KanWil offices let you through a tough test, force you to sing, speak, jump on one leg and after to make "Rekomendasi ask", what will we do? Oil the wheels or you come again on testing?
Unfortunately for them, this is over. And even the booklets are published how to apply online by AHU. After SKIM you almost have no contact with a physical person anymore. Once you apply online you will bring the physical documents to the Ministry of Law and if everything is OK (nobody asks any money) in 5 working days you will get SK and become a citizen of RI.
On the defense of KanWil, not all of them are/were that bad. Mine (Sulawesi Utara) has always been OK in my dealings with them, including the naturalisation of my son 11 years ago. Or perhaps they choose their victims? Sure, they were asking applicants to sing Indonesia Raya, were giving a formal tone and obviously were asking for bribes to speed up the process, but i have no report of them being nasty. Same tpe of reports from other friends having gone through the process in some other provinces such as Jatim and DKI jkt.
But anyway it is indeed a major improvement and a sure way to see the rights of those married with and Indonesian to have their right respected (ie a simplified procedure to access Indonesian citizenship as per UU 12/2006).
The article of law which are of interest and which Centurion is referring to are art. 1 to art.4 Permenkumham 36/2016 which state as follow:
Pasal 1
Dalam Peraturan Menteri ini yang dimaksud dengan:
1. Pemohon adalah laki-laki atau perempuan warga negara asing yang kawin secara sah dengan perempuan atau laki-laki warga negara Indonesia.
2. Menteri adalah menteri yang menyelenggarakan urusan pemerintahan di bidang hukum dan hak asasi manusia. 3. Hari adalah hari kerja.
Pasal 2
(1)
Pemohon dapat memperoleh kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia dengan menyampaikan pernyataan menjadi warga negara Indonesia.
(2) Pernyataan menjadi warga negara Indonesia sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) harus diajukan melalui permohonan.
(3) Permohonan sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (2) disampaikan Pemohon kepada Menteri.
Pasal 3
Permohonan sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 2 ayat (3) dikenai biaya sesuai dengan ketentuan peraturan perundangundangan di bidang Penerimaan Negara Bukan Pajak yang berlaku pada Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia.
Pasal 4
Permohonan pernyataan untuk menjadi warga negara Indonesia sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 3 dilakukan secara elektronik melalui laman resmi Direktorat Jenderal Administrasi Hukum Umum
Anyone is game for a translation? Fred, perhaps?
Basically, and to make it short, it means that those married with an Indonesian spouse become Indonesian Citizen through a procedure called "declaration to become an Indonesian citizen" made tthrough an application and that this application is made online. KanWil is indeed out of the scenery.
