All About Home Addresses

[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...

[24hr-mum]

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.

did moe say must at least stay in rented place for how long before and after the p1 registration?

can tenants take part if there is balloting?

[30plus]

On one hand, I agree you have nothing to fear if you are legal tenant. But you may have headache as well.


You just signed the tenancy. End of 2 year is end 2012. The +1 may never work out because that +1 is to extend at market rate. If the owner want to throw you out, he will not agree any rate as market rate.

In 2012 registration, he can proof he is the owner of the unit and undertake that he will live in the unit when the school starts in 2013.

Then it is your turn to proof you still live within the distance in 2013.

[30plus]

24hr-mum:

did moe say must at least stay in rented place for how long before and after the p1 registration?

can tenants take part if there is balloting?

I read somewhere in KSP on the standard answer from MOE.

There is no disadvantage of tenant. There is no requirement on how long before you have to be in that place but you are expected to stay in that place through out the whole primary.