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台灣 · 香港

What actually constrains the decision

Identity and enrolment are not the “schools for children of foreign personnel” rulebook. Ask whether the passport even qualifies before you open the SAS Huacao map. Do not default these households onto the Korean-school bus
The bilingual track that actually comes up: YCIS (Hongqiao campus → Gubei / Hongqiao; Pudong campus → Century Park / Huamu / Lianyang, not Qiantan by default), YK Pao (Hongqiao / Songjiang, waitlist, interview early — housing is not the international-school bus map), SMIC (Zhangjiang, a private international division, different rules)
A public international division such as SHSID is a selection-and-identity gate, not a first landing the week you fly in
Language is not the barrier. These households can hear a Chinese agent; they compare transparency and a contract they can sign in English. Housing follows local premium logic: catchment, commute, long stay — not the school bus first

What agents get wrong

A bilingual track is not SAS Huacao. Ask whether the identity even qualifies for a school-for-foreign-personnel seat before you talk bus.

Where you live decides how far all of this is. Tell us what your week looks like — we shortlist homes around it.