Current quarantine requirements?

travelinggems

We are an American family planning to come to Bali in March on a B211 Business visa from Australia. From my current understanding, we have to fly and quarantine in Jakarta. 1. Is this Jakarta understanding correct? 2. How long will we have to quarantine? (I've read from 3 to 10 days so not sure what is true) 3. Where is the best place to find the current quarantine hotels? Thank you

JackStraw

We are an American family planning to come to Bali in March on a B211 Business visa from Australia. From my current understanding, we have to fly and quarantine in Jakarta. 1. Is this Jakarta understanding correct? 2. How long will we have to quarantine? (I've read from 3 to 10 days so not sure what is true) 3. Where is the best place to find the current quarantine hotels? Thank you

All the information you need is here: https://id.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/ You can quarantine in either Jakarta or Manado. Most people do it in Jakarta. Here is the list of hotels you can quarantine in: https://quarantinehotelsjakarta.com/ P.S. I googled all of this in about 2 minutes. You should try it sometime

spicyayam

It is hard to say, because we don't what the situation will be like in March, almost 2 months time. I am trying to be optimistic though about Omricon which is currently effecting most of the world. My hope is that it has spread through here already and people have enough vaccinated/natural immunity and go through it without further restrictions/lockdowns.

Balifrog

Nobody can say what the rules will be next week, let alone in March ...

PERtoDPS

We are an American family planning to come to Bali in March on a B211 Business visa from Australia. From my current understanding, we have to fly and quarantine in Jakarta. 1. Is this Jakarta understanding correct? 2. How long will we have to quarantine? (I've read from 3 to 10 days so not sure what is true) 3. Where is the best place to find the current quarantine hotels? Thank you

1) run with Jakarta that's been the safest bet all along 2) 7 days right now who knows in March? 3) https://quarantinehotelsjakarta.com/

matsaleh

1) run with Jakarta that's been the safest bet all along 2) 7 days right now who knows in March? 3) https://quarantinehotelsjakarta.com/

2. it's still 9 nights/ 10 days at this point - no reduction in quarantine has been advised by government as yet, even though news reports suggest otherwise.

PERtoDPS

matsaleh wrote 2. it's still 9 nights/ 10 days at this point - no reduction in quarantine has been advised by government as yet, even though news reports suggest otherwise.

Yes I know this to be true still to be signed off on officially

spicyayam

You also need to be prepared if you test positive for Covid. Kind of a crazy story posted in Bali expats FB group. I hope it is ok to post a little here (I removed the names mentioned) [QUOTE] I arrived to Jakarta from Abu Dhabi on December 28th, I am a USA citizen. I booked a quarantine hotel for 10 days and arrived to the hotel after the PCR and customs process at the airport. Within 2 hours of arrival to my hotel I was told I tested positive for Covid and needed to be moved to Isolation facility. 3 people in Hazmat suits showed up asking me to go with them to isolation hospital. I refused and stated I needed to ask my embassy first on what the correct protocol and if I can trust these people not knowing who they were. Tim Riley a USA embassy staff member told me I should sign the paperwork and go to the isolation facility. There are two locations they take you selected by their management. C' One hotel or Sulianti Saroso I told them I would only go to C'One. C One hotel is a prison with rats, mosquitos in the rooms, no clean sheets. 15 foot walls with barb wire surrounding entire place and military camo uniforms. I began speaking to other foreigners in the facility and realizing a pattern. At day 10 after their 3rd negative PCR test 90% of the people I spoke to were told they tested positive for Omnicron and transported to the hospital to serve another 10-14 days. I did not meet a single person that did less than 20 days and many were over 30. A young pregnant Russian girl in the video was crying day and night. Almost all people in the C One facility had no symptoms. The food quality is so bad I could not eat it and for some stretches went days without food. The internet is terrible and much of the time did not work. I was worried about speaking out while in the facility due to concerns of food poisoning and corruption. ***** spoke out loudly and stormed around the facility demanding his freedom refusing hospital until they forced him with 10 people (See Video). There are around 40 - 50people at this facility at one time not once did I meet someone that left in less than 20-30 days. Another USA citizen being held here is ***** whom is stuck in the facility and is trying to get out he is in contact with embassy as well. We have 3 USA citizens with complaints filed to Embassy. [/QUOTE]

travelinggems

1) run with Jakarta that's been the safest bet all along 2) 7 days right now who knows in March? 3) https://quarantinehotelsjakarta.com/

Why Jakarta over Manado?

PERtoDPS

travelinggems wrote Why Jakarta over Manado?

I've never looked in to/at Manado that might be an option. I'm 100% certain Jakarta works and come in and I am leaving via Jakarta. Also had a trip there in-between it's definitely the "international hub city" of Indonesia if you ask me. Less chance of flights being cancelled and all that is something to consider too? Perhaps Manado is worth a look, I really don't know sorry?

JackStraw

PERtoDPS wrote I've never looked in to/at Manado that might be an option. I'm 100% certain Jakarta works and come in and I am leaving via Jakarta. Also had a trip there in-between it's definitely the "international hub city" of Indonesia if you ask me. Less chance of flights being cancelled and all that is something to consider too? Perhaps Manado is worth a look, I really don't know sorry?

I've heard Manado is much better for quarantine. You can quarantine on a beach resort with balconies and stuff.

matsaleh

I've heard Manado is much better for quarantine. You can quarantine on a beach resort with balconies and stuff.

But may be difficult for flights. Only Scoot is flying there directly from Singapore and must have your entire flight, including transit through Singapore booked on a single itinerary. From what I can work out, this means you can only book the first flight on Singapore Airlines with a connecting flight on Scoot (as a subsidiary of SIA). If anyone knows more, please enlighten me. SIA - Transit through Singapore

PERtoDPS

https://health-detik-com.translate.goog/berita-detikhealth/d-5922261/berubah-lagi-karantina-masuk-ri-dipangkas-jadi-5-hari?_x_tr_sl=id&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp down to 5 days apparently? Shit needs to go away altogether IMO

John M

https://health-detik-com.translate.goog/berita-detikhealth/d-5922261/berubah-lagi-karantina-masuk-ri-dipangkas-jadi-5-hari?_x_tr_sl=id&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp down to 5 days apparently? Shit needs to go away altogether IMO

Also be aware of stories like this; https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/tourism-minister-sandiaga-uno-helps-tourists-overcome-alleged-false-pcr-test-positives-from-jakarta-hotel/

PERtoDPS

Also be aware of stories like this; https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/tourism-minister-sandiaga-uno-helps-tourists-overcome-alleged-false-pcr-test-positives-from-jakarta-hotel/

I saw something similar on youtube last night. I'm actually not a huge fan of what Bali's become post pandemic and in no hurry to get back. That said let one winter rattle my bones and maybe I'll be changing my mind. I've done a 14 day quarantine in a hotel before to get in to Perth and not doing it again. Maybe if it drops to 3 days. I think the whole thing is a scam basically. Why did we have to get the vaccine if we still have to sit in a hotel?

matsaleh

Also be aware of stories like this; https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/tourism-minister-sandiaga-uno-helps-tourists-overcome-alleged-false-pcr-test-positives-from-jakarta-hotel/

The woman who wrote that letter to Sandiago Uno disputes the events of pak Uno's intervention. This is from a Facebook group created to support those who have tested positive during quarantine and been placed in isolation hotels or hospitals. As the original article removed the woman's name, I have done the same. ![](https://balipod.com/uploads/attachments/3592-d6cda2565036638e27b93815b85ce981.png

John M

But may be difficult for flights. Only Scoot is flying there directly from Singapore and must have your entire flight, including transit through Singapore booked on a single itinerary. From what I can work out, this means you can only book the first flight on Singapore Airlines with a connecting flight on Scoot (as a subsidiary of SIA). If anyone knows more, please enlighten me. SIA - Transit through Singapore

It's my understanding too that in order to transit through Singapore the entry and exit flights must be on the same itinerary — it was the same last year when I transited in Singapore on the way to Jakarta from Australia. Here's more information from the Singapore government and from Garuda about arrivals that may help.

PERtoDPS

matsaleh wrote The woman who wrote that letter to Sandiago Uno disputes the events of pak Uno's intervention. This is from a Facebook group created to support those who have tested positive during quarantine and been placed in isolation hotels or hospitals. As the original article removed the woman's name, I have done the same. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1643698652698.png"]3592[/ATTACH]

I have read a few of these reports on various forums and they are horrendous. There is a lot of things I love about Indonesia but the corruption really sucks. If that was my unlucky dice roll I'd certainly be questioning the moves I busted.