Dec 2025
Finally Giselle turns to 18 years old. which means... the clock is ticking until she reaches 21 years old, to renounce her Indonesian citizenship because neither Indonesia and Singapore allows dual citizenship. Although she still have 3 more years to go but being #kiasu #kiasi Singaporean, I would want to renounce her Indonesia citizenship first before ICA call her to sumpah (oath) in 3 years time.
First step is to create login account in beloved SAKE. I just discovered that the website also changed, no longer SAKE but they call AHU Kewarganegaraan. Things have changed.
New website: https://kewarganegaraan.ahu.go.id/backend/login.
Then choose, Permohonan Surat Keterangan Kehilangan Kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia bagi Orang yang telah Memperoleh Kewarganegaraan Asing (Pasal 23 huruf (h))
Click "Saya Paham" to go to next page. (1a)
Here are the list of documents required to upload:
Let's dissect what are the documents required:
No. 1. Surat permohonan yang ditujukan kepada Direktur Jenderal Administrasi Hukum Umum, u.p Direktur Tata Negara dan ditandatangani diatas meterai.
Surprisingly the first document is the last thing that you can obtain, after submit your request, fill in all of your particular, and upload all the necessary document. so we KIV first.
No. 2. Fotokopi kutipan akta kelahiran atau surat yang membuktikan kelahiran dari orang yang mengajukan permohonan yang dilegalisasi oleh pejabat yang berwenang atau Perwakilan Republik Indonesia.
If you are born in Indonesia, let's say, Jakarta, you have to ask for your relative's help to go to the official government office (DukCaPil) such as Kantor Kecamatan/ Kantor Kelurahan, to legalize Akte Lahir for you. Alternatively, you travel back to your hometown to legalize this document. I don't know how and how much because luckily my daughter was born in Singapore so I registered her Indonesian Akte Lahir in KBRI Singapore. In my case, I just need to go back to KBRI, to legalize the document for a fee. $40 per documents for 4 copies.
To legalize KBRI documents in KBRI, I will need to book appointment via Antrian Online: https://services.indonesianembassy.sg/
Kekonsuleran> Lanjutkan Mengisi Antrian Online>Pilih Layanan>Legalisasi Fotokopi/ Salinan sesuai aslinya untuk dokumen yang diterbitkan oleh KBRI Singapura>Lanjutkan>choose the date (red: full, grey: cannot choose date, please choose the black font date> Lanjutkan> type Name and Email address>Lanjutkan>Upload Dokumen/ Naskah Asli and Upload Formulir Lembar Konsuler (both in pdf/jpg/png)>Fee is $40 paynow>Konfirmasi>SUBMIT. Basically just follow the instructions in website.
No.3. Fotokopi kutipan akta perkawinan/buku nikah/laporan perkawinan/surat keterangan perkawinan dari orang yang mengajukan permohonan yang dilegalisasi oleh pejabat yang berwenang atau Perwakilan Republik Indonesia
If single, just make own template stating your particulars, such as: Name/ NIK/Passport No. and statement that you haven't married. signed with your signature and date, no need materai. Some people I know put on materai la but personally I didnt put because I only have 1 materai for Surat Permohonan only.
If married, please provide your buku nikah and legalize in your hometown's DukCaPil office, basically the issuing office that issued this document. So if you married in Jakarta, Indonesia, you have to go back to Jakarta DukCaPil office in Jakarta to settle the legalization stuffs.
Personally I didn't go through the DukCaPil route since all of my daughter's documentation are issued by KBRI Singapore, which blessing in disguise. So I'm not too sure how to find local DukCaPil, I heard can just google or there is a dedicated website just for that.
No. 4. Fotokopi dokumen perjalanan Republik Indonesia atau Kartu Tanda Penduduk yang sudah diverifikasi oleh Perwakilan Republik Indonesia
If you have KTP, again, back to DukCaPil in hometown to get legalize.
In my case, my daughter do not have KTP, so I use Indonesia's passport. KBRI can legalize expired passport as long as issued by KBRI. So upon booking KBRI appointment via Antrian online, I also legalize her expired Indonesia passport together with her Akte Lahir, since both document issued by KBRI. So killing two birds with one stone.
No.5. Surat keterangan dari pejabat negara asing yang menyatakan pemohon akan menjadi warga negara asing yang diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia oleh penerjemah resmi tersumpah
5a. Firstly, go to: https://www.ica.gov.sg/reside/citizenship/confirmation
Submit online, follow the instruction, most likely need Singpass to verify, and Paynow $20 as per request, wait few days later, random ICA officer will be in contact with you via email, reply to him/her explaining your situation and they will help you to churn out this confirmation of SG Citizenship status document, very efficient. the PDF is locked by password which is your birthdate. download, and print hardcopy.
5b. Next, go to:https://legalisation.sal.sg/
Choose Services> Authorization & Legislation> Quick Links> Request Apostille Legalization Services>follow the instruction before you make a payment of $10.70 for legalization fees and $1.07 for photocopy services. Meaning if you need 2 copies of document to be legalized, you need to pay ($10.70 X 2) + ($1.07 X 2) = before 9% GST.
After that, walk in to SAL office get to Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) to legalize, a little bit tricky, you need to show SA officer the email communication and open the PDF document in front of them, before they can proceed to legalize. No need to book appointment for SAL, just walk in within operating hours.
5c. Lastly, use this document, to be translated to translator which based in SG office. In my case, I choose infamous Mr. Anwar which has already the template, so turnaround time within few hours. Text him at 9650 5794, send him the softcopy to office_ind@yahoo.com.sg, make payment via paynow/paylah ($50 per page of documents), within few hours, please ask for the draft before he printed and stamp basah with his signature. PLEASE CHECK your details MANY MANY TIMES beforehand. Then come down to his office to collect the hardcopy.
In conclusion there were 3 steps to do just to get this document.
Are you still with me? Good.
6. Fotokopi Paspor Asing yang dilegalisasi oleh Perwakilan negara yang mengeluarkan.
SG passport bring to SAL to legalize. Refer to the steps in 5b, which basically:
Go to:https://legalisation.sal.sg/
Choose Services> Authorization & Legislation> Quick Links> Request Apostille Legalization Services>follow the instruction before you make a payment of $10.70 for legalization fees and $1.07 for photocopy services. Meaning if you need 2 copies of document to be legalized, you need to pay ($10.70 X 2) + ($1.07 X 2) = before 9% GST, and so on and so forth.
After that, walk in to SAL office get to Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) to legalize, for SG passport, SG IC, just need to show them original physical passport and I/C card, cannot use Singpass.
7. Bukti pengembalian paspor Indonesia dari Kantor Imigrasi atau Perwakilan Repubik Indonesia.
Another long-winded process just to obtain this document. Hope you mabok enough already from this "SAKE" since AHU and KBRI are having a chicken and eggs situation, hahaha....
7a. In order to return expired Indonesia passport, I need to bring these document to KBRI. So prepare these document first beforehand.
1. Surat Permohonan (which means you have to do one time of mock-up submission, download the Surat Permohonan, print, but do not sign and do not put materai first)
2. Print pop-up notification showing 9 documents in AHU website. the page that you need to click "Saya Paham" page before proceeding to the next page. Refer to (1a), gonna scroll all the way up. Remember to screenshot all the way until profile page on the left side which showing the name of profile picture.
3. Legalized Indo passport (in my case, legalized in KBRI, although it's expired passport but KBRI still legalize it)
4. SG passport (legalized di SAL)
5. SG pink IC (legalized di SAL)
6. Word document with standard template: Renunciation of Indonesian Citizenship, contain of Name, Handphone No., and Address in Singapore. Then signed, named, and date. In case, if they need to contact you for any additional information.
7. New latest KK with barcode (old KK no barcode- need to legalize in DukCapil)
Next steps after you obtain all the above document, next:
7b. To return back passport, you cannot book from Antrian online, so have to email or whatsapp them. Email to konsuler@indonesianembassy.sg or imigrasi@indonesianembassy.sg and WA to 9186 0058 to get the appointment date and timing. Remember nowadays KBRI not allowed to walk-in and based on appointment only, the security guards are very strict. And do wear proper attire, no tanktop, no sleeveless, skirt, sandal, or even shorts that above knees also cannot enter the premises. Dress properly and wear covered shoes, to be safe.
After you got KBRI appointment, go and surrender the passport, 3 working days later, come back to collect the letter of Bukti Pengembalian passport issued by KBRI. Since it's in ENG and IND so no need to translate or whatsoever.
8. Pasfoto berwarna terbaru dari orang yang mengajukan pernyataan berukuran 4x6 cm (empat kali enam sentimeter) sebanyak 2 (dua) lembar
The simplest document to do among all. Firstly, to go to photostudio, tell the aunty/uncle to take passport photo for Indonesia embassy, both soft/hardcopy, take photo, pay, that's all. Nowadays AHU not that strict, red or white background also can. with or without collar also OK, as long as proper attire.
So by now you have documents no.2-8, let's submit (for the second time) to get the Surat Permohonan. Let's do it:
Click> Selanjutnya> Go to data Ayah dan Data Ibu
Click Selanjutnya> Perhatian pop-up box> OK. However, ensure that the data is correct and accurate.
Summary page look like this:
Download to PDF file, now can download, print, and put materai, signed on it.
Then it will bring you to the next page to upload all the document
Another thing to take note, when uploading the document, you only can upload jpeg,jpg, png, which limited to 1 pager. There is no way you can upload PDF file. I hope they can improve this next time.
Do not worry of missing document to be upload, you definitely cannot move to the next page until you uploaded all of the document.
Finally,
9. Bukti pembayaran penerimaan negara bukan pajak
Lastly, there will be Surat Perintah Bayar (SPB) which contain of the details of bank account and payment instruction, just make a payment via KlikBCA. Once paid, produce the receipt, and wait for awhile for email notification of succesful payment, scan softcopy in the "upload bukti pembayaran page" and print hardcopy for DHL shipment later on.
I remember during my time, since KlikBCA still haven't really developed yet, we need to come down to the only one branch of BNI bank in Singapore, go one time to transfer payment over the counter, then wait for the next working day to collect proof of payment receipt. Such a waste of time. 5 years have passed and KlikBCA really helps a lot to streamline the payment process.
That's all how to get all of the 9 documents stated above. So in conclusion, the trips that I went through:
1. KBRI - 4 trips: 1 to legalize the KBRI documents (Akte Lahir, Indonesian passport- expired, need appointment via Antrian Online). 1 to collect the document, no need appointment. 1 to return passport- need appointment via email/WA, last 1 to collect the document, no need appointment. So total 4 trips.
2. SAL- 1 trip to make online payment for legalization document and then walk-in. In my case, I need to pay 4 documents which are SG passport, SG I/C, SG ICA confirmation of citizenship letter ($10.70X3)+ ($1.07X3)= before GST. If you kiasu, you can make 2 copies each document so everything X6. and so on. When you come down to SAL, there are 3 documents needed to be legalized by far: 1. ICA - Confirmation of SG Citizenship. 2. SG passport, and 3. SG IC
Next, all of the softcopy that you have uploaded, you have to mail out the hardcopy (with those legalization stamp) all the way to AHU office via DHL.
How to mail out via DHL. Firstly, make a shipment via online: https://shipnow.dhl.com/mt/en/create-shipment
Choose Ship and PayOnline> can choose btn courier pickup OR drop off at DHL Service Point
Follow the instruction, paid online, and for me, since I do not have DHL envelope, I choose to drop off at DHL Service Point so that I can print out the label sticker, DHL envelope, and ask advices from the counter. But if you have above items, you can easily arrange for courier pickup.
Lastly, opt-in for DHL tracking number, the most expensive price to ship DHL to AHU Jakarta office, so you'll know what is the status and when the shipment arrived in AHU office. One obstacle, the postal code is 12940 which not matched with the city so you need to put "Setia Budi" and the system will allow you to proceed to the next page. I think I spent almost an hour to figure out.
Here is the address: Jalan HR Rasuna Said kav 6-7, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, 12940. "Setia Budi"
After that, the waiting game...
In my case, I submitted complete SAKE online on 23 Dec, paid, and print all the document, and DHL it on the same date. Next day, 24 Dec DHL status delivered in AHU office. 25 Dec Christmas holiday so office closed. But I kept on following up via email and WA until got reply from the officer. I understand that their response will be slower than usual since it's end of the year, people start clearing leaves, cuti bersama, and festive seasons...
As per Sept 2025, there will be no more "cendol", so now the verification process consist of 4 departments:
1. Verifikasi FU- 30 Dec 2025
2. Verifikasi Kasie
3. Verifikasi Kasubdit
4. Verifikasi Direktur
And once they confirm the status will change to "Sesuai" with the sidenote of "Keterangan"
To be continued....part 2. Because I've realized the post is too long and I have to break it into 2 parts.
Very important information:
AHU email address: cs@ahu.go.id
AHU WA number: +62 81223848678
KBRI email address:konsuler@indonesianembassy.sg or imigrasi@indonesianembassy.sg
KBRI WA to 9186 0058
-Debora-
