Jakarta Bintangs Australian Football Club
The Jakarta Bintangs was formed in 1995 with the objective to provide a football outlet to the many Australians living...
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Check the Latest Foreign Travel Rules for Indonesia
The government has issued updated provisions regarding the terms and documents required for overseas travellers who come to Indonesia. This...
How to get deported from Bali
Getting a deportation stamp in your passport shouldn’t be on anyone’s travel bucket list. However, there are plenty of people...
Domestic Travel: No Booster, Mandatory PCR Tests’
Domestic travellers using air, sea, land, private or public transportation modes are now required to show a negative PCR test...
Rough Street Crime
Going off the straight and narrow can be costly in Jakarta, as Daniel Pope recounts. The last time I was...
EMC Relocations – A Platform of Carefully Curated Relocation Services by Jakarta’s Most Comprehensive Relocation Company
EMC Relocations has been serving contented clients for two decades, spearheaded by Esti McMillan, an expert realty specialist. In Esti’s...
Back To Bali
For two solid years during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bali was closed to the world, causing many of us to leave...
The Expat Life: Changing Times Mean Changing Expectations
Growing up, I never expected I would become an expatriate. I always assumed that like most people, I would graduate,...
Five of the Most Interesting Animals Native to Sumatra
Sumatra Island is rich in a variety of native animals. These Sumatran animals are tasked with maintaining the stability of...
Three Additional VoA Countries
The Directorate General of Immigration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry has added three countries to the list that...
Bundo Kanduang and Entrepreneurship
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri expressed her concern that the Minang people had changed a...
Broken House Blues
COVID immigration regulations have largely been lifted and foreigners are being allowed back into Indonesia. This includes for business purposes....
Finding Accommodation in Jakarta
Jakarta, a huge and bustling metropolis, located on the most populous island of Java is home to over 11 million...
Kalimantan Schools Adding Plastic Pollution Education to Curriculum
Indonesia has the unfortunate reputation of being the second-largest plastic polluter in the world, producing around 7.8 million tons of...
Entering Indonesia 17th July Onwards
Indonesian citizens and foreigners travelling to Indonesia can enter without PCR, as long as they have received a double dosage...
Foreign Public Documents Legalisation Process Simplified
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced that Indonesia will be a contracting party of the Convention of 5th October 1961...
Minister Discusses Second Home Visas and Permits for Former Indonesians
The government will be issuing second home visas for foreign citizens as an opportunity for them to settle in Indonesia,...
Mixed Marriage Children Allowed Limited Dual Citizenship Status
The Law and Human Rights Ministry has said that children born from mixed marriages between foreign nationals and Indonesian citizens...
Business Mixer: Updates on Visa Regulations and Investment Planning in Indonesia
The next Business Mixer covering updates on visa regulations and investment planning in Indonesia is taking place on Thursday 30th...
Police Hunt Fake US Army Perpetrator in Rp2.4 billion Love Scam
The Greater Metropolitan Regional Police has recently arrested two of the three people suspected of being involved in a love...
An Inharmonic Rant
When I was a scabby-kneed schoolboy interested in geography, I used to slowly rotate the classroom globe with my fingers,...