Annual Number of Applications for NRIC and Passport in Past Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 14 Jan 2019.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the annual number of applications for NRIC and passport over the past five years, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles for non-online submissions.
The Minister responded that details for passport applications, including online proportions and age profiles, are provided in Tables 1A and 1B, and similar information for NRIC applications is in Table 2.
NRIC applications primarily come from mandatory re-registration at ages 15, 30, and 55, optional re-registration for those above 55, and requests to change particulars or replace lost or damaged cards.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye

Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the annual number of applications for NRIC and passport respectively in the past five years; (b) how many of these applications are online applications; and (c) what are the age profiles of those who have submitted non-online applications.

K Shanmugam

The annual number of passport applications, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles of those who submitted non-online applications can be found in Tables 1A and 1B below.

National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) applications are received mainly through the mandatory NRIC registration and re-registration exercises at age 15, 30 and 55, as well as the optional NRIC re-registration exercise for those born before 1 January 1962, that is, those above age 55 as at 1 January 2017. In addition, NRIC applications are also submitted by those who wish to change their NRIC particulars, or to replace their lost or damaged NRICs.

For each of the above groups, the annual number of applications, and the proportion of online applications can be found in Table 2 below.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the annual number of applications for NRIC and passport over the past five years, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles for non-online submissions.
The Minister responded that details for passport applications, including online proportions and age profiles, are provided in Tables 1A and 1B, and similar information for NRIC applications is in Table 2.
NRIC applications primarily come from mandatory re-registration at ages 15, 30, and 55, optional re-registration for those above 55, and requests to change particulars or replace lost or damaged cards.

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Annual Number of Applications for NRIC and Passport in Past Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 14 Jan 2019.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the annual number of applications for NRIC and passport over the past five years, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles for non-online submissions.
The Minister responded that details for passport applications, including online proportions and age profiles, are provided in Tables 1A and 1B, and similar information for NRIC applications is in Table 2.
NRIC applications primarily come from mandatory re-registration at ages 15, 30, and 55, optional re-registration for those above 55, and requests to change particulars or replace lost or damaged cards.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye

K Shanmugam

The annual number of passport applications, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles of those who submitted non-online applications can be found in Tables 1A and 1B below.

For each of the above groups, the annual number of applications, and the proportion of online applications can be found in Table 2 below.

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Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the annual number of applications for NRIC and passport over the past five years, the proportion of online applications, and the age profiles for non-online submissions.
The Minister responded that details for passport applications, including online proportions and age profiles, are provided in Tables 1A and 1B, and similar information for NRIC applications is in Table 2.
NRIC applications primarily come from mandatory re-registration at ages 15, 30, and 55, optional re-registration for those above 55, and requests to change particulars or replace lost or damaged cards.

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