Citizenship

For you who want to apply for Indonesian citizenship and have met the criteria, we are ready to help to apply for the citizenship. Our team is very experienced for decades in this field and has successfully assisted many clients in obtaining the Indonesian citizenship.

For foreign nationals who are officially married to an Indonesian citizen and have children from their mixed marriage (marriage between Indonesian citizens and foreign nationals), becoming an Indonesian citizen is the best choice if you are still a foreigner. Usually, foreigners will decide to become Indonesian citizens after seeing the benefits and interests for themselves and their families.
The Citizenship of Indonesia may be acquired through marriage with an Indonesian citizens. This is a new method provided by the new Indonesia´s 2006 Citizenship Law in acquiring a Citizenship of Indonesia. The Indonesian spouse can be the sponsor for his/her spouse to turn status to Indonesian citizen.

This article will hopefully useful for foreigners married to Indonesian spouse who are considering to relinquish his/her current citizenship and wish to seek the possibility of becoming an Indonesian.

Application for Indonesian citizenship may be forwarded by  the applicant upon meeting the following  general eligibility:

1. Applicant must legally married to an Indonesian citizen;
2. At the time of forwarding the application, the applicant has resided in Indonesian territory for at least 5 (five) consecutive years or at least 10 (ten) years non continuously. This is prerequisite to the citizenship application;
3. The Indonesian citizenship will not caused double citizenship.

Application for citizenship should be forwarded in Indonesia in writing by the applicant using Bahasa Indonesia, on paper affixed with sufficient duty stamp and addressed to the local district office of Ministry of Law and Human Rights having jurisdiction over the applicant´s residence.

The processing time to get the Indonesian citizenship is about 3 months upon receipt of completed application, depending on the completeness of the documents as requirements that must be attached.

The approved-applicant required to return his/her previous citizenship documentation to the foreign embassy in Indonesian as soon as he/she obtains the Indonesian citizenship.

You need to go with naturalization process upon meeting the following requirements:

1. At least aged 18 (eighteen) or married.
2. As a Permanent Stay Visa /KITAP card holder in Indonesia.
3. At the time of forwarding the application has resided in Indonesian territory for at least 5 (five) consecutive years or at least 10 (ten) years intermittently;
4. Sound in health and mind;
5. Able to speak Bahasa Indonesia and acknowledges the state basic principles of Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution;
6. Was never legally prosecuted due to acts of crime and sentenced jail for 1 (one) yearn or more;
7. Upon acquiring Indonesian Citizenship will relinquish any other citizenship;
8. As a shareholder in a company in Indonesia
9. Pay a naturalization fee to the Government Treasury.

Application for naturalization should be forwarded in Indonesia in writing by the applicant using Bahasa Indonesia, on paper affixed with sufficient duty stamp and addressed to the President of the Republic of Indonesia through the Minister of Law and Human Rights.

Copies of the Presidential Decree on naturalization and report on the declaration of allegiance ceremony becomes legal proof of Indonesian citizenship for a person who has been granted citizenship.