Indonesian Immigration Official claims that Australian government’s efforts to stop refugee boats from coming to the country to be ineffective as there have been no positive results since implementation of new measures. Head of Indonesian immigration enforcement, Djoni Muhammad, said that the Australian Pacific Solution, under which the Australian government is transferring asylum seekers to [...]
Australian opposition leaders are on an official visit to Indonesia to discuss the issues relating to people smuggling and asylum problems with the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta. Opposition leader Tony Abbot, accompanied by shadow immigration minister Scott Morrison and other delegates, met with President Yudhoyono last night to discuss possible solutions for [...]
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Mutual visa waiver program between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the officials and diplomatic passport holders will come into force on August 29, 2012 as announced by the Ambassador of Indonesia in the UAE. Salman Ali Farisi, the Indonesian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates told and local newspaper that effective from [...]
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Australian government has clearly denied any agreement between the Australian immigration and the immigration and defence authorities in Indonesia that will permit Australian immigration forces to enter Indonesian waters in case they receive a distress call from any boat carrying asylum seekers. The statement was issued by the Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare’s spokesperson on [...]
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Australian immigration authorities and forces will be able to respond to distress calls from asylum seekers’ boats in Indonesian search and rescue zone without prior permission from Indonesian government as a result of a possible agreement between the two nations expected to be signed within couple of months. The Australian government has not yet issued [...]
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Australian government is preparing to speed up the process of sending the underage Indonesian victims of human smuggling who entered Australia in boats carrying asylum seekers as crew members. Human trafficking was at the priority of the agenda of talks between the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. These [...]
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Australian and Indonesian leaders have met at the Northern Territory capital of Darwin to discuss the issue of boat people after the Indian Ocean tragedy that left 90 illegal asylum seekers on board dead. Both the leaders decided to enhance the collaboration between two countries’ maritime forces in order to avoid such disasters in future [...]
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India is introducing a new visa application processing procedure for applicants from Indonesia intending to visit India for study, business, or tourism with effect from June 1, 2012. The changes in the application submission process will require all the residents of Indonesia to fill an online application at Indian Visa Online and then submit it. [...]
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Several UK visa application centers at various countries will be closed on 3 & 5 February 2012 due to Information Technology (IT) system maintenance and up gradation. This has been announced by UK Boarder agency (UKBA). According to the UKBA website, During the maintenance of IT system, the biometric services will be suspended at specific [...]
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The tourism ministries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to introduce a common one visa for all the non-ASEAN countries. The objective behind this move is to perk up the tourism industries of the regional member states. After the implementation of this policy, the foreigners will be able to visit all [...]
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