Work permits for foreigners issued by several agencies<\/p>\n
By Johannes Simbolon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Work permits for foreigners are issued by a
\nnumber of government offices.<\/p>\n
According to Hermanto R., spokesman for the Ministry of
\nManpower, the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
\nprovides permits for those working in the tourism industry, the
\nInvestment Coordinating Body provides permits for those working
\nin joint-investment and foreign investment enterprises, the
\nNusantara Bonded Zone management provides for people working for
\nbusinesses in the zone, the Batam Island Authority provides for
\npeople working on the island, while the Manpower Office of Riau
\nissues permits for those working on Bintan island.<\/p>\n
All permits for those working in fields not covered by the
\nabove five agencies are provided by the Ministry of Manpower.<\/p>\n
A permit is issued in the following way:<\/p>\n
A company wanting to employ foreign workers must file a
\nForeign Workers Employment Plan with one of the above-mentioned
\noffices. The plan provides the details on the number of foreign
\nworkers, their nationalities, future positions, salary level,
\nlength of stay, and who will be the recipient of the transfer of
\ntechnology.<\/p>\n
\"The names of the Indonesian counterparts and their
\neducational backgrounds must be mentioned clearly there,\" said
\nHermanto.<\/p>\n
The plan is filed with related government agencies. Mining
\ncompanies, for example, consult the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
\nThe related agencies will assess the plan in reference to
\nnegative lists.<\/p>\n
The negative lists outline which jobs are closed to foreign
\nworkers and the maximum period a foreigner can be assigned to do
\nit.<\/p>\n
Each office issues a negative list regarding all sectors under
\nits supervision.<\/p>\n
If the negative list bars the job to foreigners, the agency
\nwill reject the request. If the number of requested foreign
\nworkers is considered too high, or their length of stay exceeds
\nthe limit, the offices suggest a change in plan.<\/p>\n
After the plan is approved, the agencies send TA O1 forms to
\nthe immigration office to obtain visas for the foreign workers.
\nThe immigration office checks with the Indonesian intelligence
\nbody to determine if any of the foreigners is blacklisted.<\/p>\n
Once the intelligence body gives the nod, the immigration
\noffice sends a telex to the Indonesian embassies in the country
\nof origin of the foreign workers, telling them to issue the work
\nvisas.<\/p>\n
The workers may come to Indonesia once they receive their work
\nvisas. Upon arrival, they must report to the immigration office
\nfor their temporary-stay permit and to the agencies which issue
\ntheir work permits.<\/p>\n
There is supposedly no charge for the services, except for
\nforeigner's tax.<\/p>\n
According to a 1990 Minister of Manpower regulation on foreign
\nworker placement, if a foreigner continues working here after his
\npermit expires, his employers, on his behalf, must pay US$150
\neach month for a \"training program fee\".<\/p>\n
\"The fee goes to each of the related agencies to be used in
\nthe training programs they run to develop the skills of
\nIndonesian workers,\" said Hermanto.<\/p>\n
The training program fee from the foreigners, he said, adds to
\nthe fund allocated by the government.<\/p>\n
The training program fee, however, was nullified by a 1995
\npresidential decree on foreign workers. It was replaced with a
\nmonthly \"foreign worker fee\". The amount of fee to be paid is
\nconspicuously not specified in the decree.<\/p>\n
The presidential decree has yet to be enforced. A Ministry of
\nManpower decree on the original decree's implementation must be
\nissued first.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully, the ministerial decree will be issued this year,\"
\nsaid H.J. Iskandarsyah, the Ministry of Manpower's director
\ngeneral for manpower placement affairs.<\/p>",
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