--- In [email protected], "Suryana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ps. HB udah nyampe INA belonan seh ? > > > > Ny. Muslim binti Muskitawati Kang Sur, Ngarepin orangnya apa ngarepin 555-nya ? Kalau beliau kena masalah berikut sih, pasti bisa bertindak membebaskan diri dari obyek pemerasan oknum. Teddy --------- Subject: Indonesian immigration: the arrival date Please forward to anyone interested in traveling to Indonesia. Please make sure that you check your passport immediately upon receipt from the Indonesian authority/ custom officer at the Soekarno Hatta CGK airport, make sure that the arrival date stamped on your passport is indeed correct. This happened to our friends, a couple from Austria (both Indonesian born,Austrian citizens), who traveled to Indonesia and had a one month visa issued by the Indonesian embassy in Vienna. They arrived in Jakarta on Nov. 25 and planned to stay in Indonesia for 2 months. They did not realize that the Indonesian immigration officer at the airport stamped their arrival date as October 13, instead of the actual arrival date of November 25, until they were due to extend their stay permit for another month. They found it out when they presented their passports to the local immigration office in Tasik and they were told to go to the airport, to get it straightened out. The immigration officer, to whom was presented their passports and proof of documentations, boarding passes and tickets, showing their true arrival date of November 25, rejected their claim, as he would only accept the date stamped by the Indomesian official on the passports, as stated arrival date of October 13 and therefore their visa had expired by November 12; therefore they had to pay penalty as they stayed in Indonesia without visa as well as pay for another month extension. Asking price was 20 million rupiah per person (total converted 450 Euro or $500 for 2 persons). They were so fed up with this ridiculous situation and told the Indonesian immigration officer that they will report this to the Austrian embassy. His answer was: Well, the Indonesians don't like the Australians anyway, so what is the point? (The officer was not aware that Austria is not Australia.) Our friends were told that they could compromise and finally came to an agreement for 7million rupiah/ per person, so they came back the next day with the money. However, the next day they were told for that price, they could only get 14 days extension of stay not one month. They ended up paying the initial asking price. They could not return to Austria as they have a fixed return date on their tickets. The only other option was to fly out of Jakarta to Singapore and then return to Jakarta, requesting a new visa at the airport, with the hassle and more costs (tickets and hotel). Their conclusion: This could only happen in Indonesia and vowed never to go to Indonesia again. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
