GIRO is an easy and convenient way for students to pay fees to or receive payment from the Polytechnic. All students are expected to have GIRO arrangement with the Polytechnic.

Application for GIRO arrangement authorises the Polytechnic to deduct the fees payable by you directly from your authorised bank account through GIRO. It also serves as your standing instruction to the Polytechnic to pay all monies due to you (if applicable) to the same bank account, unless a separate instruction is given to us.

Either student’s or parent’s / guardian’s savings / current account with any one of the GIRO participating banks can be used.

No, you have to fill up a new application form to authorise your bank to pay to Temasek Polytechnic.

No, only saving or current account can be used.

If you are a new student enrolled to the Polytechnic in this semester, you are required to set up the GIRO arrangement at the point of your enrolment.

You may set up GIRO arrangement simply by following the steps below:

• DBS/POSB account holders to log in to DBS/POSB iBanking
• Select Pay (Bills and Cards) and click on “Add GIRO Arrangement”
• Select “Temasek Polytechnic” under Billing Organisation.
• Enter your Student Admission Number under Bill Reference Number and proceed to submit the application. The last character in your admission number must be in CAPS i.e. 23XXXXXA. Otherwise, you are required to re-submit your GIRO application.

Note:
1.  Incorrect or incomplete online application will not be processed.

2.  Students are to check the GIRO record updated by the Polytechnic under Finance Enquiry with TP Oei.

If you are a new student enrolled to the Polytechnic in this semester, you are required to submit the compulsory forms Application for Interbank GIRO Form (PDF: 86KB) together with your enrolment forms.

If you are an existing student, you can download the form from Application for Interbank GIRO Form (PDF: 86KB) and submit the duly completed form either by mail to Student Finance & Collection, Finance & Administration, Temasek Polytechnic, 21 Tampines Ave 1, Singapore 529757 or deposit in the “Finance” drop-in box outside Student Services.

Before submission, please read the important notes stated on the form carefully and note that if your authorised bank account is :

• operated by signature
  • to sign as per the specimen signature(s) maintained at the bank. 
  • for joint accounts where 2 signatures are required, both account holders are to sign on the application form.
• operated by thumbprint
  • the bank account holder has to visit the bank personally to obtain the bank's verification on the thumbprint and endorsement on the application form.

Upon receipt of the fund from the Financial Scheme Organisation, the Polytechnic will work out the excess amount you have paid and refund it to your approved GIRO account.

No, you are NOT allowed to use correction fluid to make amendments on the application form. Error should be crossed out neatly and amendments should be written next to it. For all errors, the account holder has to sign beside the amendment as per specimen signatures maintained with the bank.

Yes, please open a bank account with a GIRO participating bank in Singapore after you have arrived, and your student pass application is approved by the Government of Singapore. After opening the bank account, please refer to the above instructions on Interbank GIRO application. For submission of hardcopy GIRO application form, deposit the form in the “Finance” drop box outside Student Services by 28 April 2023. The form will be submitted for bank processing. If it is approved, the approved GIRO account will be shown on the fee payable statement which can be retrieved from TP Oei.

You can view your full bank account details at TP Oei through a mobile device. If the bank account is not approved, you will have to pay your fees by one of the payment modes mentioned under Fees Payment and Enquiries: What mode of payment can I use to settle my fees.

Yes,

1. For DBS/POSB approved GIRO accounts, you may submit the termination by logging in to DBS/POSB iBanking.
   For non DBS/POSB approved GIRO accounts, please submit your termination at https://go.gov.sg/approved-giro-termination.
   
   
2. If you wish to use another bank account for your GIRO arrangement, you have to:
   1. terminate the current GIRO arrangement (please refer to item (a) above)
   2. submit a new application through DBS/POSB iBanking for DBS/POSB account holders or a new 'Application for interbank GIRO' form in by the 1st week of the semester. 

The new application will supersede the existing GIRO arrangement once approved by the bank.

The 'Application for interbank GIRO' form can be downloaded below under Student Finance & Collection.

Do NOT change your GIRO arrangement for fee deduction as shown on the fee payable statement as it will not be in time for the Polytechnic to stop the fee deduction from your bank account for that semester.

Your GIRO application is only effective when the statement 'The amount payable will be deducted from bank account ... on dd/mm/yyyy' appears on your fee payable statement. SMS received from your bank is not a confirmation of GIRO arrangement as school may only receive the confirmation after fee payable statement is generated. The GIRO arrangement confirmed by the bank after the fee payable statement is generated will be effected from next semester onwards.

Please ensure sufficient fund balance in your bank account on fee deduction date as shown on the fee payable statement. No receipt will be issued for GIRO deduction.

No, there is only ONE GIRO deduction for each semester. If GIRO deduction is unsuccessful, you may make payment by one of the payment modes mentioned below under Fees Payment and Enquiries: What mode of payment can I use to settle my fees.

Yes, you are required to cancel your GIRO authorisation with your bank if you withdraw from your course of study.