Indonesia is set to redesign and recolor its passports, with the new versions to be issued on the country’s 80th Independence Anniversary on August 17, 2025.
“These preparations are for August 17, 2025, and the design will be unveiled on August 17, 2024,” said Silmy Karim, Director General of Immigration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry, on Friday.
Silmy elaborated that the redesign and recoloring efforts aim to symbolize growth and progression. He affirmed the Immigration Department’s dedication to offering the most secure and high-quality passports, and mentioned that the updates would include advanced security features.
Per Silmy, international regulations necessitate passport security upgrades every three years. The new passports will include these security enhancements, such as new color schemes and verification processes. “For instance, there will be UV light features and additional holograms. Further details on photo printing methods will follow,” Silmy explained.
Presently, Indonesian passports have light blue or turquoise covers for general passports, blue covers for official passports, and black covers for diplomatic passports. The current passport covers display a gold Garuda bird emblem. As of January 2020, Indonesian passports grant visa-free access to 85 countries and territories.
I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan"
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