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Old Nov 7, 2024 | 4:08 pm
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One must dive into google to get the latests updates:

About Health Pass
- implemented due to contact tracing of M-pox (monkey pox)
- official requirement for those wishing to visit Indonesia 27 AUG 2024
- Indonesia follows Singapore and Thailand to gain insight and curb spread of this affliction.
- when filling the health pass, one must fill in their occupied designated seat on their arrival flight,
- https://hubud.dephub.go.id/hubud/website/berita/4669
- https://bali.com/news/mpox-regulatio...sia-30aug2024/
- https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/20...y-to-indonesia
- https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements
Videos (use auto translate)


Actually ex-AMS,
Singapore Airlines groundstaff were informing all checkin passengers destined for Indonesia that this health pass is now compulsory as part of formalities to visit Indonesia.
At the gate G8 it was announced again over the speaker.
Ex-Singapore,
Singapore Airlines Groundstaff at the gate F58 for the flight to Denpasar Bali, announced also that passengers must have the health pass when entering Indonesia. Once inflight, cabin crew made a reminder announcement aswell.

The visit bali tourist tax was implemented on 24 February 2024.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/bal...st-tax-8582985
https://loyaltylobby.com/2024/02/14/...-now-in-place/
https://loyaltylobby.com/2024/08/06/...or-foreigners/
https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/20...gers#gsc.tab=0
https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/20...esia#gsc.tab=0
Singapore Airlines informed its passengers on its website and even reaching out to booked customers about the necessity of this tourist tax.
Spoiler
 
However as with all things Indonesian,
- infrastructure starts up slow as it needs IT + allocated airport space + officials
- although helpful people, central government planning vs local government implementation awareness
- procedure test run phase to be tweaked to be effective and efficient so might appear lax
- but once gaining traction, the proces becomes easy to understand as IT: QR solutions
- you are dealing with entry and exit immigrationpassport control and the 4 formalities register your passport number
- anyone dealing with travel formalities & bureaucracy, must be prepared to observe and plan for contigency (printed copies or back up data (screenshot) on mobile devices: multiple source checks)

Reason you were not confronted with it, as things change over time.....
- DPS airport has a lot of influx crowds at peak arrival time and it can be easily to miss the :
* formality - hurdle 1
health pass check
(people tend to be like sheep and flock in the shortest route to the exit than observing the signpost for all specific checks and formalities)
* formality - hurdle 4
bali tourist tax counter
(rather tucked to the side of the flow of the walking route,
i was only aware as our lovely porter directed us to it)

But even if you manage to miss out,
you must always be prepared with Indonesian departure passport control as they now can cross reference their systems for the 4 formalities across all departure air/seaports by a foreigner's personal passport number.
So, even if you are already on Bali, or departing from a different city/island/region
it might be as failsafe better to complete
- Health Pass: https://sshp.kemkes.go.id
- Bali tourist tax : https://lovebali.baliprov.go.id
to be on the safe and compliant side as to avoid departure passport control unnecessities.
But ofcourse YMMV.

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