SE Supports Published Tourism, Timor Leste Residents Enter Indonesia, Just Pay IDR 500 Thousand

Head of the Immigration Office Class II TPI Atambua, KA Halim gives a briefing (Photo Via ANTARA)

KUPANG - Timor Leste citizens who visit Indonesia through the Mota Ain Cross-Border Post (PLBN) only need to pay Rp. 500 thousand.

The Head of the Immigration Office Class II TPI Atambua, KA Halim said, this tariff was in accordance with the Circular Letter of the Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Number: IMI-0549.GR.01.01 concerning Ease of Immigration to Support Sustainable Tourism During the 2019 Corona Virus Disease Pandemic.

"Timor Leste is one and 43 countries that have received a Visit Visa on Special Tourist Arrival (VKSKKW) or Visa on Arrival (VoA) so that those who enter Indonesia through the Mota Ain PLBN only need to pay Rp. 500 thousand," he said when contacted from Kupang, Antara, Wednesday. , April 6th.

Currently in NTT there are four PLBN. However, for the application of this rule, foreign travelers may only enter through Mota Ain. "This means that outside the Mota Ain PLBN it is not allowed. So this is indeed a policy from the central government," he added.

He explained that the visit visa on arrival was very easy to administer. PPLN is enough to show a passport that is still valid for at least six months.

"Besides that, a booster vaccine or at least a second dose of vaccine must be made. Payments must be made at the perception bank or a designated government bank," he added.

Previously, the government had imposed a Special Tourist Visit Visa (BVKKW) and a Visit Visa on Special Tourist Arrival (VKSKKW) or Visa on Arrival (VoA) starting today.

For a special tourist visit visa, nine ASEAN countries are granted a visa-free visit for 30 days and not extended, namely Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Then 43 countries including Timor Leste received VKSKKW or VoA only paying IDR 500 thousand per visa which would enter as non-tax state income (PNBP).