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Types of residence in Indonesia

Acquisition of citizenship

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To obtain a permanent residence, to live and work legally in the country, there are criteria and requirements that a foreigner must meet. This also includes obligations and responsibilities regarding permanent residence in Indonesia.

A permanent resident of Indonesia is a person who has a legal right to live in Indonesia for an unlimited period of time.

Permanent residents of Indonesia will be issued a permanent residence card to confirm their resident status. A permanent resident of Indonesia can still retain his/her citizenship in the country of origin without renouncing it.

Each time a permanent resident travels to and from Indonesia, he or she will need to present his or her country’s passport, as well as an Indonesian permanent resident's identification card.

Types of residence in Indonesia

Foreigners can obtain two types of residence permits in Indonesia:

Temporary residence permit (ITAS / KITAS)

Valid for two years
Subject to three-time extension
Approximately four-month application process

Permanent residence permit (ITAP / KITAP)

Prerequisite: ITAS / KITAS owner for at least five years continuously
Valid for five years
Subject to five-time extension

To be eligible for an ITAP certificate, you must go through a process:

Receive a sponsorship letter from a local company.
Get recommendation from the Directorate General of Immigration.
Submit the necessary documents together with the letter and recommendation for KITAS or VITAS (Temporary Stay Permit), depending on your circumstances, to the Indonesian Embassy.

You can convert your KITAS to KITAP and become a permanent resident of Indonesia after having KITAS / ITAS for more than five years in a row.

Please note that your permanent residence in Indonesia may be revoked if you misuse or abuse your status or plead guilty to illegal activity.

Applying for citizenship

Before applying for Indonesian citizenship, make sure that you meet the following requirements:

You have resided in Indonesia for at least 5 consecutive years or 10 years in a row at the time of applying for Indonesian citizenship
You are at least 18 years old
You are mentally and physically healthy
You never committed any crime that forces you to be imprisoned for 1 year or more
You do not have another citizenship because Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenship. Therefore, if you are registered as a citizen of any other nationality, you need to prepare to relinquish your former citizenship.
You can speak Indonesian
You recognize Pancasila and Undang-Undang Dasar Negara, Republic of Indonesia, 1945
You have a fixed income or work
You agree to pay the citizenship fee

If you are marrying an Indonesian, you just need to meet the requirements of № 2, 5 and 9. After meeting all these requirements, you can prepare documents for obtaining Indonesian citizenship.

What documents need to be prepared?

They include the following:

Legalized photocopy of birth certificate, translated into Indonesian
Photos of the applicant's passport
Copies of SKTT or KTP OA that have been legalized
Legalized copy of marriage certificate / marriage book
Letter from the immigration office stating that you have been in Indonesia for 5 consecutive years or 10 years in a row
Certificate of Good Conduct (SKCK) from the Regional Police Department (POLDA)
Letter from the applicant's embassy stating that the applicant will relinquish his/her former citizenship after obtaining Indonesian citizenship
Written statement by the applicant that he/she will be loyal to the Republic of Indonesia, Pankasila and Undang-Undang Dasar Negara, Republic of Indonesia, 1945.

You can send all these documents to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia (Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia). The application must be written in Indonesian.

After submitting application you need to wait for about 3 months. The president will decide whether your application is accepted or not. If you are accepted as an Indonesian citizen, you must be sworn in.

Indonesian Citizenship Law

Indonesian citizenship law is mainly based on ius sanguinis or determination of nationality by blood. However, Indonesia also applies a limited ius soli (determination of nationality by place of birth) under the Law № 12 of 2006 on nationality.

Ius soli in Indonesia applies for the following reasons:

If a child was born in Indonesia but the parents are not found
If the parents are stateless persons
If the parents' application for citizenship was accepted, but the parents died before the oath

Here are some requirements and steps you need to know for obtaining Indonesian citizenship. If you are really attentive to the requirements and never commit any serious crime, your application will be easily accepted.

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