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    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": 1197015,
        "msgid": "visa-and-work-permit-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "Visa and work permit",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Visa and work permit I came to Indonesia in July 1994 to get married. For that purpose, the Indonesia Consulate in New York gave me a social visit visa. The Consul told me that once I was married, it would be no problem for me to get permanent residence so that I could stay in Indonesia with my wife. He also said that I would be able to get a work permit. This turned out not to be the case. After I was married, I went to the immigration office in Bandung.",
        "content": "<p>Visa and work permit<\/p>\n<p>I came to Indonesia in July 1994 to get married. For that<br>\npurpose, the Indonesia Consulate in New York gave me a social<br>\nvisit visa. The Consul told me that once I was married, it would<br>\nbe no problem for me to get permanent residence so that I could<br>\nstay in Indonesia with my wife. He also said that I would be able<br>\nto get a work permit. This turned out not to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>After I was married, I went to the immigration office in<br>\nBandung. I was told that with the visa I had, I would not be able<br>\nto stay for more than six months. I was also told that the only<br>\nway I could get a work permit is if I left and got a business<br>\nvisa. To do that, I would have to get an Indonesian business to<br>\nsponsor me. The immigration office also informed me that our<br>\nchildren would indeed have to follow my citizenship and would not<br>\nbe Indonesian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>I found a company in Bandung that was willing to give me a<br>\nletter for the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. With that<br>\nletter, I was granted a business visa. When I returned to<br>\nIndonesia the company refused to help me to get a work permit and<br>\nrefused to help me extend my visa. I had to leave Indonesia again<br>\nso that I would not overstay my visa.<\/p>\n<p>My wife and I were hoping to make our life here in Indonesia,<br>\nbut this appears to be impossible. Now we will probably have to<br>\nleave Indonesia. All of this has happened because an Indonesian<br>\nConsular official gave me wrong information. The government<br>\nshould thoroughly teach its employees the law to prevent<br>\nsituations like this from happening.<\/p>\n<p>I have been told that one of the principles of Indonesian<br>\nPancasila is social justice. There is no social justice in laws<br>\nthat break up families simply because the husband is not an<br>\nIndonesian citizen.<\/p>\n<p>KEVIN J. DUNPHY<\/p>\n<p>Bandung, West Java<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/visa-and-work-permit-1447893297",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}