Document #1323092
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on (1) the purposes of the
Indonesian citizenship card other than the identification of
citizens, (2) on whether Indonesian authorities issue an
"intervisa" to the foreign-born child of an Indonesian woman so
that both can (re)enter Indonesia, (3) on whether an Indonesian
woman married to a foreigner can obtain permanent residence rights
for her foreign-born child in Indonesia without her husband being
present in Indonesia, (4) on whether the foreign husband and
foreign-born child of an Indonesian woman who has returned to
Indonesia can be granted special entry into Indonesia without
having passports and whether the authorities would grant them
permanent residence rights on the grounds that the wife/mother is
Indonesian, and (5) on whether the Indonesian authorities would
give consideration to the case of permanent residency of a foreign
husband (of an Indonesian woman) who entered the country illegally,
on the grounds that his wife and foreign-born child reside in
Indonesia or whether he would be eligible to claim asylum in
Indonesia, could not be obtained from the Embassy of the Republic
of Indonesia in Ottawa.
For general information on rights conferred
on foreigners married to Indonesian citizens, please consult
Response to Information Request IDN22770.E of 5 January 1996.
Response to Information Request IDN5416 of 17 May 1990 provides
brief information on citizenship and the conditions under which
citizenship is lost. Both Responses are available at all Regional
Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.