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Registering a birth and acknowledging parentage of a child in Indonesia

If your child is born in Indonesia, you must register the birth in Indonesia. If you live in the Netherlands, you must also register the birth in the Netherlands. You cannot acknowledge parentage of a child in Indonesia, but you can in the Netherlands.

Registering a birth

You must always register the birth of your child in the country where they were born. How you register a birth varies by country. If you live in the Netherlands and your child was born abroad, you must also register the birth in the Netherlands.

Other important information

In Indonesia, no distinction is made between a person’s given name and surname. Instead, a chain of names is used. Dutch law distinguishes between a person’s given names and surname. If a chain of names is listed on a Dutch national’s Indonesian birth certificate, the whole chain will be listed in the surname field of the person’s Dutch passport. Three lines (---) will appear in the field for given names.

To have your given names and surname registered as such, you must submit a name registration request with the Integrity and Screening Agency (Dienst Justis), which is part of the Ministry of Justice and Security. You can do this free of charge.

Acknowledging parentage of a child

You cannot acknowledge parentage of a child in Indonesia.

More information

Find out more about becoming a parent outside the Netherlands

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