44 Enterprise Management 3.10 FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION As had already been discussed in chapter-3, there were two kinds of forms (national IDcard and family registration card) which everyone in Myanmar should essentially have at any point in their life. Most of the MEs covered in this study had their national ID-card made either from the immigration office or in the project at the quarter office. Getting national ID-card made under the project was less expensive and less time consuming than going to immigration office. Thiri (potter, Naypyidaw) got her national ID-card made in the project and paid only MMK 2000 ($2) for the form. It took her one day to finish all the formalities and the card came in a week’s time. Thein (broomstick maker, Nay Pyi Taw) got his national ID-card made at the free immigration project for which he had to go for four days consecutively. He had to fill the form which originally cost MMK 6 ($0.006) but because that currency was not in circulation anymore, he had to buy MMK 6 ($0.006) for MMK 1500 ($1.5). He also had to give his photo, fingerprints, family registration and the recommendation letter from the quarter leader for making the national ID-card as he belonged to some other quarter. Phyu (tailor, Nay Pyi Taw) got her first national ID-card when she was 16 and updated it at the Immigration office when she was 20 years old. Foreign Registration Card One ME, Naing (journal seller, Mawlamyine) had Foreign Registration Card (FRC) and not national ID-card since he was not originally from Myanmar. “It is just a sheet of paper. As my parents are foreigners, they have to hold FRC card. When I was born, my name was automatically registered in the card. Besides, list of names and number of children are all registered in it. When I get married, the names of my wife and children will be automatically added to it. It will also go further down in coming generations.” He also needed to report at the Immigration office if he wanted to visit any other place in Myanmar and had to get a visa for it. He could only go out of Mawlamyine for 14 days at a stretch. He needed to give the full address of the place where he was going and had to inform the Quarter leaders of both his quarter and the destination quarter. Every December he had to renew his FRC and paid a tax of 3000 kyats ($3) per person, officially it was 50 kyats ($0.05) but the officials asked for 3000 kyats ($3). He paid this tax at quarter head office, every year by 30th December he had to pay otherwise his family and he could be sued.