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Originally Posted by hfly

I wasn't implying that it was! The visa I just got was nominally a business one, however the last two I got (since the changes) were more general ones. I think it has to do with her lineage. As for the IND visa in SIN, it was not for me, but for my wife for whom VOA is not applicable (mine was VOA that trip which took less than 30 seconds on that trip, even hitting CGK in the past at the same time as two other heavies, I have never had a wait of more than 20 mins).

Then maybe her lineage has something to do with it.

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Originally Posted by alex0683de

Going into Denpasar airport (Bali) a couple of weeks ago, there was also a huge line for VOAs, but it was moving along at a pretty good clip. I would say maybe a 10-15 minute wait with three fully loaded widebodies (a 777, a 767 and an A330) arriving simultaneously. I think that's reasonable, considering I've had a longer wait than that at JFK off a single 747 (though also fully loaded).

As long as you're not entering Indonesia at some obscure place, VOA is definitely the way to go.

I'm certainly not sure what it would be like for other nationalities, but I was flat out rejected from getting a visa at the Indonesia embassy in Tokyo this past October. The representative said that since I am from the US, I CANNOT get my visa anymore overseas, due to the ability to VOA. Though this event happened after my arguing to get a visa in Hong Kong's Indonesia consulate in January '05 (and winning), I just like to have all papers and forms in order before I arrive in some places, and the next time I go to Jakarta, I will have one extra item(I now deem it, a necessity), a face mask.