Speaking to reporters on Tuesday following a meeting at the Presidential Palace, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said the last details for the golden visa regulation were currently being hashed out and that it would be completed in the next one or two weeks.

When asked by reporters about the criteria for the program, Luhut was quoted by various news reports as saying that the golden visa would be offered to “high quality” tourists, “for example, those who have done research at top universities”.

Luhut also hinted that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman might be among the first recipients of the golden visa, saying that Altman, creator of the immensely popular ChatGPT software, had conveyed his wishes to the President that he would like to visit Indonesia more regularly.

Altman previously visited Jakarta in June, where he met with Luhut and Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim, as part of a global tour to talk with governments interested in AI development.

While details remain sparse surrounding the golden visa, the program is thought to allow foreigners to stay in the country for up to 10 years. The government is targeting foreign nationals who are willing to invest or set up companies in the country, as well as those who are considered "global talent" and digital nomads.

Separately on Tuesday, Deputy Manpower Minister Afriansyah Noor was quoted by Kompas.com as saying that the program would go a long way toward making Indonesia a more attractive place for foreign talent.

“[Once the program is launched], hopefully it will go well so that more investment can come in and more foreign workers will be recruited [into the country’s workforce] while also giving the chance for local workers [to work in foreign] companies that are investing [in the country],” he said.

The golden visa program will be the second visa policy the government has launched in recent months, after previously introducing the "second home" visa program in October, which was primarily aimed at well-off elderly foreigners looking to retire to popular tourist destinations in the country.

While the government is more than willing to roll out the red carpet for global talent and well-off pensioners, it will also assess which countries will regain access to its visa-free facility for short stays.

Citing ineffectiveness, the government in June suspended the visa-free facility for short stays from 159 countries, though it remains in place for the country’s 10 ASEAN neighbors. This also came following reports, particularly in the holiday island of Bali, of bad behavior and possible criminal activities by foreign holidaymakers in the country.

Visitors from 92 countries, however, are still eligible to apply for the visa-on-arrival facility after arriving on Indonesian soil, which is relatively hassle-free compared with the pre-departure visa process.

Speaking in a press conference following a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said that candidate countries must meet the three criteria of “reciprocity, benefiting Indonesia and security aspects" for inclusion on the visa-free list.

“[These three aspects] will be our main consideration because we want to attract high-quality tourists who are looking to stay for at least seven days and willing to spend more than US$1,000 [in the country],” he said.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster suggested in March that the Foreign Ministry and the Law and Human Rights Ministry should end the visa-on-arrival facility for visitors from Ukraine and Russia, following a string of arrests made of tourists from these two countries in Bali.

The Bali administration also announced in June a list of dos and don'ts for tourists visiting the holiday island, and is currently looking to impose a $10 tax on all foreign tourists to help preserve Bali’s facilities starting next year.