All About Home Addresses

[skii]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2129654\" time=\"1708740566\" user_id=\"3:

If there was no balloting, there are no restrictions on where you want to move at anytime

Boss. Not 100% true.

Restriction occurs when someone gains an advantage due to distance.
(Balloting is secondary)


Example
2c
40 slots
60 applicants- 40 sg + 20 pr

All sg got in without balloting
But the sg gained an advantage during this stage and thus needs to fulfill the 30 month stay requirement.

[zac's mum]

picksandpegs\" post_id=\"2134382\" time=\"1716912449\" user_id=\"204813:

Hi all, I’ve looked around the forum but it seems no one has had the same situation as I do.

My current home is <1km of the school we want to register for, but we had gotten a BTO which is estimated to be ready in the third quarter of 2026. This new BTO is further away from the school (between 1km and 2km)

The thing is we can’t be certain when the BTO will be ready, but we cannot move in to the new BTO before Jan 2027 because we will need to stay in the current flat for at least 30 months in order to be eligible for the 1km priority.

In the event that the new BTO is indeed ready by the 3rd quarter of 2026, what options have we got? Is it possible to drag out our occupancy at the old flat for another few months until we meet the 30 month requirement? Or what else can we do?

You will be able to delay key collection of the BTO from HDB due to your extenuating circumstances (need to fulfill the legal requirement to MOE). U can double check with HDB on this point.

[ChiefKiasu]

skii\" post_id=\"2134391\" time=\"1716950339\" user_id=\"82603:

Boss. Not 100% true.

Restriction occurs when someone gains an advantage due to distance.
(Balloting is secondary)


Example
2c
40 slots
60 applicants- 40 sg + 20 pr

All sg got in without balloting
But the sg gained an advantage during this stage and thus needs to fulfill the 30 month stay requirement.

Wow... I didn't know that. Thanks for informing!

So as long as you got in a Phase where there is balloting will you be subject to that 30 month requirement, even if you got in at a distance category with no balloting required.

[crazy_dan]

Just to check, as my wife and my son will be out of Singapore for two months due to some emergency ( July and August )

Can I rent a bedroom within 1km of the school before primary school registration starts and I am the only person to stay there, if got balloted, I will rent another whole unit (same distance) when they come back, and that will be required to update an address again, does it allow?

[skii]

crazy_dan\" post_id=\"2135414\" time=\"1719040548\" user_id=\"204982:

Just to check, as my wife and my son will be out of Singapore for two months due to some emergency ( July and August )
Can I rent a bedroom within 1km of the school before primary school registration starts and I am the only person to stay there, if got balloted, I will rent another whole unit (same distance) when they come back, and that will be required to update an address again, does it allow?

Follow saf 8th core value

[crazy_dan]

skii\" post_id=\"2135434\" time=\"1719102149\" user_id=\"82603:

Follow saf 8th core value

means what?

[Not_Kiasu]

MOE officer will conduct random house visits. Make sure u at home.

[ChiefKiasu]

As far as I know, in the past, parents are allowed to move but it must be within the ballot distance from the school. Has the rule been changed such that parents are not allowed to move at all?

[phtthp]

crazy_dan\" post_id=\"2135414\" time=\"1719040548\" user_id=\"204982:

Just to check, as my wife and my son will be out of Singapore for two months due to some emergency ( July and August )
Can I rent a bedroom within 1km of the school before primary school registration starts and I am the only person to stay there, if got balloted, I will rent another whole unit (same distance) when they come back, and that will be required to update an address again, does it allow?

They can do random spot check, at your house. There are observant \"spies\" around inside the primary school, to spot check on address tallying. You won't know who these \"spies\" are. But, they exist. Especially for highly popular or in-great-demand primary schools, where kids are registered under Phase 2B and Phase 2C.

If u are not staying there, the Primary 1 school Form Teacher will ask your P1 (son / daughter) where he / she is staying now. Form Teachers have a way to know, to tell, whether P1 students are telling the truth, or lying, where they live. If the address your kid currently staying in doesn't tally with the home address which u have used previously to register your child into the school,
then,
school will call parents up to verify, why.

[ChiefKiasu]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2135463\" time=\"1719181932\" user_id=\"35251:

They can do random spot check, at your house. There are observant \"spies\" around inside the primary school, to spot check on address tallying. You won't know who these \"spies\" are. But, they exist. Especially for highly popular or in-great-demand primary schools, where kids are registered under Phase 2B and Phase 2C.

If u are not staying there, the Primary 1 school Form Teacher will ask your P1 (son / daughter) where he / she is staying now. Form Teachers have a way to know, to tell, whether P1 students are telling the truth, or lying, where they live. If the address your kid currently staying in doesn't tally with the home address which u have used previously to register your child into the school,
then,
school will call parents up to verify, why.

This doesn't really answer the question of whether the parent is allowed to move within the 2 years to another place within the same distance. Must the parent stay put at the address he/she used to register the child for the 2 years?