Pick your child’s residency. See which support applies and what it is worth.
For a Singapore Citizen child, all 10 benefits apply. School fees and the MediShield Life premium are costs, listed with their rows.
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Your setup: Citizen child
10 benefits and 3 school fees. Listed in the order your child meets them.
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At birth
Baby Bonus cash (Cash Gift and top-up)
S$10,000 in cash, for every birth order
Cash Gift instalments until 31 March 2027, then a top-up by 30 April 2027 brings the total to S$10,000. LifeSG’s Baby Bonus page still lists S$11,000 and S$13,000; its newer SG Child Support Package page sets the top-up.
PR child: not eligible. Only for Singapore Citizen children. A child who becomes a citizen before 12 can join. It is paid in full if a parent was a citizen at the birth, and pro-rated if not.
Foreign child: not eligible. Only for Singapore Citizen children. A child who becomes a citizen before 12 can join. It is paid in full if a parent was a citizen at the birth, and pro-rated if not.
Parents must be lawfully married. The SG Child Support Package replaces the cash gift for children born from 1 April 2027.
S$10,000 for a 3rd or later child born 18 February 2025 to 31 March 2027, and S$5,000 for every child born from 1 April 2027. The Government also matches what you save, up to your child’s cap.
PR child: not eligible. Not while the child is a PR. The CDA opens if your child becomes a citizen before 12.
Foreign child: not eligible. Not while the child is a foreigner. The CDA opens if your child becomes a citizen before 12.
Depends on the parents, not the child. Up to S$3,280 for a caesarean, including S$900 for pre-delivery care. Plus up to S$1,130 a day for the first 2 days in hospital, and S$400 a day after that.
PR child: S$2,020 for a normal delivery. CPF says the package applies to citizens and PRs. Same limits.
Foreign child: not eligible. CPF says the package applies to citizens and PRs. Its page does not cover a foreign mother using a citizen or PR spouse’s MediSave.
Fully subsidised at CHAS GP clinics, and up to fully subsidised at polyclinics, for the vaccines on MOH’s list.
PR child: MOH says eligible citizen and PR children may get up to full subsidies at polyclinics. MOH states the CHAS GP subsidy for citizen children only, so ask a GP what a PR child pays.
Foreign child: check with the agency. MOH’s page states the subsidies for citizen and PR children only. Ask the clinic what a foreign child pays.
The most is S$163 a month at Anchor Operator kindergartens, at the lowest incomes, with a S$1 co-payment. At an MOE Kindergarten the S$160 fee leaves at least S$1 to pay. For household income up to S$12,000 in 2026, and S$15,000 from 1 January 2027.
PR child: not eligible. ECDA states KiFAS is for Singapore Citizen children.
Foreign child: not eligible. ECDA states KiFAS is for Singapore Citizen children.
Instead of S$300 for a first helper, while a citizen child below 16 lives with you. For a parent MOM grants it from the birth date. Anyone else adds the child on FDW eService first.
PR child: not eligible. MOM’s young-child concession needs a Singapore Citizen child below 16. Normal levy: S$300 a month.
Foreign child: not eligible. MOM’s young-child concession needs a Singapore Citizen child below 16. Normal levy: S$300 a month.
No school fee for citizens. Miscellaneous fees of S$13 a month apply to every pupil.
PR child: S$330 a month. PR school fee in 2026, plus S$13 miscellaneous fees.
Foreign child: S$595 a month, ASEAN, S$1,035 non-ASEAN. International student fee in 2026: S$595 a month for ASEAN pupils, S$1,035 for other countries. Plus S$14.17 miscellaneous fees a month, GST included (MOE fees checker).
PR child: S$680 a month. PR school fee in 2026, plus S$20 miscellaneous fees.
Foreign child: S$1,090 a month, ASEAN, S$2,190 non-ASEAN. International student fee in 2026: S$1,090 a month for ASEAN students, S$2,190 for other countries. Plus S$21.80 miscellaneous fees a month, GST included (MOE fees checker).
We read each benefit on the agency’s own page (LifeSG, ECDA, CPF, MOH, MOM and MOE). Where a page states a benefit only for Singapore Citizen children, we show it as not applying to PR and foreign children. Where it is silent and could go either way, we say to check with the agency.