DRAFT KACHINLAND IMMIGRATION LAW FOR GENERAL VISITORS TO KACHINLAND (Federal State Government Only)

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DRAFT KACHINLAND IMMIGRATION LAW FOR GENERAL VISITORS TO KACHINLAND (Federal State Government Only)

(1). General Visitors (foreign/domestic visitors) to Kachinland must have an Inner Line Permit (ILP).

(2). The Inner Line Permit (ILP) may apply online or Kachinland Government Representative Offices.

(3). General Visitors must disclose their purpose of journey and intended day of their stay. On expired of their stay permit, the visitor must extend their stay permit.

(4). General Visitors will have no land rights and voting rights except business engagement (special rule apply) in partnership with local Kachinland citizen.

(5). The Kachinland Government will deploy the Inner Line check points in every entry/exit port (e.g. Kata, Myitkyina airport) to Kachinland.

Inner Line Permit (ILP)
Who requires ILP.
Domestic/Foreign Tourist who want to enter Kachinland are need to have ILP.

Procedure: 2 copies of Passport size photograph for Myitkyina District
• 3 copies of Passport size photograph for other district
• Free application form
• Dollar ?? (TBA by Kachinland legislative body) for Processing fee

Fees To be Paid:
• Dollar ?? (TBA by Kachinland legislative body)- Application form and renewal/extension fee

Temporary ILP : 15 days at a time which can be extended to another 15 days / one month in exceptional cases.

Normal ILP : 6 months which can be extended for another 6 months.

Foreign tourists will soon be permitted to enter Myanmar through border trade centers in Kayin State

Foreign tourists will soon be permitted to enter Myanmar through border trade centers in Kayin State, bordering Thailand, said Zaw Min, the chief minister for the state at the ASEAN Economic Forum held on May 19 in Hpa-an, its capital city.

“As a preparation for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, the foreign tourists will be allowed to enter the country through the newly opened border trade centers such as Mawtaung, Hteekhee, Myawady and Pharathonesu in the state,” he said.

Currently there are few foreign tourists who entered the country through the centers and only one-day trip is allowed.

“There is a bridge built across Thaung Rin River between Myanmar and Thailand. As much as I know, the number of foreign tourists entering the country through the border is not much now.

But opening like this will likely attract more of them. And Thailand has received a lot of tourists currently. The tourists are also interested in visiting Kayin,” said a Myanmar resident from Maesot, a town in western Thailand.

ARAKAN AUTHORITIES PERMIT DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CHINESE COMPANY

The activist U Tun Kyi, who is a resident of Madae Island where the Chinese  National Petroleum Cooperation (CNPC) has been carrying out many projects, told Narinjara over the phone that the Kyauk Pru district police chief informed them the Arakan state government permitted them to stage a demonstration on the Island of Madea against the CNPC.

“We submitted an application last week to Arakan state government to allow a demonstration in Madae Island against the Chinese company. We did not receive the permission from the Arakan state government but we received information from the District police chief authority who  told me the Arakan state government has allowed us to stage the demonstration,” U Tun Kyi said.

Local residents firstly submitted an application to Kyauk Pru district police station to stage the demonstration but the authority denied the issue permission. So the residents submitted the appeal to Arakan state government continually.