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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!

In recent months there were some scam cases implicate Binamandiri to collaborate with overseas agent, by imposing as Binamandiri Branch Offices in Indonesia.

Due to the above matter, we would like to inform to the public that Binamandiri DOES NOT HAVE any branch office and/or individual anywhere else outside Malang City in Indonesia, who claim as Binamandiri’s representative who has the authority to collaborate with overseas agency, BESIDE the board of directors at Head Office in Malang, which can be seen in Binamandiri site. The correspondent address between Binamandiri and overseas agency ONLY using the address in Binamandiri’s Business License, Jalan Kartini No.19-A Malang-Indonesia 65111, Phone +62 (341) 323990, Fax +62 (341) 366566, account@binamandiri.com. All correspondent emails are using corporate email and not any commercial-free email such as Yahoo Email

Any contacts outside the above Correspondence Information are considered imposter. Binamandiri does not be responsible for any loss caused by misleading from Binamandiri’s imposter. All fraud cases will be reported to the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration for further criminal prosecution. For any information please refers to our website

Monday, November 16, 2009

Government gives free passport for TKI

During press conference to welcome 406 troubled TKI from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on 10 November 2009 at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Minister of Law and Human Right, Patrialis Akbar, expressed his plan to exempt the expense of Passport TKI.

Today, 16 November 2009, at his office Jalan HR Rasuna Said, Patrialis Akbar held a press conference to expose 100 days program of his administration, which one of the program is to exempt the expense of Passport TKI.

Binamandiri welcomes with minister's program, but most important things, the passport process is totally free no string attached with other fees and no loop hole on the regulation that can be used by immigration officer to ask bribe money.
Currently TKI is burden with passport expense between Rp. 250.000 until Rp. 300.000 although the legal price which state in the price list sign at immigration office is only Rp. 150.000. In the cost structure for placement fee to overseas, government set the pasport only cost Rp. 150.000, the same as the sign, where actually Rp. 150.000 is only the price for the passport book and there are other fees to buy the form at immigration cooperative, fee to take picture, fee for retribution and many other fees that can be totally up to Rp. 100.000 to Rp. 150.000
That's not it, the Memorandum of Understanding between Jumhur Hidayat, BNP2TKI and previous Minister of Law and Human Right, Hamid Awaludin, about Passport TKI with 24 pages gives more burdens to TKI. If a person already have 48 pages passport, and want to work overseas, so He/She has to endorse the passport for TKI passport and it can only be done at Immigration Head Office in Jakarta, else if the cost to Jakarta too expensive, he/she doesn't have any choice to give bribe money to the immigration officer at exit point for a cost of one passport Rp.250.000 !! - and it is already under table common practice.

So, the main thing for Minister of Law and Human Rights, not just give free passport, but all unnecessary regulations and agreements that gives or it can be a loop hole to burden TKI should be revoke, and reformation of his subordinate who interact directly with TKI is a must so that TKI won't be object of exploitation by bad officers of Department of Law and Human Rights
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