The Directorate General of Immigration ( abbreviated ) is an Indonesian government agency under

Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia) The Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction is an Indonesian ministry that coordinate the administration of laws, human rights, immigrations, and corrections. Previously named as Ministry of Law and Human Ri ...

that serves the community in the field of

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

History

Task and functions

Main task

To carry out the main task of

Ministry of Law and Human Rights The Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction is an Indonesian ministry that coordinate the administration of laws, human rights, immigrations, and corrections. Previously named as Ministry of Law and Human Ri ...

in the field of immigration, based on the policy determined by Minister, develop government policy related with the immigration, and standardization in immigration operational procedure.

Function

To carry out the main task, Directorate General of Immigration has the function of:Task and Functions
, Date: 18 February 2018 * Develop government policy in immigration, which consist of

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, residency permit,

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, immigration intelligence, law enforcement in immigration, inter-government cooperation and immigration information system. * Executor of government policy in immigration. * Develop standard, norms, procedure, and criterion in immigration. * Provide technical support and evaluation * Conduct administrative task in Directorate General of Immigration

Organisation

The organisation of Directorate General of Immigration consist of 1 Headquarter, 33 Division on Regional office of ministry of law and human rights, 115 Immigration office, 13 Detention house, 19 Immigration

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on Indonesian embassy. Its organisational structure comprises the following components:Organizational Structure
, Date: 18 February 2018 * Directorate General of Immigration, position held by Director General * Secretariat of Directorate General of Immigration * Directorate of Immigration Traffic * Directorate of Supervision and Immigration Enforcement * Directorate of Immigration Cooperation * Directorate of Immigration Intelligence * Directorate of Resident permit and immigration status. * Directorate of Immigration Information System * Immigration Attaché

Visa policy of Indonesia

Visitors to Indonesia must obtain a

from one of the Indonesian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months as well as a valid return ticket. Passport with validity of more than 3 months can be accepted in special cases or business travel. The immigration officer at the port of entry may ask the passenger to produce any necessary documents (such as hotel reservation and proof of finance).

Travel document

Passport

Indonesian passport is a travel document issued by the Government of Indonesia to Indonesian citizens residing in Indonesia or overseas. The main governing body with regards to the issuance of passports and possessions, withdrawal, and related matters is the Directorate General of Immigration under

. Indonesia is one among many countries in the world that does not recognize

multiple citizenship Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one sovereign state, country under its nationality law, nationality and citizenship law as a national or cit ...

for its citizens and such citizens will automatically lose her/his Indonesian citizenship if another citizenship is acquired voluntarily. Special exceptions allow newly born citizens to hold dual nationalities (including Indonesian) until his/her eighteenth birthday after which a choice of either nationalities should be decided. The latest Indonesian passports are bilingual: written in Indonesian and English.

Travel document in lieu of a passport

A ''Surat Perjalanan Laksana Paspor'' (''SPLP'', "Travel Document in Lieu of a Passport") is an Indonesian

issued to persons who do not have other appropriate travel documents, for the purpose of proceeding to and from Indonesia. There are several categories of SPLPs, covering both Indonesian citizens and non-Indonesian citizens.

Alien passport

The ''Paspor Orang Asing'' or ''Paspor Untuk Orang Asing'' is an

alien's passport A certificate of identity, sometimes called an alien's passport, is a travel document issued by a country to non-citizens (also called aliens) residing within their borders who are stateless persons or otherwise unable to obtain a passport f ...

issued by Indonesia. It is a two-year, 24-page document issued to persons permanently resident in Indonesia who cannot obtain

s from any other country. It is referred to in English variously as "Indonesian Passport for Aliens", "Indonesian Stateless Person Passport", or "Indonesian Stateless Travel Document".

References

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{{Authority control Specialist law enforcement agencies of Indonesia Immigration services