Hi, I am new on this forum, and I hope I can get some good advice on experience of legalising documents in Indonesia.
I was born 58 years ago in Indonesia, but have lived most of my life in the Netherlands.
My problem is that my Indonesian birth document - Surat Ketarangan Kelahiran - has not been properly legalised in the Netherlands, so I cannot get a birth certificate from the Netherlands civil registry right now to enable things like marriage etc.
I have the original copy of this Indonesian birth document, however all of the people mentioned in this document do not live anymore.
I read on the embassy websites the procedure to legalise an Indonesian document like:
"Documents and Letter issued by an Indonesia institution can be enforced in the Netherlands, provided the documents have been legalized by:
However, I also read on the website of the Danish embassy some caveats like: "please refer to the institution who issues that document before going to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (for instance, birth and marriage certificate is issued by Civil Registry Office/Catatan Sipil, therefore, the applicant must consult first with Civil registry Office before having the document in question legalized by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights."
My original Indonesian birth document has been issued in Pekanbaru by the "Kepalah Dahrah Tingkat II" of Pekanbaru.
Any advice how to move forward from here, so I can prepare myself properly. Do you think I should start first in Pekanbaru to get the document cleared first, before going to the Ministry of Justice?
I was born 58 years ago in Indonesia, but have lived most of my life in the Netherlands.
My problem is that my Indonesian birth document - Surat Ketarangan Kelahiran - has not been properly legalised in the Netherlands, so I cannot get a birth certificate from the Netherlands civil registry right now to enable things like marriage etc.
I have the original copy of this Indonesian birth document, however all of the people mentioned in this document do not live anymore.
I read on the embassy websites the procedure to legalise an Indonesian document like:
"Documents and Letter issued by an Indonesia institution can be enforced in the Netherlands, provided the documents have been legalized by:
- Department of Justice and Human Rights Affairs (hyperlink: https://legalisasi.ahu.go.id/#) in Jakarta.
- Directorate of Consular of The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (hyperlink: https://kemlu.go.id/portal/en/konsuler) in Jakarta.
- The Dutch Embassy in Jakarta."
However, I also read on the website of the Danish embassy some caveats like: "please refer to the institution who issues that document before going to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (for instance, birth and marriage certificate is issued by Civil Registry Office/Catatan Sipil, therefore, the applicant must consult first with Civil registry Office before having the document in question legalized by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights."
My original Indonesian birth document has been issued in Pekanbaru by the "Kepalah Dahrah Tingkat II" of Pekanbaru.
Any advice how to move forward from here, so I can prepare myself properly. Do you think I should start first in Pekanbaru to get the document cleared first, before going to the Ministry of Justice?