Ah, yes, I remember in The US when Dtrump gave all the rich executives and large corporations tax breaks and charged the poor more taxes! and said the wealth would be a trickle down effect to the masses. It seems the profits only trickled down to their pockets!
Definitely trickle up in this case. My local immigration office claims it takes them a very short time to process the file for the lifetime Kitap extension, and that the holdup is at immigration HQ in Jakarta, where only an approval is needed and yet where the file sits literally for months waiting for the DitJen's signature.
Well they have to have something to put their Martabak on!
Thinking about this issue .. why do they need one's passport? To stamp? That's so tempo dulu!
Valid question. It's ridiculous to embargo one's international travel for up to three months, especially for a renewal.
If it's anything like my initial Kitas then it's actually a tick box on the computer. I went to Jakarta to ask at the HQ and the next day I was able to collect after almost 4 months of bugging my local imigrasi and them saying it's just waiting on Ditjen approval.
It somehow feels better when you finally get your "lifetime" Kitap. Of course we still have to present all the paper work all over again in five years and report that we are still alive but at least then don't have to pay.
Surely this was for an investor Kitas?
