Policy Recommendations for the Use of Translators to Ensure Legal Certainty in Immigration Administrative Actions at the Special Class I Immigration Office of TPI Semarang
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https://doi.org/10.59944/amorti.v5i3.1555Keywords:
Administrative Actions, Translator Legal Certainty, Legal System Immigration LawAbstract
This study aims to analyze the implementation of the use of translators in Immigration Administrative Actions (TAK) at the Special Class I Immigration Office of TPI Semarang and formulate an ideal legal policy to integrate the provisions of Permenkum Number 4 of 2025 into TAK procedures. This study uses an empirical juridical approach with qualitative methods through interviews, observations, and analysis of relevant laws and regulations. The research analysis uses Lawrence M. Friedman's Legal System Theory which includes the substance of law, legal structure, and legal culture, as well as the basic values of Gustav Radbruch's law which includes legal certainty, justice, and utility. The results of the study show that the Special Class I Immigration Office of TPI Semarang has implemented a progressive practice by requiring the use of sworn translators in examinations involving foreigners who do not understand Indonesian. However, its implementation still faces normative and structural weaknesses because the provisions of Article 66 of Permenimipas Number 2 of 2025 are facultative, do not regulate in detail the competence, appointment mechanism, independence, supervision, and accountability of translators, and there is no standard internal SOP. Therefore, this study recommends the preparation of internal SOPs regarding the use of translators and the development of a database of competent and verified translators through cooperation with relevant institutions. These efforts are expected to strengthen legal certainty, procedural justice, and accountability in the implementation of TAK.
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