NGO Registration USA

NGO Registration
Requirement for all International NGOs to Register with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, informs American citizens that the Government of Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) recently informed the Embassy that under Indonesian law, all international NGOs working in Indonesia, including those working with the U.S. Embassy, other foreign donor governments, or funded by private contributions, are required to register.
One of the Government of Indonesia’s registration requirements is to have the U.S. Embassy issue a Letter of Recommendation in support of a U.S. NGO.  NGOs affiliated with USAID should contact [email protected] for assistance in acquiring that letter.  U.S. NGOs not affiliated with should contact the Consular Section of the Embassy at [email protected] to request the letter.  The request should include the following information:

• Name of the Organization, Legal Status in the United States, Date Founded, Address of the organization in the U.S., Name of the Director(s) in the United States, Address in Indonesia, and Name of Representative in Indonesia;
• Copy of the organization’s State Certification of Incorporation
• Copy of the organization’s Tax Exemption Status Qualification Letter from the Internal Revenue Service;
• Copy of passport for local representative. 

The Embassy will usually be able to issue the letter within one week

Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for resettlement to the USA, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• meet the definition of a refugee contained in Section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (‘INA’)

• any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country because of persecution or a well founded fear of persecution on account

of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

b) in such special circumstances as the President after appropriate consultation (as defined in section 207(e) of this Act) may specify, any person who is within the country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, within the country in which such person is habitually residing, and who is persecuted or who has a well founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

founded fear of persecution on account of political opinion.

• Be of a designated nationality and fall within the priority categories for that nationality in that region or be referred by a USA Embassy, UNHCR or a NGO.

• Persons from nationalities that the USA designates as being of special concern for the USA resettlement program, and who fall in specific priorities (see below), can be considered for resettlement without referral by UNHCR or Embassies. Non-designated nationalities must have a UNHCR, NGO or USA Embassy referral to be considered for resettlement.

• not be firmly resettled in any third country; and
• not be excludable under USA law.