Jakarta – The Indonesian National Border Management Agency (BNPP) has officially opened a new cross-border route connecting the Napan Border Crossing Post (PLBN) in Indonesia's East Nus
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April 10, 2025
February 21, 2025
Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Minister of Immigration and Corrections, Agus Andrianto, said thousands of foreigners committed administrative violations on immigration throughout 2024.
February 19, 2025
Antara, Jakarta – Immigration and Corrections Minister Agus Andrianto has dismissed 71 immigration officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (SHIA) for extorting Chinese national
February 10, 2025
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A complaint from the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia over extortion cases at the main Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has led to the removal of 30 immigratio
February 3, 2025
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Minister of Transmigration, Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman, said that the transmigration program during the administration of President Prabowo Subianto will be tr
February 2, 2025
Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The Immigration and Corrections Ministry has removed many immigration officials from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport following extortion complaints file
January 14, 2025
Antara, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) reported a revenue of Rp 300.2 trillion ($18.44 billion) from customs and excise in 2024, growing 4.9 percent year
December 18, 2024
Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – The Golden Visa scheme introduced this year has not brought as much investment into the country as hoped, according to the year-end report from the Director
December 12, 2024
Antara, Bali – The Ngurah Rai Airport Immigration Office in Bali's Badung Regency has established a cyber unit to enhance surveillance of foreign nationals (WNA) potentially violating i
November 14, 2024
Herman, Jakarta – The government reported that it had busted smuggling operations with transactions totaling Rp 49 billion ($3 million) within just one week alone.
October 31, 2024
Catholic leaders have warned against the transmigration program of new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in conflict-stricken Papua, saying bringing in non-Papuans to the easternmos
Gusty da Costa – An indigenous human rights activist has asked Jakarta to reconsider the transmigration program in Papua region as bringing in non-Papuans to the country's easternmost r
October 13, 2024
Muzakir Nurdin, Central Aceh – The immigration office in Central Aceh in Indonesia's western province of Aceh deported three French nationals on Saturday for allegedly participating in
October 2, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government of the archipelagic Indonesia has spent Rp 1.3 trillion (around $85.4 million) to build seven of the so-called cross-border posts.
September 30, 2024
Joniansyah, Petir Garda B, Jakarta – Director General of Immigration Silmy Karim has defended the recent amendment to immigration regulations that permits officers to carry firearms, ci
September 13, 2024
Jakarta – Bali has deported 378 foreigners throughout the third quarter of 2024 as of September 9, government data showed.
September 5, 2024
Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Immigration Office has deported British nationals Benjamin James Lovell and Benjamin Thomas Sloan for participating in a demonstration by
Haryanti Puspa Sari, Bagus Santosa, Jakarta – Two British nationals, Benjamin James Lovell and Benjamin Thomas Sloan, were deported from Indonesia on Wednesday September 5 for violating
August 17, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry, through the Directorate General of Immigration, unveiled a new passport design in celebration of Indonesia's 79th Independence Day.
July 30, 2024
Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia's newly launched golden visa scheme is designed to lure wealthy investors, but analysts warned that it could also attract cross-border money laundering and
July 28, 2024
Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has officially launched the Golden Visa Indonesia last Thursday, July 25, 2024.
July 26, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, better known as Kadin, has warmly welcomed the freshly launched investor magnet "golden visa" program.
July 25, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has officially launched the golden visa program that would make the country a "second home" for foreign investors.
June 29, 2024
Jakarta =- Indonesia is preparing to impose safeguard duties of 100% to 200% on imports ranging from footwear to ceramics, reviving a plan to protect domestic industries, according to i
June 28, 2024
Jakarta – Police have arrested more than 100 Taiwanese at a villa in Bali over alleged cyber fraud, authorities said Friday.
Singapore – Singapore passport holders will soon be able to travel to Timor-Leste without a visa under a new agreement, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Thursday (Jun 27).
June 27, 2024
Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Hundreds of foreign nationals were arrested by immigration officials for misusing their residence permits and suspected cybercrimes.
June 25, 2024
Wahroni, Tangerang – Immigration services at Soekarno-Hatta Airport have returned to normal, with no disruptions reported in passenger clearance or the functioning of automated gates, o
June 24, 2024
Jakarta – The initiative to offer members of the Indonesian diaspora a lifelong visa and other facilities normally given only to citizens shows that the government is starting to embrac
June 22, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – In response to long queues caused by immigration service disruptions due to a nationwide outage at the National Data Center (PDN) server since Thursday, 100 additional
Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – She was born in Padang and grew up in Jakarta, but Ms Dewi Brewer, 53, has lived about half her life abroad, spending two decades in Singapore before moving to t
June 21, 2024
Timor-Leste will now issue entry visas at seven embassies in order to "simplify" the process and improve border control.
Antara, Jakarta – Passport services have resumed at two Immigration Offices in South Sumatra after being temporarily halted on Thursday due to a nationwide outage at the National Data C
June 14, 2024
Wahroni, Tangerang – The monthly number of foreigners being deported from Indonesia has increased by 94 percent so far this year compared to last year's figures, a senior official said
June 4, 2024
Norman Harsono – Indonesia plans to give its diaspora similar rights as its citizens as part of efforts to bring back overseas talent.
June 3, 2024
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Customs and Excise Directorate has released 95 percent of the more than 26,500 containers of imported goods that were previously detained at Tanjung P
May 18, 2024
Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – Chief Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, and Deputy Trade Minister Jerry Sambuaga visited Jakarta International Conta
May 17, 2024
Jakarta – Indonesia has relaxed import rules for electronic products, footwear and textiles, its chief economic minister said on May 17, in an attempt to quickly process imported items
Jakarta – The Indonesian government is making headlines with its recent announcement of considering the introduction of dual citizenship, a move aimed at attracting skilled labor and su
May 14, 2024
Enggi Holt, Jakarta – Once again, the Indonesian government has trotted out the prospect of changes to the country's citizenship laws as an enticement to the diaspora community to retur
May 8, 2024
Jakarta – Last week, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan dangled a very enticing carrot in front of a very specific audience at the Microsoft Build: AI Day event, just ahead of the
Didik Fibrianto, Blitar – The Blitar Immigration Office in East Java has arrested two Pakistani nationals for forcibly soliciting donations for Palestine from Blitar residents.
May 7, 2024
Wahroni, Jakarta – Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan inspected the implementation of Trade Minister Regulation (Permendag) Number 7 of 2024, which regulates imported goods restrictions, at
May 1, 2024
Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry's Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) has collected Rp69 trillion in revenue as of March, or 21.5 percent of its 2024 target.
Sita Planasari, Jakarta – Foreign media on Tuesday highlighted the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan's statement that the government
April 30, 2024
Jakarta – The restrictions on the imports of goods caused problems for many industries. They could become an opportunity for bribery and corruption.
Jakarta – Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to people of Indonesian descent to entice more skilled workers into the country, a senior cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2024
Ni Komang Erviani, Badung, Bali – Two South Koreans have been deported by immigration authorities after conducting an illegal film shoot in Bali.
Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and senior officials from the Ministry of Finance visited the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Customs Office in Tangerang on Saturday to cond
April 23, 2024
Jakarta – Indonesia has implemented the so-called "bridging visa" policy for foreigners