Ekspatriat Masuk Indonesia, Pemerintah Akan Permudah Izinnya
Indonesian Govt Plans to Simplify Regulation on Working Permit for Expatriates
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Perindustrian RI Saleh Husin menegaskan bahwa pemerintah berupaya merevisi regulasi tentang perizinan tenaga kerja asing dengan tujuan mempermudah aliran masuk investasi dari negara lain.
"Waktu kunjungan saya dan Wapres Jusuf Kalla ke Jepang beberapa hari lalu, banyak keluhan dari para CEO di sana bahwa masalah tenaga kerja untuk mengurus izinnya bisa butuh waktu dua sampai tiga bulan. Maka aturannya yang harus dipermudah supaya memudahkan para investor berinvestasi di Indonesia," kata Saleh usai rapat.
Dia menjelaskan untuk mengurus izin kerja tenaga asing, yang hanya beberapa hari di Indonesia, prosesnya bisa memakan waktu hingga berbulan-bulan.
"Ini terutama untuk para teknisi yang hanya dua atau tiga hari di Indonesia karena harus memperbaiki kerusakan di salah satu pabrik atau mesinnya di sini. Untuk mengurus izinnya saja bisa dua sampai tiga bulan," katanya.
"Akibatnya kan bisa dicolong-colong itu visa, mereka datang pakai visa turis selama satu pekan tapi di sini hanya tiga hari."
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian Industry Minister, Saleh Husin said the government said it plans to simplify regulation on working permit for expatriates in a bid to draw more foreign investment into the country.
"During my visit a few days ago to Japan with Vice President Jusuf Kalla I met with many Japanese CEO complaining that the process of securing working permit for expatriates could take up to three months," Saleh said after the meeting.
He said the process that could be wrapped up in less than a day has to take months affecting the process of production for foreign investors.
"This is especially a problem for technicians who plan only to stay in the country for a few days to fix something in a factory machine. The red tape could also lead to expatriates having to use tourist visa to work in the country," he said.
"They use tourist visa for a week but they need only to stay here for three days," he said.
Yasonna said he would coordinate with the Immigration Office to issue regulation on working permit for expatriate.
