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Text your say: RI's quest for visa-free status in Schengen
Inflight service: An immigration official checks documents aboard a Garuda aircraft during a flight from Seoul, South Korea to Jakarta
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Inflight service: An immigration official checks documents aboard a Garuda aircraft during a flight from Seoul, South Korea to Jakarta.(Antara / Saptono) (Antara / Saptono)
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Your comments on Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi saying that support is growing for Indonesia's request for visa-free access to the Schengen zone, which will enable Indonesian nationals to enter the zone's 22 EU-member and four non-EU-member states without visas.
What is Retno dreaming about? Europe has got a huge refugee and asylum-seeker problem. They aren't going to provide visa-free entrance to Indonesians.
Malaysia has long been visa-free for Europeans, and Malaysians still need to obtain a Schengen visa.
Bot
That request is certainly not going to be granted.
Devineasia
Guess it goes to show how often I've traveled to Turkey.
Willo
Well let´s hope that the EU approve, so that Indonesian passport holders will have more visa-free countries.
Simba
Skilled workers? Yes there are Indonesians that I know who are working in countries like Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and other advanced countries. And they work for big multinational companies in engineering fields most of them.
One person that I know has been appointed as a manager in a Swiss-Swedish engineering company and his role is in the power distribution sector. Don´t generalize all Indonesians as guilty for the government´s wrongdoing.
Sib
What is Minister Retno dreaming about? Europe already has a huge refugee problem.
They will not in exchange give free-visa entrance to Indonesia.
Malaysia has for ages given visa-free entry to Europeans and Malaysians still need to obtain a Schengen visa.
BT
Bravo Minister Retno, on RI's quest for visa-free entry to the Schengen zone, and on granting visa-free access to visitors from all Schengen countries.
It will be an advantage for Indonesia. It's a majestic move Bu Retno.
Eduard Iseli
Jakarta
Schengen visa free for Indonesia? It is not going to happen. Wait until Indonesia's Gross National Product per capita is equal to the EU.
Suwito
Surabaya
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