Celebratory Gifts
To recognise your contribution to NS, we want to celebrate the significant moments of your life with you. From 1st January 2016, NSmen who solemnise their marriage, welcome a newborn or adopt a child into their family will be eligible for Celebratory Gifts.
Eligibility
To qualify, you must meet all the following criteria at the time of marriage, birth of newborn or adoption:
- Attended at least 1 Operationally Ready National Service (ORNS) activity in the last 3 work-years
- Did not receive an ‘E’ grading for any In-Camp Training (ICT) in the last 3 work-years
- Have not been phased into MINDEF Reserve (MR)
- Have not committed civil or military offences
Eligible NSmen will be notified via SMS and in writing.
Credit allocation
You will be given $100 worth of credits redeemable for vouchers when you solemnise your marriage or each time you welcome a new child into the family.
Application
For local marriage and child birth, you do not need to apply for Celebratory Gifts. MINDEF will retrieve the marriage and child’s information from the relevant public agencies and process the gifts.
The exceptions are cases of adoption, marriages that have taken place overseas and not registered with ROM/ROMM, and overseas birth, where you are required to make an application. Please submit the completed application form to the admin branch of your NS unit.
Notification and redemption
You will receive a SMS within 1 month from:
- The registration of your marriage,
- Updating your new child’s records with the relevant public agency, or
- The approval of your manual application.
You are required to utilise your credits within 12 months of receiving the SMS notification.
If you did not receive the SMS notification, you may call the NS Hotline at 1800-eNSNSNS (1800-3676767) or e-mail contact@ns.sg for clarification, as well as queries regarding redemption or collection of gift packages.
