Good idea by singapore to come down hard on such characters.. These people are a strain on both countries. They dont contribute any tourist income to singapore, at least if they stayed a week, spent money on hotels, food, shopping it makes sense to allow them in.Basically SF arrived at immigration at Singapore's Changi Airport and the immigration officer asked if he was just coming to Singapore for the day so that he could return to Indonesia to get a new tourist visa. Surprised, SF told the officer yes and the officer told him something to the effect of "you can't do that, this isn't an embassy.' SF apologized to the officer and told him he would never do it again, but the officer said he was in serious trouble, took his passport and led him to a detention cell.
SF was held there for 3 hours before being placed on a flight back to Jakarta along with a letter from Singaporean Immigration explaining that he had been denied entry into their country. He was met on the plane by Indonesian Immigration officers in Jakarta and put in a detention cell in Soekaro-Hatta Airport where he remains. As Singaporean Immigration had never stamped his passport to prove he had left the country, he said that Indonesian Immigration was forcing him to buy a ticket back to his country of origin.)
Immigration in Asia is no laughing matter. The issue your wife went through is why I have a residency visa for China.Strong Eagle wrote: I would note however, that Thailand is a bit different. My dear wife was working a contract for our company and had been going in and out. She flew up again one Sunday evening and shortly thereafter we received a call... they had checked her passport and determined she had already been in Thailand 91 days... they put her up in a hotel and shipped her back the next morning.
Fun stuff in Asia.
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