Indonesia and Timor Leste plan to offer border crossing passes (PLB) in lieu of passports to their local citizens who frequently travel between the two countries.
“I hope we can implement the new policy later this month, during the visit of the Indonesian foreign minister to Timor Leste,” travel document, visa and immigration facility director Djoni Muhammad said Wednesday in Atambua, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
PLBs will be valid at the following Indonesian-East Timorese border crossings: Motaain-Batugade, Metamauk-Salele, Napan-Bobometo, Builalo-Memo, Haekesak-Turiskain, Haumus–Wini, Haumeniana-Passabe, Laktutus-Belulik Leten, and Oepoli-Citrana.
Discussions on the PLB have been ongoing since 2003, but several outstanding issues, such as differentiating business and personal travel, must be resolved before the PLBs are issued, he added.
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