What is NRIC? It is useful for studying in Singapore~

NRIC is the identity card number of Singapore citizens and permanent residents. Singapore citizens have a pink card and permanent residents have a blue card. NRIC in Singapore refers to the number written on the IPA letter. If international students want to enter a Singapore government school, they need to take the AEIS exam. If they want to enter the Singapore Junior College, which is equivalent to a domestic high school, they need to take the O-level exam. In addition to O-levels, Singapore also has an exam specifically for international students and returning Singaporeans, J-PACT.

J-PACT is the abbreviation of Junior College-Principal College Certification Examination. It allows candidates to apply for admission to junior colleges at the beginning of the new school year, that is, in January and February every year. The purpose is to allow students who want to enter Singapore’s junior colleges The college's students have a streamlined application and admissions process. Since 2004, the J-PACT exam has helped more than 25,000 students successfully enter junior colleges. They no longer need to take entrance exams held by individual colleges, simplifying the application and admission procedures.

Extended information:

The Singapore ID card is divided into two styles: blue and pink. The blue ID card holder represents the foreign nationals who immigrated to Singapore. The back of the certificate will indicate the original nationality of the holder. This form of certificate can permanently reside in Singapore, and is also called a permanent resident in Singapore. Pink ID card holders represent native-born Singaporeans, who are called Singapore citizens differently from immigrants. The identities and titles between the two are different but there is no difference in efficiency.

The identity number is a characteristic combination code, which consists of a seventeen-digit body code and a one-digit check code. The order from left to right is: six-digit address code, eight-digit date of birth code, three-digit sequence code and one-digit check code. The address code represents the administrative division code of the county (county-level city, banner, district) where the coding object's permanent residence is located, and is implemented in accordance with the provisions of GB/T2260. The date of birth code represents the year, month, and day of the encoding object's birth. It is implemented in accordance with the provisions of GB/T7408. There is no separator between the year, month, and day codes.