The National Registration Identification Card (NRIC) Foreign Identification Number (FIN) is an extremely important identifier in Singapore for foreigners and citizens alike. The number can be used to check into hotels, create bank accounts, apply for a job, borrow books, and many more activities. Maintaining the security of an NRIC number is especially crucial as the number is permanent and can be used to extract additional information about the owner including age and residency status.
The National Registration Identification Card (NRIC) Foreign Identification Number (FIN) is an extremely important identifier in Singapore for foreigners and citizens alike. The number can be used to check into hotels, create bank accounts, apply for a job, borrow books, and many more activities. Maintaining the security of an NRIC number is especially crucial as the number is permanent and can be used to extract additional information about the owner including age and residency status.
You can read more about the NRIC number here
Will detect an alphanumeric string in the format of “A0000000A”.
Will use the first public and invalidated NRIC number “S0000001I” as a test case.