The Ministry of Immigration and Population (Burmese: လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့အင်အား ဝန်ကြီးဌာန; abbreviated MIP) is an government agency of Myanmar which administers the immigration affairs, including its National Registration Card (NRC) system.
History
The Census Office was formed on 24 February 1950. On 1 September 1950, it was combined with Central Statistics and Economics Department under Ministry of National Planning. On 1 June 1957, the Ministry of Immigration and National Registration was formed and Census Office was moved to this ministry on 31 December 1958. On 15 March 1972, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Democracy Local Administration, Ministry of Immigration and National Registration and Ministry of Religious Affairs were combined as one ministry, Ministry of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs under the new form of socialist rule. Ministry of Immigration and National Registration became Department of Immigration and Population (DIP).
On 20 March 1992, SLORC reconstituted Ministry of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs as Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Religious Affairs. DIP was organized under the Ministry of Home Affairs. On 15 June 1995, DIP was separated and formed as Ministry of Immigration and Population with Department of Immigration and National Registration. In 1998, the Census Division and Survey and Computer Division were formed as Department of Population.[1]