Had been in Jakarta for 1 month, left last week and return to day but was denied entry at the immi counter.all the explanations abt meetings n business were useless n finally he uttered 2 juta. told him had only rp 1juta. he refused ,say too little or speak to the officer in the room.Obviously i dont want that as I have sizeable cash with me n may end up paying more than 2 juta. finally settled on 1.5 juta n all this happened in full view of the other travellers.Is this the norm here? Any bros here have similar encounters n care to give any advice,thanks
Bro,
Sorry to hear your story, first of all do you need a visa to enter?
Secondly immigration has the right to allow or not to allow people to enter their country.
If you are not allow to enter for what ever legal reasons, no amount of money would change that.
if you are in jakarta not on working visa but holiday visa and tell those people that you are on business, that would definitely give them opportunity to hassle you for money.
1. if you have holiday visa, you have to show them you have a return ticket and if they ask you what purpose you doing in jakarta just tell them you are visiting your gf or 2nd wife here.
2. if not just apply a working visa through a company here in jakarta which allows you 60 days per visit and much less hassle.
if you are in jakarta not on working visa but holiday visa and tell those people that you are on business, that would definitely give them opportunity to hassle you for money.
1. if you have holiday visa, you have to show them you have a return ticket and if they ask you what purpose you doing in jakarta just tell them you are visiting your gf or 2nd wife here.
2. if not just apply a working visa through a company here in jakarta which allows you 60 days per visit and much less hassle.
The question is does he need a visao to enter indo.
My friends were chinese but they could speak a lil malay. It happened at mangga besar area. What I could gather from my friends' story was that since we came from bandung to jakarta, we should have another stamp on our passport saying that we have landed on jakarta from bandung. We spent 2 nights at bandung and 3 nights at jakarta. As this happened on the first night of jakarta, yes each of my friends carry with them around 2juta plus since we all each changed around $500 when we reached jakarta. So would they really bring us to the station if my friends refuse to pay? Thanks br for ur reply
There is no such thing as two stamp, whether u come in via Medan. Batam or Bintang which sometimes I do. No Such thing as two stamps.
Trust me. They will never bring u to the station as if they hv nothing better to do. Do not trust what some Sex guide say here that u need their company to be save here. U can always hv fun and hv so many Ang Mo friends that venture even further then me on their own....
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Why need another stamp when it is domestic flight between Bandung and Jakarta. It is like travelling from Jurong to Changi or Penang to KL.
The best way is to settle on the spot on the street. 200k will do the deeds. If you want to file a complaint, do so through the embassy, that is why it is important to have the embassy number, get the police ID and make him change career to join the poorly paid.
If embassy staff is useless and you still want to exact revenge. Write to Jakarta post editor who will take up your story. Be prepared to battle it out, and make sure your wives know you visit Classic hotels.
Hope the abv helps
Money speak. Forget about embassy.... Hehehee
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I was stopped in Ancol coming back from Alexis in a Bluebird taxi at around 1 a.m. Unlike you, I wasn't carrying my passport but my saving grace was an inability to speak Bahasa Indonesia. The cops really couldn't communicate with me coz I only spoke english and they had a hard time understanding me. After about 10 mins, out of frustration they gave up and let me go.
I am not saying that this technique will always work, in fact I count myself very lucky but ultimately, if they threaten to arrest and take you down to the station, 9 times out of 10, they don't. Reason?
Hahaha.. Same when I was driving on the wrong lane and turn suddenly into the highway. Was in a very bad mood when stopped by the traffic police, shown him my Singapore driving license and refuse to speak in Bahasa Indo with them. Kept explaining that ASEAN mah. can use lah... They kept trying to ask me for money which I pretend not to understand anything about Bahasa....hehehe
They gave up after 10 min and signal go go....
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We talk alot of this places and I mentioned a dangerous place that even the local did not want to go there. Was with a friend after midnight, wanted to go to FM boutique htl but they were closed when we reach there close to 1am last week, So went to check up hot pants instead since I was with a local who went there many years back. He was so very reluctant that I hv to force him to join me. Just a short drink.
Reach there and the lane is just behind Citra Land. Not as scary as I thought. Went around and saw Medika, Triple Y but choose the Hot pants instead.
Inside Dark, loud and just like Super or LA Bar but much bigger. The wraitress came and brought us to a table, order some beer and asked for Mummy, was told no mummy and the waitress will bring the girl. So asked for some girls and waited 10 min but none came???? Saw a lady that sat behind us and asked her to join. She came, have a little beer, talk a little, excuse herself for a while and disappear.... Compliant to the waitress whom doesn't seem to care??? It would like 30% full and not so many girls there. And what kind of systems they have I wonder?
Than there was sexy dancing after 1am and I approach the tom boy whom seem to be in charge of the ladies. She came over and we talk for a while. she brought the dancer whom immediately sat on your lap and rock u with just her bra and panties??? Gave her 50k and expected more. She get up and disappear??? WTF, again order another beer, ask the waitress again for girls and still none came?
So pay the bill and left about 3am....
Anybody been there and how the system work??????
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if you are in jakarta not on working visa but holiday visa and tell those people that you are on business, that would definitely give them opportunity to hassle you for money.
1. if you have holiday visa, you have to show them you have a return ticket and if they ask you what purpose you doing in jakarta just tell them you are visiting your gf or 2nd wife here.
2. if not just apply a working visa through a company here in jakarta which allows you 60 days per visit and much less hassle.
bro what about those visa on arrival, they are for applying working visa right? many years back i kena before in Padang when I was literally flying in and out every couple of months but staying the most 2 to 3 days each time. Kena call into office and question about my constant trip but luckily just given a warning..
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bro what about those visa on arrival, they are for applying working visa right? many years back i kena before in Padang when I was literally flying in and out every couple of months but staying the most 2 to 3 days each time. Kena call into office and question about my constant trip but luckily just given a warning..
Bro,
I think that if they do not like you they can reject you.
But the rule of thumbs is that if you do not go over the limit. That should be fine.
do not max out each visit, varies your length. That should be ok.
My advice is when faced with a Police traffic road block, always carry your passport, keep cool and be polite, never show anger or frustration. Never get defensive! If you're a foreigner/tourist, give the impression you can't really speak the local language well and be apologetic. This may be enough to get you off the hook.
I have a habit of keeping my passport under lock in the hotel safe and carry a photocopy. Is it advisable to do this in Jakarta?
Bro why didn't you just proceed to the visa on arrival counter?
Tks all bros for yr feedback n advice.I dont need a visa to enter Indo, never thought this would be a problem as I am on legitimate business n had return ticket, so dont take any thing for granted, guess Ramadhan is near. had thought abt applying visa on arrival but arent they all of the same feather,may end up paying additional on top of the visa fee..Next time ,was told just stood yr ground, raise yr voice so all can hear n they will back off, just a matter of who wink first as they dont have grounds to deny you entry for legitimate business
09-07-2012, 12:54 PM
