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Establishing a
Representative Office

Foreign Representative Office is an office incorporated by an oversease company to represent themselves in Indonesia. Opening a KPPA is a suitable option for companies wishing to do market research or conduct feasibility studies in Indonesia. Representative offices are regulated under Government Regulation No. 5 Year 2021 and BKPM Regulation No. 4 Year 2021. Update

Request Letter of Reference

REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE

To set up new/renew/amendment for KPPA, follow these steps:

Logon to OSS to upload all the above documents and supporting documents. Supporting documents are:

  1. All documents mentioned in Step 1 and 2 above
  2. Article of Association of Australian company (in English or in Bahasa Indonesia)

Please provide the following documents: 

  1. A request letter addressed to “Director of Indonesia Investment Promotion Centre (IIPC) New York”
  2. Certificate of Registration of a company from the Indonesian Embassy/Trade Attache or IIPC New York (please use the Request LoR on the website iipcnewyork.org)
  3. Current Company Extract from the Indonesian Embassy/Trade Attache or IIPC New York (please use the Request LoR on the website iipcnewyork.org) legalized by a public notary
  4. Bank Reference Letter issued by Australian/New Zealand bank to confirm that banking relationship has been acceptable with details of account of company (account balance is not
  5. required) Attention to: The Indonesian Investment Promotion Centre (IIPC) New York 370 Lexington Ave Suite 1903, New York, NY 10017, United States
  6. Power of Attorney if the application is not done by the head of company
  7. For renewal or amendment of license, please send along:

           - current valid KPPA licence issued by BKPM

           - KPPA activities report (latest LKPM submission)

           - other supporting documents in relation to the amendment


The process will take up to 5 working days. During that processing time, we will contact one of your Company’s Leader to get to know your company and discuss your plan in Indonesia. Upon issuance of Letter of Reference, softcopy will be sent to your email. You may collect the original document at our office or we can mail it to you if you provide us with your details.

Documents needed are as follows:

  1. Letter of Appointment (LoA) of Chief of Representative
  2. Letter of Intent (LoI)
  3. Letter of Statement (LoS) from Chief of Representative that he/she will reside in Indonesia and will not engage in other business activities  (if the Chief of Representative is
  4. Indonesian, the LoS must be signed with stamp/'materai')

In order to obtain an apostille for those documents you need to have them certified, signed and sealed by an Australian notary public. The sealed documents then need to be submitted to DFAT to obtain a certificate or stamp in the form of an 'authentication' or a apostille which is signed by DFAT staff and sealed with a wet and a dry seal. 

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Our Services

1

Business Expansion Support

IIPC helps potential investors across America continent to expand their business in Indonesia.

2

Consultation Services

We provide free consulting services on doing business in Indonesia.

3

Foreign Representative Office (FRO) Setup

We assist potential investors in establishing a legal entity for your company in Indonesia.

4

Strategic Collaborations

IIPC works closely with the Indonesian Embassies across the American continents, business associations, and other business/investment-related institutions.