HRW reports that in 2005 the nationwide census classified 13 percent of Bhutan residents as "non-nationals" (May 2007, 27). A thematic report on Bhutan from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) corroborates this information and adds that about 82,000 people, many believed to be Lhotshampas, have been unable to acquire citizenship cards since the 2005 census (NRC 25 Jan. 2008, 15). The NRC report indicates that only people classified as F1 (Genuine Bhutanese citizens) or F4 (non-national women married to Bhutanese men, and their children) are able to obtain citizenship cards (ibid.). The United States (US) Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 states that Ethnic-Nepalese Bhutanese must meet very strict criteria to be considered "genuine" Bhutanese and obtain citizenship and security clearances in the form of No Objection Certificates (NOCs); without citizenship they are stateless …. (US 11 Mar. 2008, Sec.2d)