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        "id": 1332256,
        "msgid": "on-visa-free-entry-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-12-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "On visa-free entry",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "On visa-free entry Your article headlined Govt delays implementation of new visa policy again (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 28) quotes the immigration department as saying that Indonesia plans to \"adopt a simple visa-on-arrival procedure, as applied in Thailand\". In recent years I have entered Thailand several times by land, sea and air from Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia but I have never been asked to pay for an entry visa.",
        "content": "<p>On visa-free entry<\/p>\n<p>Your article headlined Govt delays implementation of new visa<br>\npolicy again (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 28) quotes the immigration<br>\ndepartment as saying that Indonesia plans to &quot;adopt a simple<br>\nvisa-on-arrival procedure, as applied in Thailand&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years I have entered Thailand several times by land,<br>\nsea and air from Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia but I have<br>\nnever been asked to pay for an entry visa. In fact, only a small<br>\nminority of visitors to Thailand are required to buy visas<br>\nbecause Thailand, like Malaysia and Singapore, grants visa-free<br>\nentry to tourists from all main source markets in East Asia,<br>\nOceania, Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p>So it is misleading to suggest that by introducing a visa fee<br>\nIndonesia is following in the footsteps of countries like<br>\nThailand, Malaysia and Singapore when in reality it is following<br>\nin the footsteps of Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN HARGREAVES<br>\nJakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/on-visa-free-entry-1447893297",
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