The Jakarta Post
The Justice and Human Rights Ministry has found irregularities to the tune of Rp 3 billion (US$292,000) from Visa on Arrival (VOA) fees at the Ngurah Rai Internatonal Airport in Bali between October 2008 and May 2009. “We received a report from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) auditor several days ago that there is a disparity between the issuance of VOA fees with its financial report,” Justice and Human Rights Minister Andi Mattalatta told a media conference Monday. He said there were two types of visa-on-arrivals, for periods less than and longer than a week, which cost US$10 and $25 respectively. “The report showed most of the visas issued were for more than seven days, but the payments are listed as being only for a week, so there is a discrepancy here,” Andi said. The visa-on-arrival process is now available for people from 63 countries at immigration ...