Bali Immigration teams have issued updates about the latest round of deportations from the island.
The deportations come as a warning to foreigners who may be unclear about immigration law to get up to speed, and as a deterrent to those considering breaking the rules.
A British man, known by his initials KSM, has been deported from Bali after Immigration Officers found him guilty of breaking the conditions of his visa. KSM was found to have been operating a motorcycle rental business in Nusa Penida for 19 months.
The Head of Denpasar Immigration Office, Ridha San Putra, told reporters “The persons concerned abused his residence permit for advertising and renting out two-wheeled motor vehicles.”
Putra added, “Every day there are 3-4 motorized vehicles that he can rent to foreign citizens per day.” He noted that KSM had been renting out moped for around IDR 150,000 per day. The situation was brought to the attention of immigration officials after formal reports were lodged by community members in Nusa Penida who felt ‘harmed’ by the presence of a foreigner they suspected of operating a business illegally.
In addition to British national KSM, two Turkish nationals were also secured and subsequently deported by Bali Immigration teams. The two men, known but their initials MT, aged 39 and FY aged 31, were found to have illegally been operating a food stall business in Jembrana Regency.
Putra told reporters “We secured both of them on February 20, 2025, because they were suspected of running a restaurant business.” He added, “Based on the inspection carried out, MT and FY entered Indonesia through I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport using a visitation permit.” FY is reported to have entered Indonesia in November 2025 and MT joined him in January 2025.
Putra explained “In the management of the restaurant, MT plays a role as a cook, while FY runs food ordering operations. Because they have committed an immigration violation, namely carrying out activities that are not in accordance with the intent and purpose of granting a residence permit.”
The pair were deported on 5th March, with immigration teams confirming this latest round of deportations to the media on the 10th March 2025. All three have been put forward to be added to the Indonesian list of deterrence, AKA the blacklist. Putra concluded, “We will take firm action on every violation by the applicable regulations.”
Bali Immigration teams are committed to their longstanding mission to crack down on foreigners breaking their visa conditions. This can range from engaging in crime and immigration-related offenses. It is illegal for foreigners to engage in any kind of work or income-generating activities on tourism visas, socio-cultural visas, and pre-investment and investment visas.
It is the latter two categories that lawyers and many leaders in Indonesia want to see tightened up to help reduce the number of foreigners exploiting supposed loopholes in the system.
Bali based lawyer Kadek Agus Mulyawan has spoken to reporters about his observation of the rising number of foreigners using shelf companies to obtain long stay visas for Indonesia and subsequently engage in business and work activities that are technically outside of their visa restrictions.
Mulyawan told reporters “Based on regulations in Indonesia a PT PMA [foregin owned company] is required to have a minimum deposit capital of IDR 10 billion for each business field that is ru. However, in reality, many PT PMAs only list that number in the document without actually having enough capital.”
He added, “They use the pretext of being investors to acquire an investor visa, but in practice, they actually work alone in small businesses depriving local communities of business opportunities.”
He concluded “If left alone our medium, small and micro enterprises will die in the long run. They [foreigners] have capital that can be managed at will, while local entrepreneurs have to struggle with strict regulations.”
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