. We also announced a particular envoy and other measures to assist our relations. My government is determined to have better relations across the Indo-Pacific region.”his government would look at simplifying the visa system to allow tourists to travel from Indonesia to Australia more easily.
Melbourne University Indonesia expert Tim Lindsey said the current visa system for Indonesians was an “extremely difficult process that most Indonesians find offensive”. “The next thing is education, universities want to diversify away from China, Indonesia is an obvious market that we haven’t achieved the penetration of that market that we should have. Paying students follow scholarships, so we need to increase the number of scholarships we grant too.”The visa application process is time consuming, costs $140, and asks applicants whether they have committed genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture or slavery, among a host of other questions.
In an increasingly competitive Indo-Pacific, though, and with the Indonesian economy having accelerated in growth before the pandemic, there are new calls to level the playing field for Australia’s near neighbour, particularly for tourists, students and workers in high-demand fields such as aged care.
we have 1000s of Indonesian students come here without scholarship We have tens of 1000s who speak Indonesian
the problem with easy visa is abuse by absconder countries like Africa Pakistan Srilanka They would come by tourist visa then they would work for years b4 they r caught