Kemenkumhan Records 13,092 Children Registered With Dual Citizenship

Director General of Legal and General Administration (AHU) Kemenkumham Cahyo Rahadian Muzhar/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) recorded that 13,092 children, born from mixed marriages to parents of Indonesian citizens (WNI) and foreign nationals (WNA), were registered as children with dual citizenship. Based on Article 41 of the Citizenship Law," said the Director General of Legal and General Administration (AHU) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Cahyo Rahadian Muzhar in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday 27 June. one of the citizenships that must be submitted to the Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham). "Meanwhile there are 507 children who are not registered under Article 41 as children with dual citizenship," added Cahyo. Thus, he continued, there is Government Regulation (PP) Number 21 2022 concerning Procedures for Acquiring, Losing, Canceling, and Regaining Citizenship This is an Indonesian state that can accommodate children with citizenship problems. This gives them the opportunity to return to obtain Indonesian citizenship status within two years from the issuance of Government Regulation No. 21 of 2022 or until May 31, 2024.

Cahyo explained that the improvement of the law through PP No. 21 of 2022 is in line with various efforts to improve the state's conducive climate to attract various parties to come to Indonesia to make positive contributions to national development. In addition, the policies regulated in PP No. 21 are also in line with the grand design of various other policies in encouraging efforts to restore the national economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in terms of facilitating immigration services. Thus, investors, including those from the Indonesian diaspora, are expected to have the desire to invest, own property according to regulations, and/or spend their old age in Indonesia.