Identity documents Alternative name Description Household Registration List Family list National Registration Certificates (NRCs) ‘Three-fold cards’ Records all members of each household. It is mandatory for all residents to be registered on this document. Issued from mid-1950s until 1989 (and sometimes after). Although these documents were not officially citizenship cards, in practice they were used as proof of citizenship, as foreigners were registered separately under the Registration of Foreigners Act. Issued since independence to foreign nationals. Foreigner Registration Certificates (FRCs) Union Citizenship Certificates (UCCs) Citizenship Scrutiny Cards (CSCs) Pink card or Red Card Naturalised Citizenship Scrutiny Cards (NCSCs) Temporary Registration Cards (TRCs) Green card or ‘Bengali card’ Form 4 White cards or ‘statelessness cards’ Union Citizenship Certificates issued under the 1948 Union Citizenship (Election) Act and the 1948 Union Citizenship Election Rules only to those who elected for citizenship through residence or naturalisation. Issued to ‘full citizens’ in accordance with the 1982 Citizenship Law. Issued from 1989 until today. As above for ‘naturalised citizens.’ These documents were issued if NRCs were lost or if an application for an NRC was pending. They were also issued en masse to Rohingya in North Rakhine State from 1995. In 2015, they were voided. Permissive document needed to travel between townships for white card/NVC holders. (Continued)