DPS / Bali E-Gates - Excellent
Mar 27, 2024 | 8:19 pm
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DPS / Bali E-Gates - Excellent
Arrived DPS yesterday, had done the e-visa on arrival form in advance. Joined immigration queue but after twenty minutes or so, immigration official pulled us out after looking at passports and seeing .pdf e-visa form completed. Through e-gates in seconds very efficient.
As you approach immigration, manned booths are ahead, e-visa counter to left and e-gates further to left. Honestly can't say who can get through e-gates, but UK and Irish passport with advance visa on arrival certainly worked.
As you approach immigration, manned booths are ahead, e-visa counter to left and e-gates further to left. Honestly can't say who can get through e-gates, but UK and Irish passport with advance visa on arrival certainly worked.
Mar 28, 2024 | 4:11 am
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Arrived DPS yesterday, had done the e-visa on arrival form in advance. Joined immigration queue but after twenty minutes or so, immigration official pulled us out after looking at passports and seeing .pdf e-visa form completed. Through e-gates in seconds very efficient.
As you approach immigration, manned booths are ahead, e-visa counter to left and e-gates further to left. Honestly can't say who can get through e-gates, but UK and Irish passport with advance visa on arrival certainly worked.
As you approach immigration, manned booths are ahead, e-visa counter to left and e-gates further to left. Honestly can't say who can get through e-gates, but UK and Irish passport with advance visa on arrival certainly worked.
Mar 28, 2024 | 8:25 pm
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Apr 8, 2024 | 4:20 am
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Apr 9, 2024 | 1:31 am
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What I understand, they send automated email acknowledgement to the email registered for eVisa. But no practical experience. I don't think I want to visit Bali anytime soon, after they removed visa-free entry to Indonesia (old news), and now added Bali tax for the arrivals (recently)...
Apr 9, 2024 | 1:33 am
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Apr 11, 2024 | 11:19 pm
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Apr 12, 2024 | 5:53 pm
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Indeed, same with us. I understand they are installing e-gates for departing passengers, though don't know when they plan to bring them into operation.
May 9, 2024 | 5:31 am
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What I understand, they send automated email acknowledgement to the email registered for eVisa. But no practical experience. I don't think I want to visit Bali anytime soon, after they removed visa-free entry to Indonesia (old news), and now added Bali tax for the arrivals (recently)...
May 14, 2024 | 1:00 pm
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Anyone know how this works if you enter with the e-gates and depart from another location without them? Will the lack of any stamp / proof of entry cause problems?
May 15, 2024 | 12:44 am
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We came in and left through Bali, but e-gates on arrival and manned booth on departure. I just got a departure stamp only in the passport, so it seems no issue with no entry stamp but a departure stamp. Can't say for sure in the scenario you propose, but I would be surprised if it was a problem.
May 16, 2024 | 9:43 am
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I'm pretty sure it will be ok. The information is clearly held digitally, so unless the agent is unable to access the central database, everything should be fine. Of course there will be times when access DOES fall over - and even times when the e-gate system itself goes belly up. But I'm sure there's a contingency protocol in place ........
Jun 4, 2024 | 11:59 am
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Any more recent experiences with e-gates? I was about to purchase airport VIP service as I do for every trip...but with my e-VOA in hand it sounds like the e-gates may be a reasonable solution to the massive late-afternoon arrival queues.
Best, Jamie
Best, Jamie