Transfer / Withdrawal / Deferment Policy

ICRI Centre For Life Sciences & Professional Management allows students to transfer from a course X to another course Y within the institutes with payment of a transfer fee.

Should a student transfer from course X to another course Y, then withdraw from course Y during the 7 days cooling off period, this is treated as a withdrawal from the original course X.

The institute allows students to withdraw from a course in accordance with the fee refund policy.

A transfer to another private institute is regarded as a withdrawal from ICRI CENTRE FOR LIFE SCIENCES & PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT.

Students who withdraw because they are successful in their application for educational institutions funded by the Singapore Government (Institute of Technical Education, the polytechnics or universities) and can show an acceptance letter are given a refund as per the refund policy

The table below summarizes the key aspects of the transfer and withdrawal policies.

Full details of the policy are also available on the institute web site, student contract.

Students should note the following which is very important for their stay in Singapore on withdrawal from the institutes:

• if the international student withdraws from the institutes, the institutes would login to the ICA system to cancel the student pass. When cancelled the student would have 30 days to remain in Singapore.
• if the international student transfers to another course, the institutes would have to apply for a new student pass. They are warned that should ICA reject the application for new pass, and cancel the old one, the international student would be forced to return home.

The institutes will regularly review its transfer / withdrawal policy to ensure that it remains fair to the students.

Transfer / Withdrawal Procedures

The institutes’ procedure for withdrawal/transfer to another institutes is as follows:

• When the student gives written notice of his intention to withdraw, the marketing personnel will talk to the student to find out why he wants to withdraw.
• If student does not change his intention, the Principal, will interview the student to understand his situation and to administer the end course survey (if necessary)
• Principal then passes the case to the Institutes Administrator with instructions, if any, for processing.
• The Institutes Administrator attends to the various withdrawal matters including
  • issuance of a letter to student effecting the withdrawal
  • cancellation of the student pass
  • termination of the contract
  • informing the FPS provider
  • refunding the student
  • issuing the attendance record, if applicable

The institutes’ procedure for transfer to another course within the institutes is as follows:

• When the student gives written notice of his intention to transfer course, the counter staff gives the letter of transfer to the institutes administrator.
• The institutes administrator will discuss with student the reasons for his wanting to transfer, and explain to the student the implications for his student pass, etc. The student is invited to decide how he wants to proceed, whether to:
  • stop temporarily and start again later in his new course, or
  • maintain his current course and apply for a new student pass simultaneously for the new course.

If the student wishes to stop temporarily,

• The institutes Administrator will inform Principal, who will interview the student to understand his situation.
• Principal then passes the case to the Institutes Administrator with instructions, if any, for processing.
• The Institutes Administrator attend to the various transfer matters including
  • issuance of a letter to student effecting the transfer
  • cancellation of the student pass and applying for a new one
  • termination of the existing contract and issuance of a new one
  • informing the FPS provider
  • transferring the student’s account to the new course (unused fee, how much to top up, etc)
  • Issuing invoice for the differential fee and collecting it and issuing receipt

On the other hand, if the student wishes to maintain his current course and simultaneously apply for a new student pass for new course

• the Institutes administrator will apply student pass
• the Marketing Mgr gives a new contract (already signed by Principal to the student.
• if new student pass is approved, the transfer takes place. Institutes administrator inform FPS provider. Based on the date, institutes administrator will inform CPE within 3 days.
• The student signs the contract, and pays the transfer fee
• Institutes Administrator issues receipt