Sec 3 NRIC

What does the alphabet at the start of your NRIC number represent?

• The century that you are born in.

• The type of citizen that you are (i.e. foreigner or citizen).

• The country that you are born in.

• The batch number of identity cards.

When was the first Identity Card given out in Singapore?

• 1965

• 1980

• 1990

• 1948

When did NRICs start to be colour-coded (i.e. Pink for citizens, Blue for permanent residents)?

• 1965

• 1977

• 1948

• 1966

What is not a security feature of the NRIC you're receiving today?

• individual barcode

• changeable laser image of the lion head logo

• blood type of citizen

• barcode

The first two digits of the NRIC number stands for the last two digits of the (a)   you were born in.

The last 5 digits of your NRIC number reflect the number of births registered (a)   you.

What was our first president Yusof Bin Ishak's NRIC number?

• S1234567N

• S0000001I

• S4879076N

• S9087654C

What was Lee Kuan Yew's NRIC number?

• S00000003E

• S00000004C

• S5678903W

• S09876545S