The database shows that 99.83 percent
of the refugee households possess documentary evidences of Bhutanese origin and
nationality. Of the total 4553 households, 94.86 percent have, in their possession, either
or both Bhutanese Citizenship Identity documents and Land Tax Receipt, 4.96 can produce
other forms of evidences like Land Deed documents, Certificate of Origin, Marriage
Certificates, Insurance receipts, Royal Decree, Trade or other license, Office orders etc,
issued by government authorities, to prove their Bhutanese origin and nationality. In many
cases, Bhutanese authorities have seized some or all of the documentary evidences at the
time of eviction from Bhutan. Eight households do not have any form of documentary
evidences because of this seizure or loss or natural calamities. Such families have been
certified by their respective village representatives resident in the camps in Nepal and
issued with letters of certification, which have been documented in this database as
evidence of their Bhutanese origin.***