{"id":529,"date":"2025-07-08T03:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T03:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/?page_id=529"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:37:43","slug":"legal-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/legal-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cce3f2\"><strong>Important: All UNHCR services and assistance are free of charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR and trusted partners are providing legal assistance for issues relating to civil registration and legal identity documents as well as in the context of detention following irregular movement. This includes awareness raising sessions, legal counselling and legal representation regarding the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Birth certificates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Household Lists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citizenship scrutiny cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrest and detention following irregular movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While UNHCR and trusted partners can assist with applications and during procedures, decisions are taken by the relevant authorities in Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or someone you know is in need of support or if you have any questions regarding the legal assistance provided by UNHCR and trusted partners, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/contact-us\/\">please contact UNHCR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below some key information on civil registration and legal identity documents. Civil registration and legal identity documents are crucial for various aspects of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important: All UNHCR services and assistance are free of charge. UNHCR and trusted partners are providing legal assistance for issues relating to civil registration and legal identity documents as well as in the context of detention following irregular movement. This includes awareness raising sessions, legal counselling and legal representation regarding the following topics: While UNHCR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":508,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}