Dukcapil Stresses Blood Type Not a Mandatory Requirement for e-KTP Issuance
The Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) at the Ministry of Home Affairs has reminded all district/city Population and Civil Registration Offices (Disdukcapil) to continue facilitating public services in the issuance of electronic Identity Cards (e-KTP). While the inclusion of blood type data on the e-KTP is beneficial, it must not be used as a requirement that hinders civil administration services.
Muhammad Farid, Director of Population Registration and Civil Registration (Dafdukcapil) at Ditjen Dukcapil, explained that under civil administration provisions, blood type is a data element that can be included if the information is available and can be accounted for. However, citizens who do not yet know their blood type are still entitled to receive e-KTP issuance services.
“The principle of civil administration services is to provide convenience to the public. Therefore, if a resident does not yet know their blood type, this must not be used as a reason to delay or refuse the issuance of an e-KTP,” Farid stated.
Ditjen Dukcapil acknowledged the initiatives of several regions encouraging citizens to learn their blood type from an early age. This step is considered beneficial, both for healthcare needs and for reducing requests to change data elements on the e-KTP at a later date.
“We appreciate regions that educate the public on the importance of knowing their blood type. However, this is educational and advisory in nature, not a mandatory requirement in civil administration services,” he stressed.
If citizens later discover their blood type and wish to update their civil data elements, the change can be processed according to the applicable mechanism without diminishing their rights to civil documents. Every civil administration service must be carried out in a simple, easy, fast, and non-discriminatory manner, without adding requirements beyond the provisions of laws and regulations.
“The most important thing is that citizens continue to obtain their rights to civil documents. Meanwhile, the refinement of data elements, including blood type, can be done later when the data is validly available. The principle is that services to the public must not be delayed simply because of one data element that can still be completed at a later date,” Farid concluded.