''ASEAN countries visa free except for Malaysia. Starting October 2018, Myanmar passport holders can visit up Hong Kong and Macau visa-free. MAPPS (Myanmar Advanced Passenger Processing System) was installed in Yangon International Airport that lets us see Black Listed passengers starting March 2018. Repatriation efforts are also in order with 68 applications for Myanmar citizens approved out of 117 applicants who are reapplying for citizenship after losing it. Foreigner Registration Cards are also being issued with 480 approved out of 590 applicants. We are trying to update our Border Control System (BCS) into international standards at the airports and border gates. Q: How about reception efforts for people who had to flee due to conflict? A: There are reception centers for people who are coming back to Myanmar by land or sea. UNDP, UNHCR and our own Ministry is working together as promised in the MoU singed 6th June 2018. The Technical Working Groups have been founded to check whether people coming back have lived in Rakhine or not and are reporting back to the State Counselor’s Office. We are also issuing NV cards. NV card means the Identity Cards for National Verification for a person who is to undergo for scrutiny assessment for citizenship. There were 67699 NV cards issued so the people will be able to have an identification card that proves they are Myanmar citizens. For example, from the 89 IDP camps in Kachin, we helped 29351 people apply for new NRC cards due to lost/damage to the cards. The people in Rakhine IDP camps were also given a type of identification. With the help of NeID system, we were able to collect and account for 2,374,787 people. The ministry is also trying to collect bio data and biometric data starting with the prisons and people in custody of the police from different states and regions. Regarding the 1 million migrant workers from Myanmar that are currently in Thailand, we were able to scrutinize and confirm for 35780 people out of 39509 applicants. There are committees being formed and consultants hired for an e-government to go online so the ministry will be able to utilize e-ID. Q: What about the National Census? A: We publish population data on our website and Facebook. There are forward projections on population here in Myanmar up till 2031. The Ministry also distributes the Micro Data Set on request and maintains the Master Sample Frame from 2014 census. To capture a more accurate population snapshot in 2023, we are planning to have a national census in November...''