Will I get to Bali…
Apr 3, 2022, 10:39 am
#61
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 46
I have the same question too.
Flying from SEA with 18 hr layover in SIN before arriving in DPS. Since it's 1 continuous route on the ticket is the 48h test requirement okay or do I have to re-test in SIN?
Flying from SEA with 18 hr layover in SIN before arriving in DPS. Since it's 1 continuous route on the ticket is the 48h test requirement okay or do I have to re-test in SIN?
Yep, Singapore will require one test, and then if that one has already expired, Indonesia will require another.
My advice: print out EVERYTHING for Indonesia (and, in case check-in wants it somewhere along the way)--
- onward flight ticket
-hotel reservation in Bali
-PCR test
-insurance
-and of course, the proof of vaccination
(I was flying from India the day they once again permitted all international flights -- which was added pressure -- and had all of the above in tangible form so that they could be checked and double-checked in India. My connecting flight was through SIN, but nobody revisited the forms there. However, in Indonesia, they were all checked again.)
My advice: print out EVERYTHING for Indonesia (and, in case check-in wants it somewhere along the way)--
- onward flight ticket
-hotel reservation in Bali
-PCR test
-insurance
-and of course, the proof of vaccination
(I was flying from India the day they once again permitted all international flights -- which was added pressure -- and had all of the above in tangible form so that they could be checked and double-checked in India. My connecting flight was through SIN, but nobody revisited the forms there. However, in Indonesia, they were all checked again.)
Apr 3, 2022, 11:41 am
#62
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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I could refer you to this official page: https://www.indonesia.travel/id/en/n...-to-enter-bali (bold number 2, standard number 7; or just do a Ctrl + F for "test"), but since you have that much time at SIN, it's better to just ask your carrier there.
The folks at SEA will be the first gatekeepers, so if they let you board, then getting tested in SIN won't be your biggest issue.
Apr 9, 2022, 9:15 pm
#63
Join Date: Apr 2011
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It seems that Indonesia has dropped the requirement for visitors to require PCR tests on arrival from 6th Apr. Subject to passing an initial health screen on arrival (non symptomatic and temp under 37.5).
Apr 10, 2022, 1:11 am
#65
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 940
I’m a little confused by the Indonesian government website and the UK foreign office website…
It says that visa on arrival is only for entry into DPS at present, but I read elsewhere that several airports and seaports including CGK will allow visa on arrival.
My plan is to enter Indonesia through CGK during the 3rd week in July, do 3 or 4 nights there, then catch a flight over to DPS. I’ll fly direct out of DPS at the end of my trip.
Does that sound feasible for a UK citizen?
There’s mention on the foreign office of applying for a visa before arrival and that you need a local sponsor etc - but I don’t know anyone there.
I can’t fly direct into DPS, due to connecting flight issues, so it needs to be CGK point of entry. TIA.
It says that visa on arrival is only for entry into DPS at present, but I read elsewhere that several airports and seaports including CGK will allow visa on arrival.
My plan is to enter Indonesia through CGK during the 3rd week in July, do 3 or 4 nights there, then catch a flight over to DPS. I’ll fly direct out of DPS at the end of my trip.
Does that sound feasible for a UK citizen?
There’s mention on the foreign office of applying for a visa before arrival and that you need a local sponsor etc - but I don’t know anyone there.
I can’t fly direct into DPS, due to connecting flight issues, so it needs to be CGK point of entry. TIA.
Apr 10, 2022, 1:37 am
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Apr 10, 2022, 1:41 am
#67
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Apr 10, 2022, 8:13 am
#69
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I’m a little confused by the Indonesian government website and the UK foreign office website…
It says that visa on arrival is only for entry into DPS at present, but I read elsewhere that several airports and seaports including CGK will allow visa on arrival.
My plan is to enter Indonesia through CGK during the 3rd week in July, do 3 or 4 nights there, then catch a flight over to DPS. I’ll fly direct out of DPS at the end of my trip.
Does that sound feasible for a UK citizen?
There’s mention on the foreign office of applying for a visa before arrival and that you need a local sponsor etc - but I don’t know anyone there.
I can’t fly direct into DPS, due to connecting flight issues, so it needs to be CGK point of entry. TIA.
It says that visa on arrival is only for entry into DPS at present, but I read elsewhere that several airports and seaports including CGK will allow visa on arrival.
My plan is to enter Indonesia through CGK during the 3rd week in July, do 3 or 4 nights there, then catch a flight over to DPS. I’ll fly direct out of DPS at the end of my trip.
Does that sound feasible for a UK citizen?
There’s mention on the foreign office of applying for a visa before arrival and that you need a local sponsor etc - but I don’t know anyone there.
I can’t fly direct into DPS, due to connecting flight issues, so it needs to be CGK point of entry. TIA.
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Apr 11, 2022, 8:45 am
#71
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Posts: 72
It looks that way. I'm however completely perplexed at the exclusion of Irish passports from the VOA scheme. They seem to have included the majority (or all?) of other European countries, including the United Kingdom, but not Ireland. Hoping to get there this summer...
Apr 11, 2022, 10:13 am
#72
Join Date: Aug 2019
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It looks that way. I'm however completely perplexed at the exclusion of Irish passports from the VOA scheme. They seem to have included the majority (or all?) of other European countries, including the United Kingdom, but not Ireland. Hoping to get there this summer...
Apr 23, 2022, 8:01 pm
#73
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Schedule change hell.
Originally booked on LAX-NRT-KUL-DPS (JL and MH), no overnight layover. Schedule change introduced TWO overnight layovers in NRT and KUL, with NRT impossible due to overnight layover not allowed.
My choices are: 1) do nothing, wait closer to departure (more changes possible), figure it out then; 2) change to something feasible now, but no good options and it could change again.
On #2, I think two safer choices are:
a) JL: LAX-NRT-CGK, then separate ticket to DPS. NRT connection is only 1:25hr, so it's not resilient to IRROP and can be messy if NRT still closed to overnight layover. Only Y available on NRT-CGK.
b) SQ: (SFO|LAX)-SIN-DPS. One connection is better than two. Currently no award availability.
What would you do?
Originally booked on LAX-NRT-KUL-DPS (JL and MH), no overnight layover. Schedule change introduced TWO overnight layovers in NRT and KUL, with NRT impossible due to overnight layover not allowed.
My choices are: 1) do nothing, wait closer to departure (more changes possible), figure it out then; 2) change to something feasible now, but no good options and it could change again.
On #2, I think two safer choices are:
a) JL: LAX-NRT-CGK, then separate ticket to DPS. NRT connection is only 1:25hr, so it's not resilient to IRROP and can be messy if NRT still closed to overnight layover. Only Y available on NRT-CGK.
b) SQ: (SFO|LAX)-SIN-DPS. One connection is better than two. Currently no award availability.
What would you do?
Apr 24, 2022, 3:16 am
#74
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Schedule change hell.
Originally booked on LAX-NRT-KUL-DPS (JL and MH), no overnight layover. Schedule change introduced TWO overnight layovers in NRT and KUL, with NRT impossible due to overnight layover not allowed.
My choices are: 1) do nothing, wait closer to departure (more changes possible), figure it out then; 2) change to something feasible now, but no good options and it could change again.
On #2, I think two safer choices are:
a) JL: LAX-NRT-CGK, then separate ticket to DPS. NRT connection is only 1:25hr, so it's not resilient to IRROP and can be messy if NRT still closed to overnight layover. Only Y available on NRT-CGK.
b) SQ: (SFO|LAX)-SIN-DPS. One connection is better than two. Currently no award availability.
What would you do?
Originally booked on LAX-NRT-KUL-DPS (JL and MH), no overnight layover. Schedule change introduced TWO overnight layovers in NRT and KUL, with NRT impossible due to overnight layover not allowed.
My choices are: 1) do nothing, wait closer to departure (more changes possible), figure it out then; 2) change to something feasible now, but no good options and it could change again.
On #2, I think two safer choices are:
a) JL: LAX-NRT-CGK, then separate ticket to DPS. NRT connection is only 1:25hr, so it's not resilient to IRROP and can be messy if NRT still closed to overnight layover. Only Y available on NRT-CGK.
b) SQ: (SFO|LAX)-SIN-DPS. One connection is better than two. Currently no award availability.
What would you do?