diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Controllers/UserController.cs b/AceJobAgency/Controllers/UserController.cs
index fef9a20..b80e234 100644
--- a/AceJobAgency/Controllers/UserController.cs
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Controllers/UserController.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
 using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using AceJobAgency.Data;
 using AceJobAgency.Entities;
 using AceJobAgency.Utilities;
@@ -17,11 +16,13 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Controllers
     {
         private readonly DataContext _context;
         private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
+        private readonly IEncryptionService _encryptionService;
 
-        public UserController(DataContext context, IConfiguration configuration)
+        public UserController(DataContext context, IConfiguration configuration, IEncryptionService encryptionService)
         {
             _context = context;
             _configuration = configuration;
+            _encryptionService = encryptionService;
         }
 
         [HttpPost("register")]
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Controllers
                 return BadRequest("Password must be at least 12 characters long and include uppercase, lowercase, number, and special character.");
             }
             
+            var encryptedNric = _encryptionService.Encrypt(user.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber);
+            
             var emailExists = _context.Users.Any(u => u.Email == user.Email);
-            var nricExists = _context.Users.Any(u =>
-                u.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber == user.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber);
+            var nricExists = _context.Users.Any(u => u.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber == encryptedNric);
             if (emailExists || nricExists)
             {
                 return BadRequest("User with the same email or NRIC already exists.");
@@ -43,10 +45,23 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Controllers
             user.Password = BCrypt.Net.BCrypt.HashPassword(user.Password);
             user.Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
             user.IsActive = 1;
+            user.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber = encryptedNric;
 
             await _context.Users.AddAsync(user);
             await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
-            return Ok(user);
+
+            var response = new
+            {
+                user.Id,
+                user.Email,
+                NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber = _encryptionService.Decrypt(user.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber),
+                user.FirstName,
+                user.LastName,
+                user.DateOfBirth,
+                user.WhoAmI,
+                user.ResumeName,
+            };
+            return Ok(response);
         }
 
         [HttpPost("login")]
@@ -72,7 +87,20 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Controllers
             {
                 return NotFound();
             }
-            return Ok(user);
+
+            var decryptedNric = _encryptionService.Decrypt(user.NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber);
+            var response = new
+            {
+                user.Id,
+                user.Email,
+                NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber = decryptedNric,
+                user.FirstName,
+                user.LastName,
+                user.DateOfBirth,
+                user.WhoAmI,
+                user.ResumeName,
+            };
+            return Ok(response);
         }
 
         [Authorize]
@@ -174,4 +202,4 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Controllers
         public string CurrentPassword { get; set; } = string.Empty;
         public string NewPassword { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Entities/User.cs b/AceJobAgency/Entities/User.cs
index 8228ddc..3db6b60 100644
--- a/AceJobAgency/Entities/User.cs
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Entities/User.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Entities
         public required int Gender { get; set; }
 
         [Required]
-        [StringLength(9, MinimumLength = 9)]
+        [StringLength(255)]
         public required string NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber { get; set; }
 
         [Required]
diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.Designer.cs b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55ad6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using AceJobAgency.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AceJobAgency.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(DataContext))]
+    [Migration("20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC")]
+    partial class UpdatedNRIC
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "8.0.2")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            MySqlModelBuilderExtensions.AutoIncrementColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AceJobAgency.Entities.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasMaxLength(36)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(36)");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("datetime(6)");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("DateOfBirth")
+                        .HasColumnType("datetime(6)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("FirstName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(50)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(50)");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Gender")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("IsActive")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LastName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(50)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(50)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(255)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(255)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Password")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ResumeName")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(128)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(128)");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("UpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("datetime(6)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WhoAmI")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(255)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(255)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.cs b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..789728d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/20250207154242_UpdatedNRIC.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AceJobAgency.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class UpdatedNRIC : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber",
+                table: "Users",
+                type: "varchar(255)",
+                maxLength: 255,
+                nullable: false,
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "varchar(9)",
+                oldMaxLength: 9)
+                .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4")
+                .OldAnnotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber",
+                table: "Users",
+                type: "varchar(9)",
+                maxLength: 9,
+                nullable: false,
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "varchar(255)",
+                oldMaxLength: 255)
+                .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4")
+                .OldAnnotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 963de11..f7868ce 100644
--- a/AceJobAgency/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Migrations/DataContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ namespace AceJobAgency.Migrations
 
                     b.Property<string>("NationalRegistrationIdentityCardNumber")
                         .IsRequired()
-                        .HasMaxLength(9)
-                        .HasColumnType("varchar(9)");
+                        .HasMaxLength(255)
+                        .HasColumnType("varchar(255)");
 
                     b.Property<string>("Password")
                         .IsRequired()
diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Program.cs b/AceJobAgency/Program.cs
index bbc458c..ee744a1 100644
--- a/AceJobAgency/Program.cs
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Text;
 using AceJobAgency.Data;
+using AceJobAgency.Utilities;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(options =>
     });
 });
 
+builder.Services.AddScoped<IEncryptionService, AesEncryptionService>();
+
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
diff --git a/AceJobAgency/Utilities/Cryptography.cs b/AceJobAgency/Utilities/Cryptography.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..293873c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AceJobAgency/Utilities/Cryptography.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+
+namespace AceJobAgency.Utilities;
+
+public interface IEncryptionService
+{
+    string Encrypt(string plainText);
+    string Decrypt(string cipherText);
+}
+
+public class AesEncryptionService : IEncryptionService
+{
+    private readonly byte[] _key;
+
+    public AesEncryptionService(IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        var encryptionKey = configuration["Encryption:Key"];
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(encryptionKey))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Encryption key is not configured.");
+        _key = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptionKey);
+    }
+
+    public string Encrypt(string plainText)
+    {
+        using var aes = Aes.Create();
+        aes.Key = _key;
+        aes.GenerateIV();
+
+        using var encryptor = aes.CreateEncryptor(aes.Key, aes.IV);
+        using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+        using (var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
+        using (var sw = new StreamWriter(cs))
+            sw.Write(plainText);
+        
+        var encryptedBytes = ms.ToArray();
+        var iv = aes.IV;
+        var combined = new byte[iv.Length + encryptedBytes.Length];
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(iv, 0, combined, 0, iv.Length);
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(encryptedBytes, 0, combined, iv.Length, encryptedBytes.Length);
+        return Convert.ToBase64String(combined);
+    }
+
+    public string Decrypt(string cipherText)
+    {
+        var combined = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
+        var iv = new byte[16];
+        var encryptedBytes = new byte[combined.Length - iv.Length];
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(combined, 0, iv, 0, iv.Length);
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(combined, iv.Length, encryptedBytes, 0, encryptedBytes.Length);
+
+        using var aes = Aes.Create();
+        aes.Key = _key;
+        aes.IV = iv;
+
+        using var decryptor = aes.CreateDecryptor(aes.Key, aes.IV);
+        using var ms = new MemoryStream(encryptedBytes);
+        using var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read);
+        using var sr = new StreamReader(cs);
+        return sr.ReadToEnd();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/AceJobAgency/appsettings.json b/AceJobAgency/appsettings.json
index 3b1ae9d..04b889e 100644
--- a/AceJobAgency/appsettings.json
+++ b/AceJobAgency/appsettings.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   "Authentication": {
     "Secret": "b8bc713a-d8d1-4d37-911e-1bb931d70ba5"
   },
+  "Encryption": {
+    "Key": "laVspGq/dNFECeUP93fUF05T422cLjieKPotTI8Wgfc="
+  },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
       "Default": "Information",