Having dealt with visa waits/lines at consulates/emabasies and on arrival in Indonesia, I can CATEGORICALLY STATE that the wait that one experiences on ariva; is infinitely less than one will experience at an embassy or consulate (You can wait four hours at a embassy/consulate on two seperate days, while the biggest wait I have ever seen on arrival is perhaps 20-30 minutes). 747, you are right, however I have the impression that the guy isn't taking a bus or Cessna from PNG to Irian Jaya.