Hello and welcome to the details of Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to attract overseas workers, minister says and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Nearly 4,000 Indonesians became Singaporean citizens between 2019 to 2022, according to data from the Directorate General of Immigration. — Reuters pic
JAKARTA, April 30 — Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to people of Indonesian descent to entice more skilled workers into the country, a senior cabinet minister said today.
Indonesia does not recognise dual citizenship for adults, according to Indonesian law, as a child with two passports must choose one and renounce the other when they turn 18.
Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, said the government plans to give dual citizenship to former Indonesian citizens living overseas, without offering details.
Luhut was speaking ahead of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who pledged a US$1.7 billion investment in Indonesia.
Advertisement
“We also invite diaspora Indonesia and we give them also, soon, dual citizen,” he said. “Which I think will ... bring very skilful Indonesians back to Indonesia.”
Nearly 4,000 Indonesians became Singaporean citizens between 2019 to 2022, according to data from the Directorate General of Immigration.
The immigration agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the plans to allow for dual citizenship.
Advertisement
The issue of dual citizenship caused some controversy in 2016 when Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo removed Arcandra Tahar as energy and mining minister after less than a month on the job following reports he held US and Indonesian passports. — Reuters
These were the details of the news Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to attract overseas workers, minister says for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
