N. Jakarta plans foreigner check

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 07/07/2007 10:57 AM | Jakarta

JAKARTA: North Jakarta's civil registration office will start knocking on doors next week to check on the legal documents of foreign nationals living in the municipality.

""(Foreigners) will have to show complete legal documents for their stay here, including work permits if they are here as professionals,"" the head of the North Jakarta civil registration office, Lukman Tahar, was quoted as saying by official city news site Beritajakarta.com on Friday.

The planned check had been prompted by indications that foreigners were living in the municipality without proper legal documents or with documents that had already expired, he said.

Lukman said officers would focus on settlement areas such as Pluit, Kelapa Gading, Penjaringan and Ancol.

""We will only check their documents and tell them to renew their expired papers,"" he added.

However, foreigners found without any legal documents would be immediately taken into custody and held at the local immigration office.

The swoop will involve officers from the public order, social welfare and manpower sub-agencies, as well as from the local police. -- JP

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