Atambua NTT Immigration Deports 2 Foreigners From Timor Leste Again Due To Overstay

Immigration Office Officer Class II TPI Atambua accompanied two foreigners from Timor Leste (third right and fourth right) when they were deported through PLBN Mota'ain in Belu Regency, NTT/ANTARA

ATAMBUA - The Atambua Immigration Office in Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, has again deported two foreign nationals (WNA) from Timor Leste, each with the initials ACS (42) and MDS (75) due to violating the time limit for living in Indonesian territory. "We have deported the two Timor Leste hope foreigners because they live in Indonesian territory more than the time limit or overstay of each ACS for 23 days and MDS 65 days," said Head of Immigration Class II Office, Atambua KA Halim Immigration Checkpoint when confirmed from Kupang, Antara, Wednesday, April 26. The two foreigners entered Indonesian territory with the aim of visiting their relatives in Malacca Regency. ACS foreigners visit Indonesia using a visit visa facility upon arrival (VKSK), while MDS uses a visit visa-free facility (BVK). When they were about to leave Indonesia via the Mota'ain State Border Post (PLBN) in Belu Regency, Atambua Immigration officers immediately detained them on April 22 and April 23 respectively because they knew that the violation of the residence permit exceeded the specified time limit. "They were then deported on Tuesday through PLBN Mota'ain to the Batugede Timor Leste Immigration Post," he said. Halim said that during the examination process before being deported, the two foreigners had been given a warning or a stern warning so as not to repeat acts that violated the law in Indonesian territory for any reason. "If similar violations are committed again, they will receive more severe sanctions than deportation," he said. He added, with the deportation of the two foreigners, the total number of Timor Leste foreigners who were deported during the January-25 April 2023 period was 14 people.

Violations committed in general in the form of entering Indonesian territory without having official documents and some of them in the form of violations of the stay time limit.