Dozens Of Residents In Bali Propose To Become Indonesian Citizens

PHOTO OF THE Bali Ministry Of Law And Human Rights

DENPASAR - The Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Bali, held a citizenship session for 22 residents of the blasteran or the result of a mixed marriage that volunteered as Indonesian citizens (WNI).

Head of Bali Ministry of Law and Human Rights Pramella Y. Pasaribu said the dozens of applicants were subjects of children with dual citizenship who were born from mixed marriages between countries that submitted a request for citizenship based on Government Regulation (PP) Number 21 of 2022.

"The verification team will ask several questions regarding the insight of citizenship, taxes and criminal acts that the petitioners must answer properly," said Pramella, Monday, April 1.

The petitioners are Japanese citizens consisting of 19 people, 2 Australian citizens, and 1 Austrian citizen.

Meanwhile, the reason they chose to become Indonesian citizens was because of the strong customs and culture of Indonesia, especially in Bali, which made them comfortable to live and settle in Bali.

"The verification team considers that the entire foreigner is formally good. And, later the verifier team will further verify the completeness of the file and then the citizenship application will be forwarded to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Jakarta," he said.