Starting from March 2022, buyers looking to buy properties in Indonesia must have an active membership in the country's social security program on health (known as BPJS Kesehatan). Failure to do so will delay the registration of the right over the purchased properties in the local land office.
The BPJS Kesehatan membership requirement applies to individual and corporate buyers, where the latter would have to show evidence of its directors' BPJS Kesehatan membership. Buyers with inactive membership or those who are not yet a member of BPJS can still register their right by including a statement letter that states their willingness to activate their membership.
While the circular letters envision the creation of an integrated system between the Ministry of Land Affairs/National Land Agency and BPJS Kesehatan, pending the creation of the system, the heads of the land offices will have to verify the membership status manually by coordinating with the local BPJS Kesehatan office.
