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THE Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, has launched a multiple-trip visa or also known as a multiple entry visa. This launch aims to boost the tourism and investment sector in the country.
Passengers scan their faces at the autogate system at the arrival terminal of Harbor Bay International Port, Batam, Riau Archipelago, Tuesday (11/10). The Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, has launched a multiple-trip visa or also known as a multiple entry visa.
“As a community development facilitator, immigration presents a policy that targets business people and foreign tourists, namely multi-trip visit visas,” said Acting Director General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Widodo Ekatjahjana at the launch of multiple entry visas in Batam, as quoted in a written statement in Jakarta, Monday (11/28).
Widodo hopes that this policy will make it easier for foreign tourists and business people, including foreign nationals who wish to enter and leave the Riau Archipelago, both for business purposes and investing in Indonesia.
A multi-trip visit visa allows foreigners to enter Indonesia several times within one year without the need to apply for a re-visa. Foreigners are allowed to stay for 60 days every time they enter Indonesia.
The ease of immigration provided is a non-fiscal incentive that can generate income for the country and lead to an increase in the people’s economy.
Visit visa users for several trips are only allowed to enter and leave Indonesian territory through the Immigration Checkpoints (TPI) in the Riau Archipelago. However, the visa holder can visit various places/regions while in Indonesia.
To apply for the visa, foreigners must have a guarantor in the form of a corporation or company in Indonesia. Application for a visa for several trips is carried out by the guarantor, both online through the website visa-online.imigration.go.id and through Indonesian Representatives abroad at a cost of IDR 3 million.
Meanwhile, the Governor of the Riau Archipelago Ansar Ahmad appreciated the Ministry of Law and Human Rights for producing a policy that was the answer to accelerating economic recovery through the tourism sector.
He said the Riau Archipelago was a destination for foreign tourists. Before the pandemic, the number of foreign tourist arrivals reached 2.9 million people, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it dropped to around 1,000 arrivals. [sources/photo special]
