New Provisions on Stay Permits for Foreigners

The Minister of Law and Human Rights (“Minister”) has issued Regulation No. 27 of 2014 on Technical Procedures for Granting, Extending, Denying, Terminating and Expiration of Visitor Resident Permit , Limited Resident Permit, and Permanent Resident Permit, and Exemption from Securing Resident Permit (“2014 Regulation”).

The 2014 Regulation implements Articles 115 (2), 147, 156 (2), and 164 of Government Regulation No. 31 of 2013 on Implementation Regulation of Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration (“2013 Regulation”),[1] which mandates the Minister to stipulate further provisions on the following matters: