SINGAPORE: Singapore residents will be unable to travel to Indonesia under existing travel corridor arrangements after the Indonesian government imposed a temporary ban on the entry of all international nationals.
The new regulation, which was introduced earlier this week, come into effect from Friday (Jan 1).
It comes days after Indonesia banned vacationers from Britain and tightened guidelines for these arriving from Europe and Australia to restrict the spread of a potentially more contagious strain of COVID-19.
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) mentioned on Friday it has been notified by the Indonesian government that the ban may also apply to international nationals visiting Indonesia under all its travel corridor arrangements (TCA) with different nations
“Singapore residents wouldn’t be able to travel from Singapore to Indonesia under the Singapore-Indonesia Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) / TCA during this time,” an MFA spokesperson mentioned.
“Given the reciprocal nature of this travel association, travelers may also not be able to apply to travel from Indonesia to Singapore under the Singapore-Indonesia RGL / TCA during this time.
“Travellers who’ve already obtained approval to enter Singapore under the Singapore-Indonesia RGL / TCA can proceed to do so.”
Indonesia’s travel ban applies to all international guests, except for high-level government officers or foreigners with residency permits, foreign minister Retno Marsudi had mentioned.
