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Indonesia to launch 'golden visa' program to attract global talents
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Illustration of an Indonesian visa. (Shutterstock/Paolo Gallo)
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he government is planning to roll out the red carpet for global talents through a soon-to-be launched "golden visa" program, which aims at making Indonesia a more enticing place to work in through a longer stay permit.
Following a Cabinet meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno told reporters the golden visa could be a “game changer” in Indonesia’s efforts to attract more foreign workers and investments, which in turn is hoped to create more job opportunities.
“The golden visa is a new policy that we will soon launch to attract quality talents in the field of digitalization, health, research and technology,” Sandiaga said. “[The policy] will be a game changer that will bring more foreigners, including digital nomads and entrepreneurs to invest in Indonesia.”
He said that, under the golden visa program, foreigners could be granted a permit to stay up to 10 years, although the technical details of the policy still remain unclear as they are still being hashed out with the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Immigration Directorate General.
“We hope this will make Indonesia the epicenter of economic growth going forward, while also [making Indonesia the epicenter] for sustainable [development], since we are the largest archipelagic country with the ability to absorb very large carbon emissions,” he added.
The golden visa program will be the second visa policy the government has launched in recent months, after previously introducing the "second home" visa program in October, primarily aimed at well-off elderly foreigners who were looking to retire in Bali or in other popular tourist destinations in the country.
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