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  1. Pak Asam Manis

    VITAS for ex WNI to visit Indo during this period

    < A visa was never a guarantee of entry. > Yes, that's what I said above. cf. "always" :) But you are saying "if the situation changes" ... of course that is true. What I am trying to point out here is that while the "new" information from imigrasi says that orang asing can apply and get the...
  2. Pak Asam Manis

    VITAS for ex WNI to visit Indo during this period

    So is it possible that one can apply for and be granted a visa, but would still not be allowed entry on arrival due to the above restriction being in place? As governments always remind the visa holder: "The granting of a valid visa does not guarantee entry. It is up to the immigration officers...
  3. Pak Asam Manis

    VITAS for ex WNI to visit Indo during this period

    Thanks, Centurion. So it seems the thing to do is apply directly for a visa through visa-online.imigrasi.go.id to get an evisa, quotas permitting.
  4. Pak Asam Manis

    Bule living in middle class neighbourhood experience

    In my own experience having lived in houses in a few different areas of Medan, which I think could best be described as "on the bubble" between "lingkungan orang miskin" and "lingkungan kelas menengah ke bawah" ("in the 'hood" and "extremely modest but respectable enough"): It can be a very...
  5. Pak Asam Manis

    VITAS for ex WNI to visit Indo during this period

    According to staff of KJRI - Houston contacted by phone today, no entry visa of any kind can be made under the current regulation: no new vITAS, no Sos-Bud, they did not indicate any type of visa which can be applied and granted at this time. At least that was my wife's interpretation of what...
  6. Pak Asam Manis

    Offshore visa applications possible

    According to staff of KJRI - Houston, contacted today, no new visa application is possible for WNA outside of Indonesia at this time: no VOA, no Sos-Bud, no vITAS, etc. Not possible for WNA to enter unless they already possess a valid -itas / -itap or meet the other exceptions (diplomatic...
  7. Pak Asam Manis

    Laws against entering someones house?

    I strongly doubt the idea of B/a letting any of her canine kids go gently into that good, er, Batak :D
  8. Pak Asam Manis

    Bandung or Malang (Primary Retirement Home and / or Rental Property)?

    B/a: Thanks muchly for your knowledgable and thorough replies, as always. Sorry for the delay in response from my side, I will DM you directly. I would definitely prefer at minimum 50m "luas tanah"but would take an hectare or more if I could get it (but that much dirt is probably out of my...
  9. Pak Asam Manis

    Bandung or Malang (Primary Retirement Home and / or Rental Property)?

    Which city offers the "coolest" environment? (I'm not talking hepcats here: "darajat" or is it "dajarat"; I always get them confused, like "kepala" and "kelapa") I know that Malang has the advantages (for me anyway) of being a smaller city and not having influxes of hundreds of thousand...
  10. Pak Asam Manis

    CPaP / BiPaP and Adjustable Bed

    Thanks for the replies, Jaime and Nimbus. Sounds like the BiPaP shouldn't be a problem. I'll try to investigate a bit more about the bed re the voltage / transformer issue. It would suck to pay to ship it and have it hauled up the hillside di kampung only to find it doesn't work or have the...
  11. Pak Asam Manis

    CPaP / BiPaP and Adjustable Bed

    My wife and I are living in the US but hope to be moving back to Indonesia sometime within the next few years. I have been using a BiPaP for about three months and might be getting an adjustable bed soon. Would it be worthwhile to ship the bed (with some other stuff we plan on sending over...
  12. Pak Asam Manis

    Mudik and C19

    ^ Disgusting.
  13. Pak Asam Manis

    26 Indonesian doctors and 9 nurses have died from C-19

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesian-doctors-death-exposes-heartbreaking-083936266.html
  14. Pak Asam Manis

    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    Many poor Indonesians with lower education levels, especially the older ones, seem to have very limited ability to understand the true nature and threat of the virus and disease. They believe what they can see. And habits, especially those born and bred of economic necessity are very hard to...
  15. Pak Asam Manis

    Indonesia, Level 2: Exercise increased caution, January 3, 2019

    As I said, the "natural disasters" part was not a concern for me, meaning that I'm well aware of those things and as you imply, "it is what it is", so to speak. We lived in Medan for several years so got to experience the 8.6 'quake off the West coast of Sumatra (near Nias, I think) in 2012 and...
  16. Pak Asam Manis

    How long have you been away from home?

    I agree with this (as much as I hate to be contrary to the admin's views on anything) and have had probably a somewhat similar experience. I've lived in Indonesia a total of eight years between my childhood ('73 - '77) and adult years (2011 - 16). Not nearly so long as many others here, but...
  17. Pak Asam Manis

    Indonesia, Level 2: Exercise increased caution, January 3, 2019

    ** "Level 2" is still a relatively low warning level. Levels 3 and 4 are more serious. There is also currently a Level 2 advisory for China (PRC), for different reasons.
  18. Pak Asam Manis

    Indonesia, Level 2: Exercise increased caution, January 3, 2019

    I received this email a few days ago from USDOS "STEP" ... the natural disasters part is obvious, I'm more curious about the terrorism part, it cites "shootings in Papua" (not too surprising) and "violent demonstrations in Central Sulawesi". I did not see any other thread in this section...
  19. Pak Asam Manis

    Sad or angry? BOTH!

    If the majority of people in Indonesia (including many expats, apparently) don't give a flying shit about helpless stray dogs being rounded up, mouths muzzled, thrown into sacks and onto trucks with their unlucky brothers and sisters and taken to a market to be clubbed on the head, why would...
  20. Pak Asam Manis

    Where is Lion Air JT610?

    Your posts are always so insightful, but this one especially caught my eye. I just want to offer you my personal thanks: you're a real mensch (you can look it up if you're not familiar with one of the most commonly used Yiddish words - it's not derogatory or insulting - unless, of course, one...

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