Deactivating the NIK of Jakarta Residents Outside the Region is Considered Unfair

On the other hand, many Jakarta residents are forced to live in surrounding cities, but in their daily lives they work and engage in activities in Jakarta. This is because the cost of living in surrounding cities is cheaper.

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The condition is considered different from Jakarta residents who have settled and own homes outside the area, but still possess Jakarta identity cards.

The influx of newcomers to Jakarta after this year's Eid al-Fitr celebrations has also caught Nasrullah's attention. This is because the wave of new arrivals occurred amid the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's active implementation of a program for orderly population administration.

Meanwhile, the DKI provincial government has not implemented any control or restrictions for non-local residents to enter or stay in Jakarta. As a result, non-native newcomers will be the ones to enjoy the facilities in DKI.

Therefore, Nasrullah is asking the DKI Provincial Government to be careful before deleting the citizens' ID numbers. According to him, there needs to be a rechecking process and not just automatically deleting the ID numbers of citizens who no longer reside in Jakarta.

"There is an injustice in the policy of deleting the ID numbers of residents who no longer reside in Jakarta, but new immigrants are not properly controlled," he said.

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As for the Office of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of DKI, it is estimated that around 92,432 ID numbers will be deactivated starting from next week. Its first targets are residents who have passed away (81,119 ID numbers) and residents whose previous residential area, indicated by the RT code, no longer exists or has been converted into other facilities such as sports halls and stadiums (11,374 ID numbers).

"Meanwhile, those that have been deactivated are for those who have already passed away and for RTs that no longer exist. It is possible that residents whose RT has changed and now live outside the Jakarta area are included in the deactivation of their NIK. We just submitted our request to the Ministry of Home Affairs this week and deactivation may be carried out as early as next week," said Head of the DKI Civil Registration Agency, Budi Awaluddin.

Budi explained that after the initial process is completed, his party will immediately apply for the deactivation of Jakarta residents' identification numbers (NIK) who currently reside outside the area. However, he could not yet detail how many NIKs would be deactivated and when the submission process would take place.

On the other hand, Budi allows residents affected by the deactivation of their NIK to submit an objection. The objection can be submitted by residents to the complaint center at their respective neighborhood office.

"They can go directly to the civil registry service in their respective districts. Later, our officers will conduct verification and validation in the field," he said.

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Budi stated that verification and validation are carried out to ensure that the applicant still resides and is active in Jakarta. On the other hand, Dukcapil will directly suggest that residents manage their population transfers if they no longer live in Jakarta.

"If it is proven that the person still resides in their original domicile or still resides in Jakarta on a daily basis, we will remove them from the arrangement program," said Budi.

Object

Regarding this matter, Jakarta resident Rafli Ainur Rofi (35), who currently lives in Tangerang Selatan, is objecting. He has been forced to live in Tangsel for the past four years with his wife and child because he has to work there.

"But, we in Tangsel only rent a contract house. My parents in Jakarta have also passed away. But, there is a possibility of returning to Jakarta to my sibling's house that is currently occupied," he said.

Another reason why he still persists in not changing his residency status to Tangsel resident is because he is tempted by the many facilities offered by the Jakarta Provincial Government. One of them is the Jakarta Pintar Card.

If the person concerned is proven to still reside in their original domicile or still live in Jakarta, they will be removed from the reorganization program.

It is different for Jakarta resident, Namira (32). After getting married, she decided to rent a house with her husband in Depok, even though she works in Jakarta on a daily basis.

"After getting married, we didn't want to live with our parents, but our jobs are in Jakarta. On the other hand, my husband is from Central Java. As a result, we decided to rent a house first in Depok. Nevertheless, there is a desire to buy a house in a Jakarta's surrounding city because it is cheaper," said Namira.

Despite this, Nirmala is not willing to have her ID card removed from Jakarta. As long as she has not definitively decided to permanently live in Depok, she still considers herself a resident of Jakarta.

As previously reported, the Head of the Civil Registry Agency of South Tangerang City, Dedi Budiawan, did not deny that many of its residents still hold identification cards from Jakarta. Even some residents have lived in South Tangerang for almost 25 years, yet their population status remains as Jakarta residents.

Based on data and the results of coordination meetings of the civil registration agency in Jabodetabek, according to Dedi, there are at least one million residents with Jakarta ID cards, but they live in the metropolitan area.

"Since the coordination meeting with the Jabodetabek Population and Civil Registration Agency, we have moved and socialized with residents to manage their population administration. Gradually, we have been processing the data," said Dedi (Kompas.id, 17/4/2024).

Based on the latest data from Disdukcapil Tangerang Selatan from January to March 2024, there are approximately 10,000 citizens who have already processed their citizenship administration or relocation. On average, there are around 1,500 families or 3,000 citizens who relocate to Tangerang Selatan every month. In the year 2022, Disdukcapil processed the relocation of 12,495 citizens. Then in 2023, there were 18,509 citizens who relocated.

According to information from Dedi, the reason why residents have not or have not yet completed their population administration paperwork is due to concerns about losing facilities provided by the Jakarta Provincial Government. For example, education and health guarantees, social assistance, and other assistance facilities that are not considered to be available from the local government in Bodetabek. In fact, these programs or facilities are also available to local residents.