Immigration teams deployed as part of Operation Jagratara, a crackdown on foreigners abusing the visa system in Bali, have continued to find violations this week. Four more foreigners have been rounded up as part of the targeted immigration mission and have even been found to have been overstaying their visas by months on end. Speaking …
Immigration
As Bali continues efforts to crack down on foreigners breaking the law in the province, patrol teams have been deployed across the island. Intensive patrols have uncovered some serious offenses by tourists in the area, just as Indonesia has increased jail time for those found guilty of immigration-related charges. Tourists visiting Bali in the coming …
Immigration teams in Bali have confirmed that deportations from the province continue to rise. As Bali Immigration enters its next phase of Operation Jagratara, a crackdown focused on foreigners breaking the conditions of their visas, officials have revealed details about the latest wave of deportations from the island. In the year to the end of …
Major changes have been brought into effect for foreigners and tourists in Indonesia who are found to be in breach of immigration law. Whether breaking the conditions of a visa, overstaying, or breaking the law more broadly, foreigners could soon be hit with life behind bars and prison sentences. The news comes as Indonesia’s Department …
Bali’s Immigration Office has confirmed that it has deployed the next phase of Operation Jagratara, a surveillance and investigation operation targeted at locating foreigners across the country who are violating immigration law, whether by overstaying their visas, conducting illegal activities, or engaging in activities not permitted by their visa category. The Directorate General of Immigration, …
The Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration, Silmy Karim, has confirmed that he has granted permission for high-level immigration officers to carry firearms. The news comes as part of a nationwide effort to improve the level of security and protection offered to immigration officers serving in airports, immigration offices, and out on operation. Silmy Karim has …
Leaders in Bali have revealed the latest deportation figures for foreigners in the province year to date. While the vast majority of Bali’s over 4.5 million international arrivals in the year to August have been law-abiding and culturally respectful, Bali is committed to reducing the small but significant number of unruly visitors to the province. …
Bali is hot on visa and passport violations. From blocking tourists from entering the province for microscopic passport damage to deporting tourists for overstaying or exploiting the grey areas of digital nomadism, the province’s zero-tolerance approach to visa abuse is being stepped up a notch. The next target for immigration teams in Bali is the …
Immigration teams in Bali have been very busy indeed in the last two weeks. Teams have accompanied an assorted group of foreigners to their deportation flights from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport to return to their home nations. The deportations come as Bali continues to crack down on foreigners abusing the visa system. The …
As the new direct flight service between Moscow and Bali launches this week, tourism leaders have been raising concerns that the development of greater connectivity with the island could lead to further visa abuses by foreigners. Immigration officials have been cracking down on foreigners who have been abusing the visa-on-arrival system across Indonesia, but especially …
An Australian tourist has shared warnings with fellow Bali-bound travelers after she had to pay her visa-on-arrival fee twice. The simple but costly mistake is an easy-to-make error for even the most experienced nomads. Indonesia’s visa-on-arrival and e-visa-on-arrival are the most popular and appropriate visas for holidaymakers, short-stay digital nomads, business visitors, and cultural visitors. …
Leaders in Indonesia have announced plans to review the tourist visa on arrival policy and pre-investment and investment visa policies that have been regularly misused by foreigners who want to stay long-term on the island. The Minister of Law and Human, Supratman Andi Agtas, has announced an investigation and review into the ways in which …