Passport application

Passport application

From Kompas

When I applied for a passport at the immigration office in Bandung, I was asked to present a certificate of Indonesian citizenship along with my identity card, birth certificate and family card.

My father's citizenship certificate (a VI B form) is not registered at the state court. And the result is that I was denied a passport. I asked an immigration officer about separating my citizenship from my father's, since I have reached adulthood. According to them, it can not be arranged that way because my father is still using the VI B form. As I have a birth certificate bearing my Indonesian name, why is my citizenship in doubt, despite my birth certificate having been issued by the state court?

Hario Subayu, head of public relations of the Directorate General of Immigration, explained in Kompas, on Oct. 28, that to apply for a passport, an applicant must submit an identity card, family card, and a personal certificate such as a birth certificate.

So why should I need a certificate of Indonesian citizenship? How can I get one? Could someone explain?

WILSON HIDAYAT

Bandung, West Java