Social visit visa<\/p>\n
I am a foreigner married to an Indonesian woman and here on a
\nsocial visit visa with a maximum validity period of six months.
\nRecently I had to leave Indonesia and my family against my will,
\nbecause my visa was no longer renewable. I had to go abroad to
\napply for a new visa.<\/p>\n
At the airport the immigration officer carefully calculated
\n(twice) how long I had stayed in Indonesia. The period came to
\n179 days. The immigration officer said he was obliged to tell me
\nI could stay for 183 days and did not have to pay fiscal. Whether
\nthis information was true I cannot tell anymore, because two
\nyears ago I stayed for 182 days and then was made to pay the
\nfiscal. The reason was I had overstayed the six-month period.
\nWhen I objected that time and asked to see the man's supervisor,
\nthe immigration officer told me his boss was not in, thus
\neffectively killing any opportunity for redress. If I had not
\npaid, he would not have stamped my passport and I would then have
\nbecome an illegal foreigner with all its attendant difficulties.<\/p>\n
H.W. VAN DER SPIL<\/p>\n
Magelang, Central Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/social-visit-visa-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }