Immigration In Bali Refuses To Enter 318 Foreigners

Bali/DOK Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Public Relations Airport

DENPASAR - The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Bali, refused to enter as many as 318 foreign nationals (WNA) during January-March 2024 because they had a criminal case background so they did not have valid travel documents.

"Most of them do not have 132 Indonesian visas," said Ngurah Rai Immigration Chief Suhendra in Denpasar, Monday, April 8.

Based on Ngurah Rai Immigration data, the rejected foreigners increased compared to the same period in 2023 as many as 217 foreigners.

Foreigners who were rejected in the first quarter of this year apart from not having a visa in Indonesia, also had a passport validity period of less than six months, there were 32 people.

Foreigners were on the 16-person penalty list, then 11 Interpol wanted, one pedophilia and 126 other reasons.

In addition to rejecting, Immigration Ngurah Rai also postponed the departure of 103 foreigners / Indonesian citizens, with details of Indonesian citizens suspected of being non-procedural Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) as many as 84 people.

Then, foreigners exceeded the residence permit of four people and 15 other reasons.

Regarding the supervision and enforcement of immigration law, during the first quarter of 2024, Immigration Ngurah Rai deported 37 foreigners and temporarily detained them in the Detention Room or at the Immigration Detention Center as many as 27 foreigners.

Most of the foreigners who were expelled or deported came from Australia, Iran, the United States, Russia, Ukraine and the UK for details of reasons for not complying with the rules and as a result of exceeding stay permits.

Meanwhile, during the first quarter of 2024, as many as 1.3 million foreign tourists entered Bali through Immigration Ngurah Rai, or an increase of almost 32 percent compared to the same period in 2023 which reached around 884 thousand people.

The top 10 countries with the highest number of visits came from Australia, China, India, South Korea, England, the United States, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, and Japan.

The arrival of foreign tourists also encourages the achievement of Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) in the first three months of 2025 at Immigration, Ngurah Rai, to reach Rp483.5 billion.