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, …
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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 …
Indonesia will be revisiting plans to scrap the costly visa-on-arrival policy for tourists. Before the pandemic, Bali’s most frequent international arrivals, including tourists from Australia, were granted visa-free travel for up to 30 days. As it stands, tourists from 97 nations must pay for the visa on arrival or apply for the e-visa on arrival …
The Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration has confirmed that a nationwide surveillance operation was conducted from August 22nd to 23rd, 2024. The operation titled ‘Jagratara’ saw thousands of immigration officers mobilized across the country, including in Bali, to crack down on foreigners breaking the law. In a press interview following Operation Jagartara, the Director of …
Immigration teams in Bali have launched investigations into nine foreigners who are believed to have broken the conditions of their visa permits. Across Bali, immigration officials have been tasked with cracking down on tourists, foreign workers, and expats who have been breaking the rules in big and small ways. The Singaraja Immigration Office in Buleleng …
Top authorities in Bali have confirmed that they are targeting visa and permit checks on businesses emptying foreigners or doing business in partnership with foreigners in the island’s most rapidly developing resorts. The Foreigner Surveillance Team, known as Pora Bali, has confirmed to the press that they are intensifying checks on business in the Seminyak …