From the Law (see below) and assuming it is still valid , I understand that you are already a foreigner , regardless of anything else , as I didn't see any other Article stating you must formally report it to the Indonesian Government (but better if you check that yourself) .
From the above , a foreigner with a valid passport + an Indonesian Visit Visa/Stay Permit is in a legal situation to enter/leave Indonesia (with a Residence Visa , add an EPO/Exit Only Permit if leaving definitively) .
On what kind of visa will you enter and how long do you intend to stay? If for some while you might consider a Sosbud visa if you have a relative here to sponsor you. It allows for an initial 60-day stay, extendable up to four times, with each extension lasting 30 days. Unless there have been recent changes
e-VOA B1 visa, no more than 30 days
That law is about terrorism etc.
My mistake . I corrected the Law no. already .
Immigration did change some visas' names/purposes , so now what we did in the past with the Sosbud Visa can be done by the simpler 60 days single entry Tourist Visa with the option of up to 2 extensions of 60 days each .
B1 Visa e.g eVOA is already the correct visa index if you intention is just to stay less than 30 days. If you change your mind you could still extend it for up to 30 days.
Thanks but that's not what I'm worried about.
Several previous posts have described what usually happens when your Indonesian passport expires and you haven’t formally renounced your Indonesian citizenship. For that reason I do not repeat this information.
Thanks for the advice! E-gate it is!
My two sons had Indonesian and UK passports and used to use the Indonesian passports to enter Indonesia. But they have lived in the UK for many years and their Indonesian passports have expired. They have no problem getting a visa and entering and leaving Indonesia with their UK passports
Hi mm, my Indonesian passport expired during COVID. I visited Indonesia with my Indonesian family using an Australian passport two years ago and had no issues.
My children are 30+ and have British citizenship. They never formally renounced their Indonesian citizenship, just let their Indonesian passports expire! They never have a problem entering and leaving Indonesia with their British passports. They still have their old KTPs that are useful for ID purposes when boarding domestic flights etc.
Could you tell us the Law Article that states that only the Indonesian President has the authority to declare someone has lost his/her Indonesian citizenship ?
I would like if you two tell us how you conclude that an 'official renouncement' is necessary . As I said in the post no.3 above , I didn't see (by quickly searching) that in the Law .
If you were the Indonesian officer , what would you say to deny the foreigner to enter Indonesia ?
He/she already said in post no.5 that he/she will be coming with a VOA/Visa-On-Arrival , so perfectly normal/legal and it is all what is needed as a VOA does not require an exit permit .
I agree .
In this subject I didn't see any 'legal gray area' yet .
Yes, I agree. This is my understanding as well. You cease to become an Indonesian citizen once you acquire another citizenship. When I visited last time with my Aussie passport, I applied for VOA at Soetta. I chatted with the immigration officer in Indonesian, and he only said, “Bapak sudah ganti warga negara yah?”. That was it.
Did you notice I use the wording 'Officially...' and 'Grey Area ..'
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