Jakarta - The Directorate General of Immigration of the Law and Human Rights Ministry will introduce a  single tariff system to Visa on Arrival (VOA) management.

     "The single tariff is aimed at facilitating  supervision,"  Director General of Immigration  Muhammad Indra said  in Jakarta Tuesday.

     The Immigration will introduce a 25 US dollar single tariff to  VOA applicants to stay in Indonesia for 30 days as of January 26, 2010.

     Two VOA tariffs  had been charged earlier, namely 10 US dollars for a seven days stay and 25 US dollars for 30 days stay.

     Indra explained that the single tariff rate would not  affect  the VOA sector income too much, which caused an extension of the  single tariff system.

     Indra also emphasized that  the single tariff is aimed to simplify the visa management and therefore, VOA  manipulation will not be repeated in the future.

     As reported earlier, some local immigration officials were involved in  VOA management at the Ngurah Rai airport, Bali.

    The Ministry of Law and Human Rights had reported the matter to the State Audit Board (BPK) and punished the guilty immigration officers involved in the case.

-Antara, 27 January 2010-