Immigration Sets Passports Valid For 10 Years, What Will Happen To State Revenue?

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JAKARTA - The Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) has decided the validity period of passports is up to 10 years.

The policy is contained in Article 2A of the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (Permenkumham) Number 18 of 2022 which was promulgated in Jakarta on Thursday, September 29, 2022.

Indeed, passport issuance is one of the government services that has the potential to generate revenue for the APBN through non-tax state revenues or PNBP.

Citing the official website of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the tariff for passports in Indonesia ranges from IDR350,000 to IDR650,000.

In addition to passports, the ministry led by Yasonna Laoly collects PNBP from the issuance of visas, residence permits in Indonesia, and other immigration certificates with the most expensive nominal value of IDR10.2 million.

It is known that until the first semester of 2022 the Kemenkumham PNBP deposit value is IDR2.2 trillion.

This value grew by 44.5 percent compared to the same period the previous year with IDR1.6 trillion.

This amount is equivalent to 59.1 percent of the total 2022 PNBP target of 3.8 trillion.

"Most of the PNBP is obtained from its public services, namely immigration services, general law administration, and intellectual property," said the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in a release quoted on Tuesday, October 11.

In detail, from the immigration service, in the first six months, it managed to record revenues of IDR1.5 trillion. Meanwhile, until August 5, 2022, it skyrocketed to IDR2.1 trillion or 106.55 percent of the target.

In general legal administration services, which consist of fiduciaries, legal entities, other legal services, and general PNBP, to date the realization has reached 51.64 percent or IDR484 billion of the target of IDR938 billion.

Intellectual property services which include copyrights, industrial designs, patents, integrated circuit layout designs and trade secrets, as well as brands and geographical indications, have reached IDR470 billion from the target of IDR850 billion or 55.30 percent.

The other types of PNBP from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights come from income from education and/or training services run by BPSDM, as well as rental income from buildings and buildings run by the Secretary General.

From this elaboration, it is known that the determination of the 10-year validity of the passport was ratified after the target for the immigration PNBP levy had reached the target last August.

Thus, the effect of the decline in state revenue from making passports is likely to be reflected in the next 2023 period.