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Shyazz

Hi guys
Im singaporean and my wife is Indonesian (singaporean PR) originally bandung. We are married for about 2 years, we just had a baby and I used my wife's name to get a property in Batam with the intention of staying there.

As I travel daily in and out of batam and spore I have no issue with getting the immgration stamp everyday , where else my baby(sporean) has to leave batam monthly to get the chop and its troublesome on him and my wife just to leave for a few hours and head back again. I have heard about Merp and Kitas and I want my wife to sponsor my child.

Does anyone have any Idea how I am able to do this?.

Fred

The kid is half Indonesian, so just get an Indonesian passport.
Assuming you registered the birth as you should have, it's easy.

Shyazz

My boy is singaporean holding spore passport. Singapore has this called long term visit pass for a year. Wondering if i can get the same thing in indonesia.

Fred

He can have an Indonesian passport as well if one parent is Indonesian

edit - if sing allows that

Shyazz

Ok wow I didnt know that....but singapore dont allow dual citizenship as far as i know. But thanks for that valuable information I can work with that.

Fred

Indonesia allows it for kids. Maybe Sing does the same.
If Sing does not, your wife is Indonesian so she should be able to apply for immigration status for her son, that including a MERP.

ricardo001

HI,

Your child can get kitas 317 (itas)

Requirements:

1.passport copy
2.birth certificate copy
3.passport copy father and mother
4.marriage certificate copy


First process telex
Then vitas
Then merp
Biometric data and photoshoot at immigration

Any other quiry you can PM me.

Cheers,
Rick

Shyazz

Hey Rick

Thanks for the advise really appreacite it, but do i have to do at my wife's birth place where she got her ktp or can i do it in batam?.

ricardo001

for telex application can do anywhere.

for vitas,you can do the stamp at singapore

for merp,depends where your contact might help you.

you need further help pm me.


xheers,
rick

GuestPoster0210

The only thing you need to keep an eye on is your wife’s Indonesian ID, Batam have been Jumping on this over the last year or so with many locals falling victim to out of date IDs
If her ID is registered in Batam great, if not she could dig herself a huge hole,

Shyazz

Isnt their ID for life?... First time im hearing this.

ricardo001

Indonesian ktp is now electronic

Call it Seumur hidup,lifetime ktp
It is mention on their ktp.


Cheers,
Ricardo

Shyazz

Ah yes my wife has the seumur hidup ID.

Fred

Shyazz wrote:

Ah yes my wife has the seumur hidup ID.


Unless things have changed over the last three years, applications for KITAS should be made at the immigration office that covers the KTP address.
I'm getting a lot out of date on immigration matters now but be careful of advice from any of the dodgy immigration agents out there - and there are plenty after your cash.

GuestPoster0210

Shyazz wrote:

Isnt their ID for life?... First time im hearing this.


It certainly is, I married my wife in 2017 (live batam) when we registered our marriage a few months after marrying abroad and getting our sons passport (uk one) and updated birth certificate it was raised to renew her ID from Sumatra to Batam as it would raise questions with the local government as to actually what her permanent living place is

In Jakarta when we applied for my sons uk passport this would have been an issue as the address on application (our main home) would be different from mothers registered one
As far as I can make out new style ID is good for any place old style must be updated if go to live in a different province
I’m not totally sure with regards to ID requirements old/ new laws

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