Indonesia ’s attempt to lure back its native talent scattered around the world through limited dual citizenship has highlighted a long-held demand of the diaspora for such a scheme before they would consider returning home. The proposed revision to the citizenship law would mark a major shift for a country that has largely allowed only single citizenship since independence in 1945. Currently, children of mixed marriages can hold dual citizenship until they reach 18 years of age, when they are given three years to choose a single country. For Indonesians such as Ayu, who has built a life in France in the last 13 years while holding to her Indonesian passport, even a limited reform would be meaningful for her. In June, the Ministry of Law revealed that more than 8,000 Indonesians had applied to renounce their citizenship over the past five years, mostly because of marriage to foreigners.