.. Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Want to marry RI (Republic of Indonesia) woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta If you happen to be a not-so-rich foreign gentleman who plans to marry an Indonesian lady here, you'd better tie the knot quickly as the authorities may put an expensive price tag on Indonesian women in the future. Unknown to many, the Supreme Court is mulling requiring foreign men to deposit some Rp 500 million (about US$50,000) before marrying Indonesian female citizens. The idea was recommended during a recent Supreme Court national working meeting, which was attended by the Supreme Court leadership and top judges from across the country. It was not immediately clear how the proposed scheme would be implemented. But according to a document studied at the meeting, such a regulation is applied in Egypt, where foreign men are required to pay a sum of money into a state bank before marrying Egyptian citizens. "In a bid to protect women, the state of Egypt requires every (male) foreigner who plans to marry an Egyptian citizen to pay 25,000 Egyptian pounds into the Nasser Bank as a bond," said the document, a copy of which was made available to The Jakarta Post over the weekend. The Supreme Court may likely follow up on the idea by submitting it to the government or the House of Representatives, which would draft the ruling. The recommendation by the male-dominated Supreme Court will add to the complications faced by transnational couples wishing to register their marriages here. Many consider the current Indonesian law on citizenship as failing to protect transnational couples, particularly marriages between Indonesian women and foreign men. Such couples must go through lengthy and complicated immigration and other processes to legalize their marriage under Indonesian law. More problems usually occur later since the Citizenship Law (No. 62/1958), which applies the outdated bloodline principle, does not allow foreign men married to Indonesian women to change nationality, while any children of the marriage will automatically take the same citizenship as the father. The non-Indonesian husband and children are then treated in much the same way as foreign tourists or visitors. It means they must fly to neighboring countries to renew their visas should the family decide to live in Indonesia. According to the law as it now stands, when an Indonesian woman who is married to a foreign man dies, her name cannot be inherited by her husband and children. The Indonesian government instead auctions off the property within one year, leaving the mourning family homeless. The unfavorable situation has forced many Indonesian women to marry their foreign fiances abroad, although this does not actually solve the problem should they decide to live in Indonesia. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has submitted a bill to amend the 1958 Citizenship Law to the House of Representatives. However, the House has yet to list it for further deliberation. +++++++ Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 That's insane, I'm speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 There will soon be a lot of single indonesian women....just crazy :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 <<There will soon be a lot of single indonesian women....just crazy >> Depends what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 What happened to 'free trade'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Be interesting to see if this applies to ALL foreign men (e.g. Malaysians, Singapore Muslims) or just evil white Farang devils. And what is to stop a guy from taking his Indo GF over to Singapore and marrying her there??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 So, it seems the Indo. gov is now among the biggest pimps in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Maybe not the biggest but definitely on of the most expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Bloody hell - I'll think twice before proclaiming LOS racist of the world again - King of pimps don't even fit anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Mac, The way I understand the article, that's a valid option, unless you go back to Indonesia and live there again, than it's back to square one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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