Foreigners Often Move Places, Immigration In North Jakarta Will Tighten Supervision

JAKARTA - The Immigration Division of the DKI Jakarta Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office has asked officers from the Immigration and Intelligence Section of the North Jakarta TPI Class I Immigration Office to increase supervision of foreign citizen residence permits (WNA) after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head of the Immigration Division of the DKI Jakarta Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office, Pamuji Raharja, emphasized that supervision needs to be increased so that foreigners in the DKI Jakarta area, especially in North Jakarta, do not cause problems for security and public order.

In addition, the Head of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta, Qriz Pratama, and the Head of the Intelligence and Immigration Enforcement Section of North Jakarta, Bong Bong Prakoso Napitupulu, were also asked to investigate the reasons why foreigners violated the residence permit rules.

The need for further investigation is because in principle there are many violations they commit, such as overstays or residence permit problems.

Head of the Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement Section of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta Bong Prakoso Napitupulu found the fact that foreigners often use the services of third parties to move from place to place of residence.

When foreigners wanted to rent an apartment unit, third parties included it, so foreigners did not have to write their identities down to the apartment manager.

So the one who took the opportunity was a third party. Then foreigners stayed for a maximum of one to three months. After three months they moved again to another apartment. The intelligence team read the strategy of the violation, to trick immigration officers who would check the residence permit period.

Regarding the cause, one of them was because they refused to pay the overpayment of the residence permit to Indonesia, so they were negligent, deliberately did not want to pay the overstay fee. Moreover, currently the overstay fine reaches Rp. 1 million for one day.

In addition to the cost case, the cause of the overstay may also be foreigners worried that if they try to improve their residence permit, immigration officers will immediately deport and prevent them.

Meanwhile, the TPI North Jakarta Immigration Office team found the fact that foreigners came to Indonesia for trading reasons, for example buying clothes or clothes or collaborating with Indonesians to establish textile companies.

But mostly, foreigners who want to do business in Indonesia only bring a visit visa. When they arrive in Indonesia, on average they stay longer than the visa residence permit limit (30 days). This reason for staying longer is still a question.

However, Immigration guarantees that the direction of the Head of Immigration Division of the DKI Jakarta Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office will continue to be carried out by officers from the Intelligence and Immigration Enforcement Section (Inteljakim) of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta.

One of them was on March 16, 2023, Inteldakim officers from the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta arrested seven foreign nationals, namely six Nigerian nationals and one Guinean-Bissau citizen, who allegedly violated the rules for residence permits in Indonesia.

The arrests were made to respond to public complaints regarding the emergence of activities of foreigners who were disturbing or disturbing public order.

Moreover, of the seven foreigners arrested, four of them did not have valid travel documents or passports (still valid), thus violating Article 119 of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.

The four Nigerian citizens with the initials ECU, WUO, PCU, and UEO are threatened with a maximum imprisonment of five years and a maximum fine of IDR 500 million for their actions.

In the future, North Jakarta Immigration will require further examination of the four Nigerian citizens who are suspected of violating Article 119 of the Immigration Law.

During the examination, the four foreigners were placed in the Detention Room of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta.

His party will also coordinate further with the subject of investigation at the director of immigration supervision and prosecution as well as the Coordinator of Supervision of Civil Servant Investigators in the North Jakarta area.

In addition, the North Jakarta Immigration Office Inteljakim officer also arrested a Guinea-Bissau citizen with the initials CP who holds a Limited Stay Permit for Foreign Investment (ITAS PMA).

This Guinean citizen created ITAS PMA with a sponsor of a company engaged in trading with an ITAS Card validity period until January 2024.

However, Immigration officers have confirmed that the sponsorship address of the Guinean Bissau citizen in the Palmerah area, West Jakarta, is fictitious, based on the results of the examination conducted on February 21, 2023.

It didn't stop there, North Jakarta Kanim officers also summoned CP guarantors in Indonesia twice, but the call was ignored by the person concerned.

So for the sake of upholding the law, officers immediately arrested and took CP to the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta in the Kelapa Gading area for questioning.

In addition, officers also arrested a Nigerian citizen with the initials IAI because he could not provide or show his residence permit because he was taking care of the transfer of residence permit status for visits to the ITAS Investor at the Class I Immigration Office of Non-TPI Depok, with sponsors of companies engaged in the trade sector.

However, North Jakarta Kanim officers found that IAI did not live in the Depok area, West Java, but in an apartment in the North Jakarta area for about three months.

According to IAI's statement, the status transfer process is being carried out and submitted to the service bureau. For this reason, Immigration has asked the Intelligence Section officer of the North Jakarta Kanim to deepen the information with Nigerian citizens who are changing status with the position of residence not in the Depok area.

Finally, there is a Nigerian citizen with the initials NPL, who has a passport, but has lived in Indonesian territory exceeding the time limit for his residence permit (overstay) since November 29, 2022.

For these citizens, because they are proven to have violated the time limit for residence permits, the action against them is in accordance with Article 78 paragraph 3 of the Immigration Law, which is the imposition of administrative actions in the form of deportation and deterrence.

However, there are several other actions that need to be taken beforehand, including those related to ticket fees for return to the country of origin which must be issued by foreigners who will be deported.

First, his party will coordinate with the Nigerian Embassy regarding citizens who are at the Class I Immigration Office of TPI North Jakarta. Then contact the NPL family to accommodate/prepare a return ticket to their home country.