Support Letter for Foreign Business Representatives and Experts visiting Indonesia

​published on 28 July 2020 | reading time approx. 1 minute

On 11 June 2020, the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) issued Announcement No. 8/2020 concerning the issuance of a Letter of Support for the visit of foreign investment limited liability company representatives and/or experts during covid-19.  

Accordingly, a foreign invested company (PT PMA) in Indonesia may submit an application to the BKPM if a visit from a representative or expert (who needs to be employed with a group entity) from abroad is planned. The BKPM will verify the application and then issue a Support Letter. Additionally, such Support Letter will be provided by BKPM to relevant authorities, such as the immigration department. The application shall be addressed to the Head of BKPM, signed by the company’s highest management level and include the contact person/person in charge of application documents (mobile number) as well as a letter stating the purpose of sending in the company representative or expert during the covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the letter needs to provide the details of the

1. implementation of investment activities (total investment, project location),
2. Indonesian Manpower Utilization Plan and
3. data of the respective representatives or experts including the name, passport number, nationality, position.

An additional letter needs to confirm the willingness to meet the provisions of the Indonesian covid-19 Health Protocol. The BKPM evaluation team will then verify the application documents and contact the person in charge to return the application documents if they do not meet the above requirements. In case of approval, the evaluation team will process the preparation of the Support Letter in form of a hardcopy, which will be signed by the BKPM Official in charge (i.e. Deputy for Investment Climate Development on behalf of the Head of BKPM).