We ensure that the G20 delegations will receive good immigration service since their arrival until their departure.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Law and Human Rights Ministry has prepared several steps to anticipate a surge in the number of foreign nationals during the G20 Summit held on November 15-16, 2022, in Bali.

Group 20, or G20, is a multilateral cooperation group comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Indonesia is holding the presidency of the grouping this year.

"The first involves improving services when foreign nationals go in and out of the airport," Secretary General at the Ministry Commissioner General Andap Budhi Revianto noted here Wednesday.

This is undertaken to prevent spiralling queues. To this end, the ministry will prepare several additional counters next to the regular counters.

There are three special G20 Presidency counters and 13 regular service counters. If there is a long queue, four regular counters will be converted into G20 delegation counters.

In addition, the number of immigration service workers will be doubled. Other supporting facilities will also be increased, he stated.

The next anticipatory action concerns preparing several immigration workers as human resources.

Organically, the number of immigration workers stood at 32. In preparation for the G20 Summit, the government increased the figure to 64 people.

"The supporting equipment, such as computers, will be increased to 64 unit packages," he said.

Moreover, around 10 mobile units will be placed at several posts, including the VVIP post and arrival terminal.

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To ensure smooth service, the immigration service will continued to be assisted until the departure of delegations, Revianto noted.

"We ensure that the G20 delegations will receive good immigration service since their arrival until their departure," he remarked.

To anticipate visa abuse or overstay, strict monitoring of foreign nationals will be conducted, such as through time permit duration evaluation. After the summit, the foreign national monitoring team will intensively perform its duty.

Improving service to foreign nationals does not translate to weakening monitoring against them, so the related team will work hard to prevent visa abuse.

The ministry will also coordinate with various other institutions, such as the military, the police, and regional government, to perform its job better.

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