PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - Business Identification Number or NIB is an important and official identity that must be owned by business actors in Indonesia. NIB is an official identity issued by the Online Single Submission Institution.

By having a NIB, business actors can easily apply for various permits, including Business Permits and Commercial or operational Permits according to their respective business fields.

Simply put, the definition of NIB is the obligation of entrepreneurs to make a replacement for the permit recommended by the government, or a business identity used by business actors to obtain commercial or operational permits and business permits.

This mandatory identity refers to Government Regulation Number 24 of 2018 Article 25 paragraph 1 concerning Electronically Integrated Business Licensing Services or OSS.

The existence and ownership of this NIB also functions as an Importer Identification Number (API) which facilitates customs access if business actors will carry out export or import activities.

"This is also an effort to make it easier for entrepreneurs to obtain business permits, like an identity for a company or agency," explained the Acting Head of the Bandung City Trade and Industry Service, Ronny A. Nurudin.

Reported from Instagram @bdg.perindustrian, there are many benefits if business actors have a NIB, including:

1. Increase business credibility and legality
2. Simplify licensing process
3. Increase access to funding and government support
4. Legal protection
5. Expanding opportunities to participate in government programs.

In addition, for business actors who will create NIB online, here's how:

1. Visit the official OSS website at oss.go.id
2. Enter username, password and captcha code
3. Click the business licensing menu and select new application
4. Fill in the business actor data completely and correctly
5. Fill in business field data completely and correctly
6. Fill in detailed business field data
7. Fill in the product or service data for the business sector
8. Check the list of products or services
9. Check business data
10. Check the list of business activities
11. Check and complete the KBLI documents or specific fields, read and understand the applicable provisions, check the independent statement
12. Check the draft business license. Your NIB license has been successfully obtained.

Let's immediately register your business to get NIB as a mandatory document for every entrepreneur. (Diskominfo Kota Bandung)