JAKARTA - The government has increased the citizenship application fee for foreign nationals from Rp. 50 million to Rp. 75 million. Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas assessed that the increase was not burdensome because the applicants generally had economic ability.
The adjustment of the tariff has come under the spotlight after the government also raised a number of citizenship service fees. Supratman said the tariff for non-tax state revenue in the legal field had not changed for about 10 years.
"The old tariff was Rp50 million. Now the new tariff is Rp75 million and there is no problem," said Supratman at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday (20/7).
According to Supratman, naturalization applicants are generally foreign citizens who have lived in Indonesia for five consecutive years or 10 years not consecutive.
"On average, those who want to become citizens are those who have more economic ability," he said.
Supratman said the additional revenue would be used to improve services. One of them is the maintenance of the Ministry of Law's digital system which handles citizenship processes and other legal services.
He emphasized that the tariff only applies to certain groups, not all Indonesian people.
"Not everything applies to the people of Indonesia. Only certain people," he said.
However, Supratman did not specify the target revenue from the tariff increase. He also has not explained the size of the increased services that will be received by applicants after the cost increases by 50 percent.
The government plans to hold a coordination meeting with 14 to 15 ministries and agencies. The coordination is said to be needed to accelerate the examination of applications through the integration of digital services.
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