Russians Deported from Indonesia

Picture the scenario - you are enjoying your holiday and getting that nice suntan and downing lots of the amber fluid and it seems as though the cares of the world are far from your life. You even forget how many days you have been in the country.

Suddenly you realise that your visa is out of date and you have overstayed your permitted time. Besides panicking, stressing out, drinking more amber fluid until you chuck up from your stomach churning, and then you start praying to the nearest God you can think of for help. No worries. You scratch up a game plan and reckon you'll plead ignorance when the Immigration officials come looking for you.

Nice try but it won't work. You will find yourself dipping into your pocket or wallet to lay out the extra money before you are put on the plane. This scenario might not apply to the regular visitor to Indonesia but it does happen. Another problem is if you decide to do a little work whilst you are in Indonesia to boost the Bintang supply. Not a good idea if you are on a tourist visa though. Some Russians found this out.

Four Russian nationals were deported from the Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Banten province in Java on June 10 for breaking an Indonesia immigration law. The four Russians were expelled to their country after the Jayapura immigration office found last Thursday that their tourism visa expired on June 1. Not only that but they had been doing a bit of work on the side. Bad move in Indonesia without the proper visa.