Moving to Singapore with children checklist

1Passes

• Check whether your child can get a Dependant's PassMOM: for Employment Pass and S Pass holders earning a fixed monthly salary of at least S$6,000, for unmarried children below 21.
• Ask your employer to applyThe employer or its employment agent applies. MOM charges S$105 to apply and S$225 when each pass is issued.
• Copy your child's birth certificate with both parents' names, and the passport particulars page
• No Dependant's Pass or Long-Term Visit Pass? Plan for an ICA Student's PassApply 2 to 3 months before school starts. ICA charges a S$45 processing fee and needs a local sponsor.

2Vaccinations

• Find your child's measles and diphtheria recordsCommunicable Diseases Agency: both vaccinations are compulsory for children under the Infectious Diseases Act.
• Child aged 12 or below and applying for a new pass? Get the Communicable Diseases Agency's vaccination verification firstMOM needs it for a new Dependant's Pass. ICA asks Student's Pass applicants to send records to the Communicable Diseases Agency.
• Have records not in English translated into English
• Once your child has a FIN, add earlier jabs to the National Immunisation RegistryYou need the birth certificate and the original records. Only vaccines on Singapore's schedule are added.

3School

• Check your child's route: P1, AEIS or S-AEISUse the school places for international students tool, then confirm on MOE's pages.
• Get the birth certificate translated into English if it is in another language
• Keep the passport bio-data page and the pass details readyFor S-AEIS, MOE asks for a passport valid for at least 6 months.
• Have a Singapore address where your child lives or will live

4Health cover

• Check your family's health insuranceMOH: MediShield Life covers Singapore Citizens and PRs. A child on a Dependant's Pass or Student's Pass is neither.
• Bring your child's medical notes and any medicines' names, translated if needed

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