Chances are that by now, we all know a little bit more about what's going on with the new Indonesian citizens law permitting dual nationality for foreign national children with one Indonesian parent. Some parts of it still seem a little murky to me, but as far as I can tell, it's definitely on.
An article in
The Jakarta Post (22 November 2006), reported 13 such children in Jakarta being granted their dual citizenships. The same article stated that:
"Those wishing for their children to have Indonesian citizenship must register at local justice offices."
Another article in the current edition of
The Bali Advertiser (22 November-06 December) from Jane Raniati's
Nom de Plume column, gives some more detailed information regarding the steps she's been taking here in Bali. She has the application form and has offered to e-mail a copy to anybody interested. email:
info@baliadvertizer.biz
Alternately, as far as she knows, the form can be got from
Kantor Wilayah Departemen Hukum dan HAM Bali in Renon (Jl. Raya Puputan Niti Mandala...a few buildings past Telkom). Two officials in the Hukum (Law) section dealing with this are I Putu Gede Subagia, SH and Desak Ketut Tirtha, SH. The office telephone is (0361) 228 718
I have no information about how much the total process actually costs. Jane Ratiati states in her article that:
"...in this new law there are stipulations that any government official who (through negligence, or intentionally) causes you to lose your right to get Indonesian citizenship can be punished by jail for 1 to 3 years, respectively..."
I hope this "information" helps all those involved and that we all find out the complete, unadulterated details as soon as possible, especially as it pertains to those of us living in Bali.
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