amarettoSour wrote:
anyway, i don't think they really deported you though. i would think if it's a formal deportation (the kind that would cause you trouble in the future) you would definitely know and be properly notified.
sorry this is happening. hopefully you won't have any problems in the future.
Apparently, for budget airlines - Air Asia, Tiger etc - you cannot have continuous travel..no in-terminal transit is allowed. You have to have a visa, exit immigration and then check-in again.
I don't know what "real deportation" feels like but here I was handed over to the Immigration Police, who asked me to switch off my phone. Then I was taken to the IP room, where I was asked to put my baggage in one room, which was then locked. All my precious personal belongings - wallet, camera, phone - were all put in a locker (including a pen) which could be opened with two keys used simultaneously, one of which was given to me, the other they kept.
I was then issued blanket, sheet and pillow and showed a bunk bed. That's how I had to spend 24 hrs till the next flight. There were separate areas for men and women, and they were not allowed to interact at all. A smoking room was separate for which the lighter was chained to the main reception desk (which was behind a glass cover), so if you wanted to smoke, you had to ask for the lighter.
There were no toiletries and if you wanted to bath, brush etc, you had to use your own.
You were given one styrofoam glass to drink water from (which you had to maintain till you're there) and were called for meals.
It felt nothing better than a slightly comfortable jail to me.
I'm not sure if its legally so, but I did feel my basic human rights were being violated. My passport was taken from me, and handed over to the Indonesian Immigration authorities, who threatened to deport me to India and I had to then bribe to get myself a Visa on Arrival - to which I'm eligible anyways.
All this because I had a 4 hr transit at the Changi Airport.