BNI Open Service 'Visa On Board'
Bank January 7th, 2010
Director of Operations of PT Bank BNI Subiantoro Bien said the government bank is ready to provide payment services “visa on board” or a visa is in the realm of national carrier Garuda Indonesia carried out.
“We’re ready. If it is in many international flight routes visa service can be done in ‘visa on board’ is, certainly we’ll do,” he said at the International Airport Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, on Thursday (21 / 1).
Subiantoro included in the group who participated in the GA-881 flight from Narita International Airport, Tokyo.
In flight, participating Indonesian Ambassador to Japan Jusuf Anwar, Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Emirsyah Satar, and the Director General of Immigration Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Muhammad Indra.
Besides them, there is more number of officials concerned with the application of re-issuing visas in an aircraft that, among other BNI Regional Head in Tokyo A Word Wibowo.
Flight GA-881 to fly business class customers 42 and 215 economy class from Narita it to be special, because of travelers from Japan were directly served their immigration procedures since I was in an airplane, so they no longer need to queue to get a visa stamp in his passport.
“The way is simple, the customer has given a form on a BNI outlets located in the international departures terminal Narita Airport,” he said.
Form, he said, and then served Indonesian immigration officers in an aircraft to be stamped and so on.
“Tariffs are determined in accordance with predetermined rates of government, ie U.S. $ 25 per person per visit to Indonesia,” he said.
Indonesian immigration regulations on visa requests have been more “flexible”, which gives permission for a 30-day visit in the form arrival visa, and then be extended to 30 days without having to leave Indonesia before the period of validity of visas run out.
According Subiantoro, from the business side of banking, funds that could be developed from the service “” visa on board “is actually less significant.
“But there are other benefits that are far more important in accordance with our mission and the mission of government. This is what should we support wholeheartedly,” he said.
Bank BNI is the only state banks operating in Japan.
He said in order to permit the opening of outlets care services “visa on board” may take up to one year before the flight GA-881 can be implemented.
“Looking after permission was long, because it was the Japanese government banking regulations. If these services are also applied in other countries where we do not have official representation, then we can do this by partnering with local banks or through other means,” he said.
Until now, the number of Japanese citizens who visit other countries as many as 16 million people a year, while the population numbered only about 75 million people.
In 2009 Indonesia had reached approximately 550,000 Japanese citizens to vacation in this country, with the main purpose Bali become.
Most of the Japanese travelers coming through the international flight routes
