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Topic: How many days to register a residence permit — and does a new address or a new job have to be reported?

What does Indonesia require?

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Indonesia's long-term residence status is split into ITAS (Izin Tinggal Terbatas, limited stay), with the physical card called KITAS, and ITAP (Izin Tinggal Tetap, permanent stay), card called KITAP — both issued by the Directorate General of Immigration under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. ITAP is valid 5 years and renewable indefinitely; ITAS can be extended up to 2 years at a time, for a maximum of 6 years total. Article 48 of Immigration Law No. 6/2011 requires every foreigner in Indonesia to hold a valid stay permit; Article 71(2) is not a standing carry duty but requires showing or surrendering the document when requested by an on-duty immigration officer. Article 71(1) of the same law requires foreigners to report any change in civil status, nationality, employment, sponsor, or address to the local Immigration Office; an address change specifically must be reported within a maximum of 14 days, and the sponsor (Penjamin) shares responsibility for reporting it under Article 63(2) — late reporting can bring administrative or criminal sanctions. Indonesia's old work-permit system, IMTA, was abolished under Presidential Regulation No. 20/2018; under the current system the employer first files a Foreign Worker Utilization Plan (RPTKA) with the Ministry of Manpower and pays a compensation fee of US$100 per worker per month, and only after that approval can the foreign worker apply through Immigration for a work-purpose KITAS (category 312) — work approval and residence permit remain two separate agencies and two separate steps. A "Golden Visa" launched in July 2024 (under Ministerial Regulation No. 11/2024) offers another path: individual investment of US$350,000 (5-year) or US$700,000 (10-year), with higher thresholds for corporate investors, exempting holders from the standard KITAS process.

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Taiwan's Alien Resident Certificate, issued by the National Immigration Agency, must be applied for within 30 days of entry, and an address change reported within the same 30-day window — miss it and the Immigration Act sets a fine of NT$2,000–10,000.

Japan's Residence Card runs on a tighter clock: 14 days, whether it's the first address registration or notifying a change of employer, both fixed by the Immigration Control Act.

Mainland China gives registered residence-permit changes 10 days (Exit-Entry Administration Law, Article 33), and staying somewhere other than a hotel only 24 hours (Article 39).

The United States has no national residence-registration office at all, but a registered alien's change of address is still bound by federal law — 8 U.S.C. § 1305 — to the same 10-day window, in writing.

India runs on visa category rather than a single residence card: an Employment or Student visa valid over 180 days must be registered with the FRRO within 14 days of arrival.

Indonesia caps an address change at 14 days, with the sponsor jointly responsible for reporting it.

Brazil is the most generous: a temporary-visa holder has 90 days to register with the Federal Police.

On whether the work permit and the residence permit are the same document, the seven countries split two ways: Taiwan, China, and Indonesia issue two documents from two agencies; Japan builds work eligibility directly into the residence status itself; and in the United States, the Green Card is itself the proof of work authorization.

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