There Are 561 Foreigners Refused To Enter Through Immigration Ngurah Rai Bali During Semester I-2024

Bali (intermediate)

JAKARTA - The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Badung Regency, Bali Province, has refused to enter Indonesian territory as many as 561 foreign nationals during the first semester of 2024 or decreased compared to the same period in 2023 which reached 566 people.

"The reason for the most rejection is because they do not have a visa," said Ngurah Rai Immigration Chief Suhendra in Denpasar, Saturday.

Based on Ngurah Rai Immigration data, 243 foreigners do not have visas, then the passport validity period is less than six months 52 people.

Furthermore, on the penalty list as many as 28 people were detected as being in the pursuit of Interpol as many as 20 people, then on the criminal list as many as six people and other immigration reasons as many as 212 people.

Meanwhile, during the first semester of 2024, foreigners who went through the Immigration Checkpoint (TPI) at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport were 2.94 million people, an increase of 24 percent compared to the same period in 2023.

Meanwhile, the 10 most foreigners from origin arrived in Bali by air during that period based on ratings, namely Australia, India, China, England, South Korea, the United States, Malaysia, France, Singapore and Germany.

Meanwhile, foreigners who left Indonesian territory through Ngurah Rai Airport reached 2.96 million people, an increase compared to the same period in 2023 reaching 25 percent.

In total, TPI at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport during the first semester of 2024 served nearly 6.5 million people crossing both foreigners and Indonesian citizens including crew through immigration checks, an increase of 25.7 percent compared to the same period in 2023.

Meanwhile, for the supervision and prosecution of foreigners who violated the rules, his party deported 66 foreigners, then detention or temporary detention as many as 89 people, and received detention as many as 52 people.

Most foreigners who were expelled from Indonesian territory through TPI Ngurah Rai came from Nigeria with 23 cases, the United States (12), Australia (10), Iran (7), Tanzania (7) and India (6).

Based on the type of violation, most of them exceeded the residence permit or overstay of 81 cases and 46 other cases for disobeying the laws and regulations in the country.