The Bali Immigration Office deported an Egyptian man and a Dutch woman after both overstayed their stay permits in Indonesia – the latter reportedly by 461 days.
The head of the Bali Office of Indonesia’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Anggiat Napitupulu, said yesterday that the Dutch woman, identified as VM, 68, resided in Indonesia for about eight years and three months.
She arrived in Indonesia on April 22, 2014, and made Lombok Island her home. Anggiat explained that initially VM arrived using a social visit visa that was valid for six months. Having already started her own bungalow business on the island, VM applied for an investor visa and was allowed to stay until October 23, 2020, using a limited stay permit (KITAS).
“[She] did not apply for a stay permit extension because, according to her confession, she already applied for a KITAP (permanent residence permit) by asking her Indonesian friend to help in 2018, but until now the process remains inconclusive,” Anggiat said.
Last December, immigration officers came to VM’s residence to check her passport, but she claimed that she lost it and did not report the loss to her embassy.
VM was ultimately deported after being detained for two weeks for administrative reasons. She was sent packing last night and departed from the Ngurah Rai International Airport at 9pm, boarding an Amsterdam-bound KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane.
Separately, the immigration office also deported KH, 37, an Egyptian tourist who overstayed by 60 days. In his case, KH was deported after being confined at the detention center for seven months.
KH reportedly arrived in Indonesia with a visa on arrival (VOA) on Feb. 2 last year, entering the country in Jakarta before vacationing in Bali. He was later granted an extension on Feb. 24 and was allowed to stay until June 2021, but did not leave the country after the permit expired.
The immigration office apprehended KH on Dec. 22 last year and he confessed to authorities that he did not have enough money to go home.
After spending months in detention, KH was finally able to fly back home on Monday, boarding a Saudi Arabia Airlines flight at the Jakarta airport bound for Egypt.
Anggiat said that both VM and KH will be banned from entering Indonesia, although he did not specify the time period.
