Citizenship bill discussed

Citizenship bill discussed

JAKARTA: A plenary meeting of the House of Representatives
agreed on Friday to further deliberate a bill on the revision of
the Citizenship Law.

The bill was drafted by the House's Legislation Body (Baleg)
to revise Law No. 62/1958 on citizenship, which legislators say
is outdated.

Under the bill, foreigners can obtain Indonesian citizenship
after living for at least 15 years in the country consecutively
or for 20 years accumulatively.

The prevail law requires foreigners to live here for five
years consecutively or 10 years accumulatively to be eligible for
citizenship. - JP