A friend of mine left the country on a business trip and upon his return to Jakarta, Immigration Officials swooped on him. His crime, his Multi Entry/Exit Visa had expired.
Crazy, you get a residence permit (KITAS)which is valid for one year, but, the Multi Entry/Exit Permits only last for six months. Crazy, but it's revenue to Immigration everytime you have to renew.
So, Captain Fuckwit with the most Mickey Mouse hanging off his uniform offers three choices.
1)
Go back to Singapore and get said permit revalidated.
2)
Stay in Jakarta, but the offending pasport without the valid Multi Exit/Entry Stamps would be sent to Immigration in Jakarta, Rsidence Permit cancelled and then the gentleman concerned would have to start all over again with Residence Permits, visa's, permits etc (And all off his family as well)
3)
The express service, cost US$ 200
Wisely, my friend chose option 3 which was simple.
A)
Hand over US$ 200
B)
Immigration Oficial gets a Date Stamp, moves the date back to before the expiry date of the Multi Exit Visa and stamps said passport with the modified entry date.
My friend, being the cautious type then asked what will happen to the Immigration Computer Records which involves the swiping of the passports barcode.
Immigration answered simply, US$ 50 is for IT support.
Only in Jakarta!
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