A question to the thread-starter,
is yourself or spouse hiding something which HDB should not know?
I do not think this is the correct question to ask. There is nothing to hide to start with. If essential occupier is not even necessary for TS' case, this question will be of no concern.
You had given a strong impression that you do not want to add in your foreigner spouse + child (I assume spore citizen maybe? ) , why is this so?
Other than the fact your spouse may have a pte property in their own country (which you may think your BTO may be rejected) , I dont see any compelling reason for u not to add them as occupier.
Even if the foreign spouse owns 10 private properties, it is not going to affect anything. To start with, and I am sounding like a broken recorder already, it is not necessary to add, so I do not see the need to give any reason.
If the future spouse already owns a private property, the more the name should not be added.
Basically , I find it weird u don't trust HDB words, but put strong faith with strangers on forum?
It is weird, but I can only say, probably 9 out of 10 HDB officers do not know it right on this subject matter... However, probably 9 out of 10 people do not know much about this either, and therefore could not put across their questions to the HDB officers correctly and it becomes a chicken question and a duck answer.