I will try to be as level-headed as I can with this, although I'm seething with anger at the moment.
Read on.
My mother passed away in Australia last Sunday. I need to go there as soon as possible. I have a retirement Kitas and before leaving Indonesia, I have to get an "Exit Permit". My Indonesian wife will accompany me (she's been there before).
The death is stressful enough, and running around organising things for a fast departure hasn't been easy. I've managed to do everything except for the "Exit Permit".
I lodged it at the Immigration office in Denpasar yesterday. They told me it might be ready the same day, or "definitely" the next day. I'm still waiting. They told me a couple of hours ago that it will "definitely" be ready by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I "thanked" them for that but our flight is tomorrow night.
This sort of stuff pisses me of to the max. Do these people really have no compassion or understanding whatsoever?
In stark contrast, I got a multiple entry Australian Visitor's Visa for my wife in 15 minutes.
I still have several things to do here before I go. I am not impressed by having to sit around wasting many hours waiting for some Indonesian Immigration idiot to get their act together and phone me (which they rarely do, by the way).
Are Indonesian "officials" really that uncaring? It looks like it to me and I'm disgusted.
I might be pushing the envelope too far but the way I see it, they couldn't care less if an expat suddenly has a problem back in their country. Do many Indonesians really see us only as walking money bags?
I first visited Bali 37 years ago. I've been living here for about the last 16 years. These days in the South (where I live), every day is dance with potential death on the "roads".
I am seriously considering leaving Bali and never coming back. Kind of had enough of the endless crap these days.
Whatever "magic" Bali once had is being rapidly eroded, big time.
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Read on.
My mother passed away in Australia last Sunday. I need to go there as soon as possible. I have a retirement Kitas and before leaving Indonesia, I have to get an "Exit Permit". My Indonesian wife will accompany me (she's been there before).
The death is stressful enough, and running around organising things for a fast departure hasn't been easy. I've managed to do everything except for the "Exit Permit".
I lodged it at the Immigration office in Denpasar yesterday. They told me it might be ready the same day, or "definitely" the next day. I'm still waiting. They told me a couple of hours ago that it will "definitely" be ready by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I "thanked" them for that but our flight is tomorrow night.
This sort of stuff pisses me of to the max. Do these people really have no compassion or understanding whatsoever?
In stark contrast, I got a multiple entry Australian Visitor's Visa for my wife in 15 minutes.
I still have several things to do here before I go. I am not impressed by having to sit around wasting many hours waiting for some Indonesian Immigration idiot to get their act together and phone me (which they rarely do, by the way).
Are Indonesian "officials" really that uncaring? It looks like it to me and I'm disgusted.
I might be pushing the envelope too far but the way I see it, they couldn't care less if an expat suddenly has a problem back in their country. Do many Indonesians really see us only as walking money bags?
I first visited Bali 37 years ago. I've been living here for about the last 16 years. These days in the South (where I live), every day is dance with potential death on the "roads".
I am seriously considering leaving Bali and never coming back. Kind of had enough of the endless crap these days.
Whatever "magic" Bali once had is being rapidly eroded, big time.
:icon_evil: