Legal work in Indonesia — manpower first

In plain termsDo not copy a Vietnam foreign-lawyer licence story onto Indonesia without reading Indonesian professional rules.

Labour stack

RPTKA required before foreign work. DKP-TKA paid by the employer. Second Home ≠ work.

Honesty

Manpower closed list is HR/personalia under Kepmenaker 349/2019 — not a bar-licence substitute. Confirm advocate practice rules with the competent profession authority.

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• An approved Foreign Manpower Utilization Plan (RPTKA) is required before a foreign national starts local employment

  PP 34/2021 on Utilization of Foreign Workers — employer must obtain RPTKA approval before employing a foreign national; processed via Kemnaker TKA Online
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• RPTKA / foreign-worker filings go through TKA Online

  Ministry of Manpower TKA Online portal — tka-online.kemnaker.go.id
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• A standalone IMTA work-permit card is no longer the current instrument — RPTKA approval/notification replaced it

  Presidential Regulation 20/2018 abolished standalone IMTA; PP 34/2021 / Permenaker 8/2021 use Pengesahan RPTKA + notification in place of a separate IMTA document
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Second Home / E33 stay is not work authority

  Kemlu/Imigrasi Golden Visa booklet — Second home visa is not eligible to work
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• A tourist or visit stay is not by itself authority to take local employment

  PP 34/2021 framework — gainful employment of a foreign national requires RPTKA approval; a visit/tourist stamp is not an RPTKA approval
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Work authority still needs the matching immigration stay (work-class VITAS/ITAS) after RPTKA

  Practice under Imigrasi + Kemnaker — RPTKA approval precedes work-class VITAS/ITAS; stay and manpower are separate doors
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• DKP-TKA / DKPTKA compensation amount

  Permenaker 8/2021 Pasal 35 — implementing PP 34/2021; DKPTKA US$100 per position per person per month
  100 USD/monthchecked Aug 2026
• DKP-TKA is charged per position per person per month

  Permenaker 8/2021 Pasal 35 — implementing PP 34/2021; DKPTKA US$100 per position per person per month — per jabatan per orang per bulan
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• DKP-TKA is an employer obligation, not a personal tourist fee

  Permenaker 8/2021 Pasal 35 — implementing PP 34/2021; DKPTKA US$100 per position per person per month — Pemberi Kerja TKA wajib membayar
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Some employer categories are exempt from DKP-TKA

  Permenaker 8/2021 Pasal 35 — implementing PP 34/2021; DKPTKA US$100 per position per person per month ayat (2) — exemptions for government, foreign missions, international bodies, social/religious institutions, and certain education posts
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Engagements under one month still owe a full month of DKP-TKA

  Permenaker 8/2021 Pasal 35 — implementing PP 34/2021; DKPTKA US$100 per position per person per month ayat (3) — TKA less than one month still pays one full month of DKP-TKA
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Filed earn-atlas clusters on this destination

  Product atlas — first filed clusters for /indonesia/earn (teaching, diving, hospitality, own-business, legal, tech); position-list / HR-prohibition line-by-line still open
  6 clusterschecked Aug 2026
• Second Home does not authorise teaching for an Indonesian employer

  Stack: id_second_home_not_work_authority + id_rptka_required_before_foreign_work — Second Home E33 does not authorise local teaching
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Instrument that lists positions closed to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — operative closed-list instrument; revokes Menakertrans 40/2012
  Kepmenaker 349/2019checked Aug 2026
• Number of positions closed to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — annex DAFTAR KATEGORI JABATAN TERTENTU YANG DILARANG (18 rows)
  18 positionschecked Aug 2026
• The closed list is personnel / HR work — not a general job ban

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — every annex row is a personnel / HR / industrial-relations / career-admin role
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Closed positions (ISCO/KBJI + English title)

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — full annex English titles with ISCO/KBJI codes, read line-by-line
  1210 Personnel Director · 1232 Industrial Relations Manager · 1232 Human Resources Manager · 1232 Personnel Development Supervisor · 1232 Personnel Recruitment Supervisor · 1232 Personnel Placement Supervisor · 1232 Employee Career Development Supervisor · 4190 Personnel Declare Administrator · 2412 Personnel and Careers Specialist · 2412 Personnel Specialist · 2412 Career Advisor · 2412 Job Advisor · 2412 Job Advisor and Counseling · 2412 Employee Mediator · 4190 Job Training Administrator · 2412 Job Interviewer · 2412 Job Analyst · 2412 Occupational Safety Specialistchecked Aug 2026
• Personnel Director is closed to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — annex row 1, ISCO/KBJI 1210 Personnel Director / Direktur Personalia
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Human Resources Manager is closed to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — annex row 3, ISCO/KBJI 1232 Human Resources Manager / Manajer Personalia
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Industrial Relations Manager is closed to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 349/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dilarang Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (established 31 Dec 2019; annex; JDIH Kemnaker PDF) — annex row 2, ISCO/KBJI 1232 Industrial Relations Manager
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• Instrument that lists positions open to foreign workers

  Kepmenaker 228/2019 — Jabatan Tertentu yang Dapat Diduduki oleh Tenaga Kerja Asing (JDIH Kemnaker PDF; 146-page annex of open positions — structure filed, not every row)
  Kepmenaker 228/2019checked Aug 2026
• Pages in the permitted-position annex PDF

  Kepmenaker 228/2019 JDIH PDF page count — long sector annex; confirm the specific title on TKA Online before filing RPTKA
  146 pageschecked Aug 2026
• A foreign worker may not hold dual positions in the same company

  PP 34/2021 tentang Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing — Pasal 10–11 (JDIH Kemnaker / TKA Online PDF; OCR of official scan 14/8/2026) — Pasal 10: Pemberi Kerja TKA dilarang mempekerjakan TKA rangkap jabatan dalam perusahaan yang sama
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• PP 34/2021 bars foreign workers from personalia / HR positions

  PP 34/2021 tentang Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing — Pasal 10–11 (JDIH Kemnaker / TKA Online PDF; OCR of official scan 14/8/2026) — Pasal 11(1): Pemberi Kerja TKA dilarang mempekerjakan TKA pada jabatan yang mengurusi personalia
  yeschecked Aug 2026
• The personalia ban’s concrete list is set by ministerial decree (Kepmenaker 349/2019)

  PP 34/2021 tentang Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing — Pasal 10–11 (JDIH Kemnaker / TKA Online PDF; OCR of official scan 14/8/2026) — Pasal 11(2): jabatan personalia ditetapkan oleh Menteri; operative list = Kepmenaker 349/2019
  yeschecked Aug 2026

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