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The original was posted on /r/indonesia by /u/posingpancakes on 2025-09-11 00:04:23+00:00.
Hi all,
My friend ( Muslim, WNA with KITAP) and her husband (Muslim WNI) adopted their son legally in 2012. He was granted a passport by the Indonesian government, was granted a 3 year visa for Australia whilst his permanent visa was processed.
In 2015, the Indonesian government contacted our government and advised the adoption was now illegal due to a change of laws which caused her husband and son to be taken back to Indonesia however the Indonesian government have left the child in their care whilst they fight the Indonesian government to grant the adoption.
They have now spent over $300kAUD trying to meet these demands of the department which are just beyond ridiculous. When the child was residing in Bali, KEMENSOS workers would demand fully funded week visits to Bali and maybe turn up to see th child for an hour.
Since the child has returned to the father's village they no longer require visitations to be village but now they and the orphanage who is being paid to have his name on their list want to come to Australia.
Throughout the time they've made admin errors like his date of birth being wrong. So then they've had to pay more money to get a new birth certificate issued. Every time they give some a goal to these people, these people achieve it and then they change the goal and ask for more money. They give 24 hours demand notices for both parents to appear in Jakarta from Australia, if they fail this they'll reschedule them to come back in 8 months. Then cancel the day before. Rinse and repeat.
It feels like it's never been in the best interests of the child, but the government department is lining their pockets and maximizing the amount of money that they can exploit out of my friends. The constant admin errors that set them back with another Kopi uang payment.
After now over 10 years of fighting, they've decided that they want to go public with the corruption that they're facing. What is the best way to approach this to have somebody review the case and see what is going on? They are in no better situation today than the day they returned to Indonesia in 2015.
For very complexed reasons, in 2016 they have had to base themselves overseas and can no longer reside in Indonesia.
Thank you
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