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Visa applications open and existing holders may enter Indonesia as travel restrictions eased updates its previous edition with notable lifting and easing of restrictions.
The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has relaxed restrictions on foreign arrivals in Indonesia, allowing for the resumption of offshore visa applications and access into the country for existing permit holders. The ministry, which oversees immigration-related matters in the country, yesterday published Permenkumham (Ministerial Regulations) No. 34/2021 on visa and stay permit grants during the pandemic, which
At the height of the country’s devastating second COVID-19 wave in July, the ministry issued Permenkumham No. 27/2021, which narrowed the exemptions list of Indonesia’s foreign arrivals ban to just holders of the diplomatic visa and the service visa, holders of the diplomatic stay permit and service stay permit, holders of the temporary stay permit and the permanent stay permit, and foreigners on health and humanitarian missions. “Permenkumham No. 34/2021 reopens access to Indonesia for foreigners who hold valid visit visas and temporary stay visas,” Immigration Directorate General spokesman Arya Pradhana Anggakara said in a press release. While the issuance of on-arrival and free visit visas are still suspended as it has been throughout the pandemic, foreigners without a valid visa or stay
permit may now submit applications from abroad electronically. Visa applications can be submitted through here and work permits applications can be submitted through here. “It must be noted that there are additional requirements that visa applicants must fulfill. They are proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, a letter stating willingness to comply with health protocols in Indonesia, and proof of health and travel insurance. Should a foreigner not be covered by health insurance, they must be prepared to cover their own medical bills should they get COVID-19 in Indonesia,” Angga said. Under the new regulations, the government may periodically decide to refuse entry for visitors coming from countries with high COVID-19 transmissions. ((coconuts.co))
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Singapore Airlines gears up to resume daily flights to Bali ahead of likely tourism restart yesterday that Singapore Airlines has announced a restart of their daily flights from Singapore to Bali in November. “This is a very positive signal for Bali, but we must keep our health protocols tight to avoid a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Ramia said. As the COVID-19 crisis in Bali looks increasingly to be under control, the island’s reopening to foreign tourism may actually be right around the corner, according to recent statements from Indonesian officials and tourism players.
No specific date in November has been announced yet, and Singapore Airlines touching down in Bali is indeed contingent on Indonesia lifting international travel restrictions, at least for the island of the gods.
Most notably, Made Ramia Adnyana from the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) told local media outlets
On Tuesday, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin also implied the possibility of a November reopening to international tourism in an interview with
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Reuters. The final decision would depend on 70 percent of Indonesia’s target population (which itself is 70 percent of the total population) having received at least their first COVID-19 vaccine. This week, Bali was downgraded to Level 3 of the Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM), after mostly being under Level 4 — the highest level — ever since the fourtiered restrictions system was introduced in late July. One of Indonesia’s senior ministers, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, had also signaled that reopening foreign tourism might be possible once Bali reaches Level 2. (coconuts.co)
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Were you vaxxed abroad? You can soon enter malls in Indonesia with PeduliLindungi Ministry should put your mind at ease. The ministry has launched a website for both Indonesians and foreign nationals who were vaccinated overseas, which should enable them to sign up for the integrated health and mobility tracking app PeduliLindungi that is now mandatory to gain access to public facilities across the country, such as malls, restaurants, and cinemas. If there was any worry that you won’t be able to visit malls in Indonesia because you got your COVID-19 vaccine abroad, the latest announcement from Indonesia’s Health
The main purpose of the website is to verify people’s vaccination status; Indonesians will be screened by the Health Ministry while foreign nationals will be screened by their respective
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embassies. They can then sign up for PeduliLindungi after receiving confirmation of verification via email, the process for which reportedly takes up to three days. Those who want to register can do so here. In a virtual press conference held today, the ministry’s Chief of Digital Transformation, Setiaji, said their database recognizes a variety of COVID-19 vaccines, including those by Sinopharm, Johnson & Johnson, and Sputnik. Setiaji added that the database will be gradually updated to include other vaccine options in the future. (coconuts.co)
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No Backpackers: Top Indonesian minister wants ‘clean’ Bali when foreign tourism restarts “We have prepared everything. When will we open? It depends on the country [of origin]. Not all countries, so [depending] on which country and when we are ready. I think it’s possible in Level 2,” Luhut said, referring to the tiered version of the Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM). Indonesia appears to be gearing up (again) to reopen the country to foreign tourism, but it seems not everyone would be welcome after one senior minister hinted that backpackers should take their wanderlust elsewhere. With foreign tourism always closely linked to the country’s most popular destination, Bali, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan signaled the possibilities for a clean slate in the province during his visit on Friday.
Bali is currently categorized as Level 4, which carries the tightest set of restrictions, though the province is likely to level down when the central government announces PPKM’s weekly extension later today. Any international tourism relaunch would be conducted carefully, Luhut said, including by making the health and mobility tracking app PeduliLindungi mandatory at public facilities and tourist attractions. The minister also said that
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Indonesia is only interested in “quality visitors.” “We will filter tourists that come visit. We don’t want backpackers to come so that Bali remains clean, where the people who come are of quality,” Luhut said. There are no concrete plans or timeline for the planned reopening just yet, and it’s worth noting that similar discussions have taken place plenty of times during the pandemic. Nothing has so far come into fruition as the COVID-19 crisis continued to rage, though Bali is now seeing a considerable decline in cases after roughly two months of its most devastating wave of infections. Earlier this month, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno floated the possibility of adopting Thailand’s “Phuket Sandbox” scheme to restart international tourism. (coconuts.co)
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