I am not an expert but maintaining these style of links does two things:teck21 wrote:Thank you.
He's on the high functioning end of the spectrum which makes Singapore (and even Oz) a difficult place for him. All he ever got here were the 'nasty child who obviously hasn't been caned enough' looks from strangers, or often, not even strangers.
Thanks for the responses and the links so far.
He was never issued an NRIC on account of his age, and obviously has no CPF of his own.
But now it seems the actions of the parents themselves play an important role?
His parents will have to renounce their Singapore citizenship as well? If so, can that be done together as a family when he reaches 21? Will his parents' continued use of their Singapore passports when he is between 11/133 and 21 render him unable to renounce without defaulting on NS?
And their CPF funds? They had previously owned an executive condominium before, and accepted the HDB grant but that was a pretty long time ago now. They sold it when they were sure they would move to Oz, but now do own private property which is being serviced from their existing CPF funds (plus rental income). Is there something they need to do about this?
in all honesty, he will have to go through CMPB's doctors (who may refer him to civilian specialists, as well as rely on other documentation provided by the boy's parents) so that his suitability for NS may be ascertained.teck21 wrote:The original idea was that he could come back to serve NS, but he has behavioural issues (which is why they moved back then because autism wasn't really considered a 'thing' yet) , that unless rectified would likely get him into a truckload of trouble in an authoritarian environment like the armed forces.
My sister thinks doing NS would do him more harm than good, which I am inclined to believe now.
OP this is good feedback from someone who knows the way it works and has brought his children successfully out of Singapore.Mad Scientist wrote:OP
I am confused. There way I see it your nephew's parents wants him to skip NS due to his shortcomings but the parents wants to still hang on to SC citizesnhip
it won't work
Which is it ?
if he wants to serve NS or "mom' is worried about his disabilities, I am inclined to go with Taxico. The child needs to have a chronology of events or sickness or being identified by SG GP, professional as an autism child. It must be in MOH database. Then on to SAF MO which will be a breeze once identified.
He will be either Pes E or exempt from NS for all you know
You cannot go with overseas professional, Mindef will not accept
If you want to skip NS altogether then age 13 apply for EP
Family must acquire OZ citizenship not PR.
Parent must renounce first, then at age 13 state intention that child wishes to renounce SG citizenship when child turns 21
You cannot have both your ways. It is either MINDEF way or the highway
steps have been taken to reduce the likelihood of that happening again.teck21 wrote:...I am in no position to say whether or not he can get an exemption, although I would suspect it is very unlikely given how highly functioning he is. He appears normal, barring an almost complete inability to 'read people's face colors' (literally translated from Chinese) and virtually all non-verbal cues people send when communicating resulting in him frequently being 'kuai lan' (insolent and sometimes offensive) without even realising his behaviour is causing estrangement from, and anger in other people.
I have seen people with far worse conditions in NS, and I'm thinking about the poor schizophrenic NSF who killed himself after being treated harshly despite his superiors being completely aware of his condition from memos from the medical officer...
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