[3] The 1959 Travel Documents Act switched to using the term "Paspor Untuk Orang Asing" (PUOA) but gave similar provisions on issuance, and authorised a longer validity period of eighteen months, again non-renewable.
[5] 1994 Travel Document Regulations explained that the PUOA is equivalent to the international term "certificate of identity", and that its period of validity may not be extended.
[6] The 2011 Immigration Act makes no provision for the PUOA, only for a travel document in lieu of an alien's passport.
[7] They were commonly issued to pro-Kuomintang ethnic Chinese residents not born in Indonesia, who were regarded as stateless by the Indonesian government since they were not covered by the People's Republic of China–Indonesia Dual Nationality Treaty.
[2] As of 2007[update], the Benelux countries, Spain, France, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and Norway have explicitly indicated that they do not recognise Indonesian alien's travel documents and will not affix visas to them.