Blitar Immigration Secures Foreigners From India For Exceeding Residence Permits

The Head of Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement (Inteldakim) Junaedi (Left) accompanied by the Head of Blitar Immigration Arief Yudistira showed evidence and two illegal foreign nationals (WNA) / ANTARA

KEDIRI - The Immigration Office Class II Non-TPI Blitar, East Java, has arrested a foreign citizen (WNA) from India for exceeding his residence permit.

The Head of the Class II Non-TPI Immigration Office Blitar Arief Yudistira said the person concerned had the initials MEM.

"In chronology, on Wednesday (16/2) at 11.00 WIB, we received information from personnel from the Sananwetan Police and the Plosokerep Village Office, Sananwetan District, Blitar City regarding the presence of foreign nationals who do not have immigration documents," he said in Blitar, quoted by Antara, Wednesday. , March 2.

Receiving the report, the Intelligence Team of the Blitar Immigration Office carried out surveillance and succeeded in securing the person concerned at his boarding house, Jalan Aren, Plosokerep Village, Sananwetan District, Blitar City.

The personnel then take the person concerned for further examination at the Class II Immigration Office Non-TPI Blitar.

He revealed that based on the results of the examination and information, it was known that the person concerned entered Indonesia using a travel document/passport through the Soekarno Hatta Immigration Checkpoint on 28 June 2018 and was granted a visa-free visit valid until 27 July 2018.

The person concerned is in Indonesia and has carried out cultural ritual activities to several beaches in Indonesia, including Kebumen, Cilacap, Pangandaran, Medan, Banten, Bali and Malang.

When asked for the documents in question, they cannot show travel documents and valid and still valid residence permits because they have overstayed.

"The person concerned has destroyed his travel documents and residence permit by burning him while he was in Cilacap in September 2018," he said.

The officer found a statement that the person concerned did this intentionally because he did not have the money to renew his residence permit because he still wanted to be in Indonesia to complete his cultural rituals.

The foreigner obtains a report certificate issued by the police and a domicile certificate issued by the sub-district by showing a photocopy of the passport and a photocopy of the landing stamp that has been changed and falsified.

From his visit since 2018, he has exceeded the limit of his 1,300-day stay permit.

Currently, Blitar Immigration has carried out an examination and will immediately make the next legal steps. The person concerned has violated Article 116 and Article 119 Paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.

"We have carried out an investigation and in the near future a notification letter will be issued to start the investigation as a follow-up to the alleged immigration crime committed by the person concerned," said Arief.

Apart from securing MEM from India, Blitar Immigration also secured ODO from Nigeria for exceeding the residence permit.