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Required Documents for Primary One Registration Exercise

The originals of each required document must be produced at the school of choice at the time of registration. Parents who registered online through the P1 Internet System (P1-IS) will have to produce the originals of each required document to the school when requested or upon reporting to the school.

Citizenship Documents Required
Singapore Citizens
  1. The child’s Singapore Birth Certificate
  2. The child’s Singapore Citizenship Certificate for those who are not Singapore Citizens at the time of birth
  3. Singapore NRIC of both parents or Entry / Re-entry Permits of parents if they do not possess Singapore NRIC
  4. The child’s Immunisation Certificates
Singapore Permanent Residents
  1. The child’s Birth Certificate
  2. The child’s Entry/Re-entry Permit
  3. Singapore NRIC of both parents or Entry/Re-entry Permits of parents if they do not possess Singapore NRIC
  4. The child’s Immunisation Certificates
Non-Singapore Citizens / Non-Singapore Permanent Residents
  1. The child’s Birth Certificate
  2. The child’s Passport
  3. The child’s Immigration Exemption Order / Dependant’s Pass (if any)
  4. The child’s Letter on Outcome of Qualifying Test / Admissions Exercise for International Students (if any)
  5. Parents’ travel document/Singapore NRIC/Entry or Re-entry Permit/Employment Pass/Work Permit
  6. The child’s Immunisation Certificates

Other Required Documents

Parents are to produce other required documents where applicable.

Immunisation Certificates

All parents should produce the immunisation certificates (BCG, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella and Hepatitis B) of their children at the time of registration. Documentary evidence of immunisation can be downloaded from the National Immunisation Registry website.

With reference to Singapore’s National Childhood Immunisation Schedule, all children (Singapore Citizens and Non-Singapore Citizens) should have completed the following immunisations before entry into Primary One:

  1. BCG

    1 dose (usually given at birth)

  2. Diphtheria*, Pertussis & Tetanus

    3 doses (usually given at 3, 4 & 5 months)
    +1 booster dose (usually given at 18 months)

  3. Oral Sabin (immunisation against poliomyelitis)

    3 doses (at 3, 4 & 5 months)
    + 1 booster dose (usually given at 18 months)

  4. Measles*, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)

    1 dose (usually given at 1 – 2 years)

  5. Hepatitis B

    3 doses (usually given at birth, 1 & 5 to 6 months)

* Immunisation against diphtheria and measles is compulsory by law in Singapore.

The School Health Service team will visit the school to provide the follow-up immunisation boosters in accordance to the Singapore’s National Childhood Immunisation Schedule.

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Letter of Authorization

Parents may issue a letter of authorization to their relatives or friends to register their children. The letter of authorization and the relevant documents required for a particular phase are sufficient for registration purposes. For families who are overseas at the point of registration and cannot produce the originals of the relevant documents, photocopies of these documents together with the written evidence of overseas posting can be produced by the proxy authorized by the families. However, the originals of these documents must be produced for verification by the school before 2 Jan 2012. You may download the letter of authorization (73kb .pdf).

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Statutory Declaration

Statutory declarations (SD) are required for parents who wish to register their child using the address of the child’s grandparent or the parent’s sibling in a school within 2 kilometres from that address. For the purpose of registration, the child’s grandparent or the parent’s sibling and one of the child’s parents are required to make a statutory declaration at the MOE Customer Service Centre. The SD can be made from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays and from 8.00 am to 12 noon on Saturdays, from Wednesday 29 Jun 2011 to Friday 12 Aug 2011. Please refer to Statutory Declaration for more information on the eligibility criteria and the documents to produce.

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Proof of Purchase of Yet-to-be Completed Property

An original Sales and Purchase document is required if the address of a yet-to-be completed private property is used for registration. The date of commitment by the developer in the Temporary Occupation Permit (T.O.P.) must not be later than 31 Dec 2013. In the case of a yet-to-be completed HDB flat, the Agreement for Lease is required.

Parents must move into the new property within two years of the child’s entry into Primary One.

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Proof of Overseas Posting

Overseas Singaporeans who wish to register their children for Primary One are to produce written evidence of overseas posting. More information on the registration procedures for Overseas Singaporean can be found on the Overseas Singaporean page.

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Documents to Show Eligibility for Phase 2A(1)

Relevant documents certifying the status (e.g. member of the School Advisory/Management Committee, or former student of the school and member of the school’s alumni association) of the parent must be provided.

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Documents to Show Eligibility for Phase 2A(2)

Relevant documents certifying the status (e.g. staff or former student of the school) of the parent, brother or sister and also the relationship between the brother or sister and the child must be provided.

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Documents to Show Eligibility for Phase 2B

A letter from the organisation to certify that the parent is a member endorsed by the organisation directly connected to the school must be provided.

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