Friends of mine got an unpleasant, and possible life-changing, surprise last Friday when they were invited to attend a meeting at the local immigration offices. They were due to go there on the 15th anyway to extend their retirement Kitas but it was a surprise to be invited in on the following Monday with the information that the immi had evidence that they had been renting their villa out illegally.
They arrived at the offices at the appointed time (11am) but were taken into another building than they usually came to and then they were asked to sit down in front of 4 empty prison cells where they had to wait 2 hours until the official returned from his ceremonies at 1pm.
The following interview took until 5pm and was then set to protocol and all parties had to sign.
The friends now have the most horrible time in front of them awaiting the outcome of these events which can be blacklisting(thrown out of Indonesia for an indefinite span), white listing(not sure what this means), payment of a fine or some other "solution". They were informed at the end of the "interview" that prison was not going to happen - in their case, but could in others. This was because they had admitted that they had only rented their villa out a grand total of 5 days in the last 3 years.
How did they fall fowl of the law?
If you want to know how they were caught just type your name and the word "Bali" in a google search box - because that's what the immi do now in every case of a Kitas renewal!
They had created a website to advertise their villa. Job done - goodbye Bali! Possibly.
Methinks it's getting time to find another island in the sun!?
They arrived at the offices at the appointed time (11am) but were taken into another building than they usually came to and then they were asked to sit down in front of 4 empty prison cells where they had to wait 2 hours until the official returned from his ceremonies at 1pm.
The following interview took until 5pm and was then set to protocol and all parties had to sign.
The friends now have the most horrible time in front of them awaiting the outcome of these events which can be blacklisting(thrown out of Indonesia for an indefinite span), white listing(not sure what this means), payment of a fine or some other "solution". They were informed at the end of the "interview" that prison was not going to happen - in their case, but could in others. This was because they had admitted that they had only rented their villa out a grand total of 5 days in the last 3 years.
How did they fall fowl of the law?
If you want to know how they were caught just type your name and the word "Bali" in a google search box - because that's what the immi do now in every case of a Kitas renewal!
They had created a website to advertise their villa. Job done - goodbye Bali! Possibly.
Methinks it's getting time to find another island in the sun!?