A back door, is it?

I begin to understand what Mrs. Mm meant from our weird conversation yesterday (see previous entry). I went to Pengadilan Negeri again this morning, to show her that I have gathered information from KanIm (Immigration Office) and HukHAM (Ministry of Justice and Human Rights). According to KanIm, it is possible to apply for our children's Indonesian citizenship and according to HukHAM, our kids are entitled to have (limited) dual-nationality. The problem is, Mrs. Mm said, will KanIm and the DisDuk (Dinas Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil, or Civil Office) let our kids possess two nationalities, or will they demand our kids to give up their Dutch nationality? Moreover, her main concern now is whether our kids can be included in my salary (under 'child support') - because Civil Servant doesn't recognize (financial) supports for foreigners.

Basically, our options are as follows:

1. Go on with our plan to have our marriage certificate legalized by the State Court, so it is recognized by the Indonesian law. Consequences:

• The kids' birth certificates will be legalized and recorded at the Civil Office as 'foreigners' (who are still required to extend - and pay for - their staying permits in due time)
  
• I still have to apply for their dual-nationality to HukHAM
  
• If everything goes well, the kids will be granted Indonesian nationality and still keep their Dutch one until they are 18

2. Go on with Mrs. Mm's suggestion to reregister our children's birth certificates under the status of 'born outside a marriage bond'. Consequences:

• The kids will (automatically?) be granted Indonesian citizenship
  
• The kids will have to give up their Dutch citizenship(?)
  
• I can apply for legalization of our marriage certificate much later, when our kids' Indonesian citizenship is granted
  

We've known since long that we prefer Option 1. But (still keeping good thoughts) apparently what Mrs. Mm suggested was a backdoor, or a trick, to face different laws from different institutions of Indonesia in order to get what we want in the first place.

Besides, there are still some question marks at Option 2, which I still need to find out. (These institutions don't communicate to each other - and are contradictory in their rules - and I am the one who has to go all over their offices to find out?!)
I went to the Civil Office this afternoon, but the authorized person (who supposed to know about these rules) was in a meeting. I'll go there again tomorrow morning, after dropping the kids at school, and (hopefully) get a clear answer once and for all. Then I'll proceed with our process, before we run out of money, time and patience.


p.s. Mrs. Mm mentioned again whether I am sure that my husband won't cheat on me or get bored living in Bandung. And more of such, but I won't waste our Internet quota for this. Besides, it's more juicy if I tell you the stories directly.. heehee..