from 29/6/22.

Eg. My friend’s child goes to her grandma’s (caregiver) house after school, stays there for lunch/dinner and goes home with her parents at about 6pm when parents are off work. Child doesn’t have to stay overnight or on weekends at caregivers house.

[SG_KP1]

To me, it is not clear whether the caregiver’s declaration requires the child to stay at the caregiver’s address during weekdays. I guess one also needs to define what "stay" means? I think it would be a problem if the child typically goes to/from parents home directly and is rarely at this address.


However, the 30-month stay requirement talks about "childcare arrangement." I think this could reasonably be defined as time from when school is dismissed until the late afternoon or early evening (when one of the parents is done with work and can fetch the kid).

Again, I don’t know for sure and I would definitely hope people comply with the actual requirement. But exactly what’s required is a bit unclear to me (from the website).

[floppy]

Ballerinaflats\" post_id=\"2075092\" time=\"1658152006\" user_id=\"188054:

Hi all,

Can i clarify if my friend used the caregiver’s address and managed to get a seat through priority admission by virtue of distance, does her child have to stay at the caregiver’s address on weekdays? Or can the child go back to his own home (aka parents’ own address) before and after school.

couldn’t get any clear answer on MOE website. Thanks!

It has been explained by MOE that caregiver doesn't mean that the child has to stay over or be locked down. The child can even attend after school care if the parents so wish. The details are in https://va.ecitizen.gov.sg/cfp/customerPages/moe/explorefaq.aspx?Search=caregiver&Category=0&Mesid=45423441.

Question:
Must my child’s caregiver (a grandparent or a parent’s sibling) provide full-time care in order for me to make the alternative child-care arrangement declaration?

Answer:
You can make an online alternative child-care arrangement declaration where your child’s grandparent or a parent’s sibling looks after your child, and will continue with the child-care arrangement when your child enters primary school by providing care on weekdays after school hours.

If your child is enrolled in an after-school care centre or enrichment classes on weekdays after school hours, you can make the alternative child-care arrangement declaration if the caregiver looks after the child when the child is not attending the programme.

You can make the declaration if the caregiver (your child’s grandparent or a parent’s sibling) looks after the child after school hours on weekdays when your child is not in the student care centre or in enrichment classes.

[SG_KP1]

floppy\" post_id=\"2075112\" time=\"1658192786\" user_id=\"97579:

It has been explained by MOE that caregiver doesn't mean that the child has to stay over or be locked down. The child can even attend after school care if the parents so wish. The details are in https://va.ecitizen.gov.sg/cfp/customerPages/moe/explorefaq.aspx?Search=caregiver&Category=0&Mesid=45423441.

Question:
Must my child’s caregiver (a grandparent or a parent’s sibling) provide full-time care in order for me to make the alternative child-care arrangement declaration?

Answer:
You can make an online alternative child-care arrangement declaration where your child’s grandparent or a parent’s sibling looks after your child, and will continue with the child-care arrangement when your child enters primary school by providing care on weekdays after school hours.

If your child is enrolled in an after-school care centre or enrichment classes on weekdays after school hours, you can make the alternative child-care arrangement declaration if the caregiver looks after the child when the child is not attending the programme.

You can make the declaration if the caregiver (your child’s grandparent or a parent’s sibling) looks after the child after school hours on weekdays when your child is not in the student care centre or in enrichment classes.

Makes sense, thanks. I guess it should be clear to the original poster, depending on what he/she meant by \"stay.\"

[greggytub]

Hi… I am thinking of making Declaration for Caregiver for my parent’s address as it is less than 1km to my preferred school for my child.


Can anyone confirm that despite doing so, we’ll still be balloting under the 1-2km pool and not the < 1km pool…?

Thank you in advance!

[floppy]

greggytub\" post_id=\"2075374\" time=\"1658307141\" user_id=\"198803:

Hi.. I am thinking of making Declaration for Caregiver for my parent's address as it is less than 1km to my preferred school for my child.

Can anyone confirm that despite doing so, we'll still be balloting under the 1-2km pool and not the < 1km pool..?

Thank you in advance!

Yes, you will be under the 1-2km group.

[borntoruin]

Hello parents, got a quick question for experts here. My child has gained entry in 2C under the 1-2km category from school. Due to family circumstances, I need to move to another place, which is still within 1-2km. Do I need to inform the school or MOE of the address change? Thanks in advance.

[Estéema]

borntoruin\" post_id=\"2080309\" time=\"1661831224\" user_id=\"191795:

Hello parents, got a quick question for experts here. My child has gained entry in 2C under the 1-2km category from school. Due to family circumstances, I need to move to another place, which is still within 1-2km. Do I need to inform the school or MOE of the address change? Thanks in advance.

If u’re still within the OneMap specified 1-2km category, u shld be fine. Once u change address, u’ll be required to inform the sch immediately to facilitate mail communication fr MOE/sch.