Indonesia extend visa free to 45 countries
May 3, 2015, 6:51 am
#46
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May 5, 2015, 9:34 pm
#47
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Still had to pay $35 and go through VOA process at CGK last Sunday. A lot of American passport holders were asking why they had to do this. The authorities there had no idea about any changes to visa-free countries.
May 7, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Perhaps it was only the American travellers who hadn't checked current requirements before leaving home.
May 7, 2015, 10:37 pm
#49
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As of last Friday, May 1st there was no visa free process for American (or some other) passport holders at DPS. I paid $35 USD like many others did for my VOA.
I also looked for and did not see any sort of expedited service. (not that I would have needed it, my wait was about 15 minutes)
I asked about buying my VOA from Garuda Airline when I checked in at NRT and was told they stopped doing that last year.
I also looked for and did not see any sort of expedited service. (not that I would have needed it, my wait was about 15 minutes)
I asked about buying my VOA from Garuda Airline when I checked in at NRT and was told they stopped doing that last year.
May 8, 2015, 12:40 am
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I wasn't sure what to expect either given the unclear information so proceeded to VOA as normal, paid, and got the stamp. This was fortunate for me as many others were trying to figure it out and determine if they needed VOA. They ended up in a much longer queue than I did.
May 24, 2015, 10:12 pm
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Jun 17, 2015, 10:20 pm
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Jun 18, 2015, 1:43 am
#57
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So it was extended from 13th June onwards? Then I just missed it by roughly 2 hours 
But given their 7-days Visa are relatively reasonable 15$ (thats more or less what ESTA costs..) it didn't really bother me too much.. But good to see it will now be free of charge to visit finally
But given their 7-days Visa are relatively reasonable 15$ (thats more or less what ESTA costs..) it didn't really bother me too much.. But good to see it will now be free of charge to visit finally
Jun 25, 2015, 7:43 am
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