All About Home Addresses

[citygirl]

24hr-mum:

anyway moe just told me if its rented prpoerty, just declare to the sch becos supp to state permanent address as per ic.


if no balloting in that category, doesnt matter rent or own.
if got baloting, rented ppty are excluded

Hmm... I've always thought that your NRIC should state where you live, regardless of whether the property is owned or rented. And that you do not need to declare if the property is rented, if that is where you truly are living and intend to live for the duration your child is in the school.

If people who rent are excluded from balloting, then I imagine many PRs and even a handful of Singaporeans (who genuinely live near the school) would not qualify.

But as BigDevil says, who would declare if not prompted? This is a little-known \"rule\", is hard to enforce and check, and might I add, a tad unfair. Assuming of course that you are truly living in that rented property.

[khaine]

Hi everyone,


I saw some post previously with my situation but I didn’t see a reply on the final outcome from the poster.

Situation:
1. Will be selling my flat in Punggol (MOP completed)
2. Buying a private resale property <1km of school of choice (its completed by 2009, but official TOP is 2012) which we will stay once its ready (ie finished reno)
3. Rent a flat in Punggol in the meantime, as my kids have a lot of English and Chinese classes here, plus their current kindergarden school bus is only willing to pick them up from here.

Therefore, if by the time of P1 registration, I’m still renting at Punggol but have the OTP or S&P of the private resale property.

Can I use the address of the private resale property that I bought?

Which document will be required? OTP or S&P?

[tankee]

hi Khaine


For children registered in 2010 for P1 in 2011, MOE allowed parents to use address of yet to complete housing as long as the TOP is no later than 31 Dec 2012.

Since you are only registering your child in 2011 or later, you should be very safe to use your new private property that TOP in 2012.

[khaine]

Called both the school and MOE. Reply is that can use Sales & Purchasing document plus any other legal documents that shows that I have purchased the private condo and use that address for registration. School may ask me to sign a letter of agreement stating that I need to be staying at the address by the time my kid starts P1. NRIC address will not be used in this case.

[khaine]

Update with email reply from MOE. This should answer the question if you can use the re-sale private property address for registration but have not moved in yet.


"We would like to share with you that based on the current guideline, the address used for the registration of a child (assuming Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident) during the Primary 1 registration exercise is based on the family’s permanent address i.e. staying at this address on a long-term basis.

However as you have mentioned that you will only be able to shift in probably after the Primary 1 registration exercise, we would like to advise you that you will be able to use your new private resale condo address for the purpose of registration if you are able to produce the following required original documents for the registration.

- Legal document - Signed copy of the Option to Purchase Letter;
- Bank approval letter to show payment of down payment or house loan;
- Any legal documents to prove that parents are the legal owner of the new property.
- Any other legal documents related to this purchase of new property.

Please also note that parents will be asked to sign a letter of undertaking that they will move into the property by the commencement of the school term. "

[NoeNothinG]

hi, i got a question…


we rented a hse recently & going to move in very soon bcoz we wanted to register our boy to our choice of school in this coming Jul/Aug but later happened to hear tat the owner actually has intention use the same address (which we will be staying in) to register their kid to the same school in next year registration…

my question is… if we still stay at tat place then the owner cannot use the same address to register their kid to the same school (let’s say we manage to get our boy into that school) right even thou the property is theirs but they already rented out to us… ?

anyone can help me to reconfirm this?
thanks in advance!

[24hr-mum]

i think by right the owner cannot use becos he isnt staying there. but maybe the owner will chase u out? as in break the rental contract n pay u $ if he really wants that sch?


shd hv checked whr the owner has kids gg p1 before renting a plc.

better write to MOE to clarify who can use that address.

but the possibility of being chased out by landlord is there even if u have the right to register??

[NoeNothinG]

24hr mum,


thanks for ur reply!

haiya we also never thot this will happen… but juz wonder if in the event we mange to get our kid into tat school, and one year later the owner also use (if they really do) the same address & got their kid in same school too… wat will happen?

[LOLMum]

i believe you need to stay at the address you are using to register your kid for at least 2 years. so is your contract for 1 or 2 years?


if you are still the lawful tenant (your nric reflecting the rented unit address with a valid tenancy agreement), the owner is unable to use this address to register his child because he is not living there.

should he use this address to register and get into trouble, it has nothing to do with you, the lawful tenant.

that’s my understanding from moe when i rented a place a few years ago.

[NoeNothinG]

hi LOLmum,


thanks for your reply! tat's wat i think also, so long as we are valid tenant then no fear...

we signed for 2+1 yr lease, initially even wanted to go for 3+1 for agent said nowadays no one rent for so long :roll:

hmm... now i think shall we tell the owner abt this when we collect the key from them in 2 weeks time...