Indonesia's new immigration rules

[Joseph27]

I was totally amazed by the Indonesian governments latest piece of legislation that just passed through the DPR and is expected to be ratified by the President next month - basic summary is that if you are married to an Indonesia, you are eligible for PR status after 2 years of marriage. It is a new visa class which gives the partner full rights hitherto entirely ignored. So now if I want I can easily be employed in Indonesia, I can buy property, and I can enter and exit the country without visa on arrival. Most countries have this as standard practice - Indonesia was entirely exclusionary and despite my wife and children being Indonesia, I could only stay for 30 days and then pay to extend.

[Aliya]

Hah, do they know the quality of the people they are about to start letting become PR's lol

[skank-la]

Think of the Visa bride business thats going to boom almost immediately for Chinese etc

[Joseph27]

For sure a lot of people will abuse but as with any other country, in time there's a clamp down. Still its better that its offered and to make peoples lives easier than it is to restrict it for everyone.