Other topics for legal consultation requested but not included in table 12 are: • Restoration of lost documents, e.g. birth certificate, foreign passports; • Obtaining or extension of passport and citizenship of other countries; • Exchange of USSR passports; • Registration of disability; • Registration of pension in the Kyrgyz Republic; • Restoration of Kyrgyz citizenship; • Consultation on how to receive land; • Housing legislation; • Acquisition of residence permit; • Acquisition of Kyrgyz citizenship without losing citizenship of country of origin; • Consultation on how to receive credit. 41 percent of the respondents stated that they had legal problems (See table 10). During interviews the following issues were raised (verbatim): • Problems with a residence permit; • We could not register our marriage and receive birth certificates for our children; • Restoration of lost documents; • How to get birth certificates for children and adults; • I was stopped at customs while I was going to a funeral; • A Republic of Uzbekistan passport has expired; • We could not register a marriage; • I could not receive a birth certificate for a child, I cannot find a good job; • Absence of identity documents; • Letter of attorney for the house has expired, and the owner has left to Russia for per manent residence; • Acquisition of Kyrgyz citizenship; • We were refused Kyrgyz citizenship; • Guardianship of a grandson; • Police often check passports and fine us; • We are stopped by the police and do not know our rights; • There are problem with registration for a pension; • Do not know the laws of the Kyrgyz Republic; • Earlier I was convicted under article 234 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic; • Registration for the right to property; • Registration of marriage and granting of residence permit; • Residence permit and employment; • Absence of any documents; • In the absence of Kyrgyz citizenship, it was not possible to receive land; • I have no residence registration, and my Russian passport has expired; • Often occur, but now I do not remember; • How to get credit; • How to get a Kyrgyz passport if I lose my USSR passport; • Acquisition of Kyrgyz citizenship and birth certificate for a child; • Legal problems while registering passports; • Absence of documents of a Kyrgyz citizen. 50 The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR