Bali Immigration Office adds staff to handle emergency permits for foreign nationals
Badung, Bali (ANTARA) – The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Badung Regency, Bali, has increased its staff from six to nine to handle the issuance of Izin Tinggal Keadaan Terpaksa (ITKT) for foreign nationals following the conflict in the Middle East.
“In addition to expanding the capacity of the waiting area, we will deploy personnel from other units specifically for ITKT handling,” said Bugie Kurniawan, Head of Ngurah Rai Immigration, in Jimbaran, Badung Regency, Bali, on Wednesday.
He explained that they will assist foreign nationals who could not travel back to their countries because air routes were closed, particularly transit flights in Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The service operates according to Monday–Friday hours from 08:00 to 17:30 WITA.
In addition to this dedicated service, authorities will “go to the field” at several hotels where those stranded by the airlines are accommodated.
Immigration officers will record these foreign nationals to grant them a waiver of overstay fines before proceeding with ITKT.
According to Ngurah Rai Immigration data up to Tuesday (3/3), 79 foreign nationals have obtained ITKT.
This means the foreign nationals have chosen to extend their stay in Bali while awaiting the latest developments in the Middle East and further information from the airlines.
The ITKT duration is 30 days and can be extended by another 30 days depending on the latest developments in the Middle East conflict.
Not all foreign nationals are eligible for ITKT, as only those with a flight cancellation letter from the airline, accompanied by original tickets and passports, can apply for the emergency permit.
Meanwhile, the emergency permit has been welcomed by foreign tourists who crowded the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Jimbaran.
One example is Arment, a foreign national born in Albania and holding German citizenship, who visited the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office to learn about ITKT procedures.
He is scheduled to fly back to Berlin, Germany on 8 March 2026, according to his ticket with a transit in Dubai. He said he appreciated the Indonesian government’s initiative amid the uncertainty of his immigration status.
“I have to wait for confirmation. If my ticket is canceled, I will return here (the immigration office) to apply for an emergency permit again. It’s better to stay in Bali for now while waiting for the situation to improve,” said the man who has been holidaying on the island for a month.
There are three immigration offices in Bali: Ngurah Rai, Denpasar and Singaraja.
For Ngurah Rai, this office covers Kuta North, Kuta and Kuta South, all in Badung Regency.
Although covering three districts, the concentration of foreign nationals in those districts is among the highest on the island compared with the other two immigration offices.