National Registration Identity Card

This article is about the Singaporean national identity card. For other uses, see List of national identity card policies by country.

National Registration Identity Card
TypeIdentity card
Issued by Singapore
First issued1966; 58 years ago (1966)

The National Registration Identity Card (NRIC), colloquially known as "IC" (Malay: Kad Pengenalan Pendaftaran Negara; Chinese: 身份证; pinyin: Shēnfèn Zhèng; Tamil: அடையாள அட்டை, romanized: Aṭaiyāḷa Aṭṭai), is a compulsory identity document issued to citizens and permanent residents of Singapore.[1] People must register for an NRIC within one year of attaining the age of 15, or upon becoming a citizen or permanent resident.[2] Re-registrations are required for persons attaining the ages of 30 and 55, unless the person has been issued with an NRIC within ten years prior to the re-registration ages.

The National Registration Act 1965 (last amendment in 2016) legislates the establishment of a national registry, as well as the issuance and usage of NRICs.[3] The government agency responsible for the national registry and issuance of NRICs is the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), a department under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

  1. ^ Section 5, National Registration Act, Cap. 201
  2. ^ Section 3, National Registration Regulations, Cap. 201, RG 2
  3. ^ National Registration Act (Cap. 201)