The immigration department ask for additional papers from the Muslim applicants of citizenship identification cards, more than what members of the other religions required to furnish for the same purpose. A local resident of Thandwe Daw Aye Su said, “They have been asking for recommendation letter since mid-2016. In addition, we need to provide evidence of the citizenship status of parents and grandparents. Previously we were only ask to mention in the column for race as Rakhine and Kaman in form 1, now they ask from recommendation letter from Kaman National Party if we mention as Kaman. “This is an example of using a political party for a matter which is not concerned with it,” she said on Jan 20. “We ask recommendation not to mistaken identity, we do at our own arrangement not instructed to do so,” said U So Naung, the head of Thandwe District Immigration and Manpower department. He said only Kaman people are asked to provide such recommendation letter. Kaman people in Thandwe face challenges to get their citizenship ID as they need to get approval from the different level of the immigration department. A local resident Daw Hla Soe said, “my elder brothers have citizenship scrutiny cards, so as my mother my father had Nationality Registration card. When I apply for citizenship ID for my children, I was asked to get recommendation letter from Kaman party. It took two years to obtain the citizenship ID”. Reference: BHRN