E - VISA INFO

Indonesian government officially banned foreign nationals from 14 countries to prevent the spread of the Omicron

The government has decided to adjust the quarantine period for foreign travelers (PPLN). This is stated in the Decree of the Chairperson of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force Number 2 of 2022 concerning Entry Points, Quarantine Places, and PCR Obligations for Indonesian Citizens Traveling Overseas.

This decision replaces the Circular (SE) of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force Number 1 of 2022 concerning Health Protocols for Overseas Travel during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic.

Indonesian citizens (WNI) who travel abroad (PPLN) are required to quarantine for a period of time from the old rule of 14 days to 10 days according to the new rules of the country or region of origin of arrival with the following criteria:

• Has confirmed community transmission of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.529 or Omicron
• Geographically adjacent to the community transmission country of the new variant of Omicron cases
• The number of confirmed cases of Omicron is more than 10,000 cases

Meanwhile, the quarantine period with a period of 𝟏𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟕 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 from the country or region of origin of arrival other than countries that meet the criteria.

In the regulation, the 14 countries referred to are South Africa, Botswana, Norway, France, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, England and Denmark.

 As is well known that the regulations of immigration and the Indonesian Law and Human Rights can change at any time following the situation of other (global) countries