DDHK.ORG - Migrant workers Indonesia di Hong Kong and Macau is in a stir over the issue of checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity number (IMEI) mobile phones (HP) at Indonesian airports. Many are worried that cellphones that have been used abroad will be subject to exorbitant taxes or fines when returning to Indonesia.
Regarding this, the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) Hong Kong has provided socialization on its official Facebook account on November 6, 2020. "The government has officially enforced IMEI registration as of April 18, 2020," wrote the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong.
Through this post, the Indonesian Consulate General also published a video tutorial on the IMEI registration procedure for mobile phones, handheld computers, and tablets. On the same day, the Indonesian Consulate General also held an interactive socialization and discussion session through the Instant Coffee program which was carried out in person or live on Facebook.
The video tutorial showing how to check the IMEI HP number and how to register it online at the Customs website, can be watched here.
When contacted by DDHK News, the Consul for Customs and Excise of the Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong, Buhari Sirait, advised that Indonesian citizens who live and work in Hong Kong or Macau and want to fly to Indonesia should first fill out the IMEI HP registration form on the website. www.beacukai.go.id/register-imei.html first. "When you have filled in the form, you will receive a QR Code. Then the QR Code is shown at the Customs office at the airport after picking up the baggage, ”he said.
"If the cellphone that is brought is priced below US $ 500 (equivalent to Rp7.075.600 at an exchange rate of US $ 1 = Rp.14.151,20), then there is no need to pay anything. After the cellphone is scanned by Customs officers, it will be sent and the IMEI will be registered, ”said Buhari.
The IMEI number can also be checked first before flying, to find out whether the cellphone used or purchased overseas has been registered with the Indonesian Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) or not. You do this by typing the website address imei.kemenperin.go.id. Or, if we type Check IMEI in the Google search box, the menu will be at the top of Google. Once clicked, just enter the HP IMEI number you have in the check box.
"My message is for friends of Indonesian migrant workers who are returning to Indonesia or buy cell phones for relatives in Indonesia to register the IMEI upon arrival in Indonesia, so that their cellphones can use Indonesian cellular telephone cards," said Buhari.
If you do not have an NPWP, as stated in the Customs and Excise online form, then the column does not need to be filled. "The use of having an NPWP is that if the price of the cellphone is above US $ 500, then the difference when taxed will be a lower income tax rate, which is 10 percent. If there is no NPWP, the rate is 20 percent, ”he said. [Lina / DDHK News]
