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# Jayapura / Vanimo border crossing Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
jeebs 05:25 UTC 24 Oct 2010 | Hi there Has anyone had any recent experience in crossing from Jayapura to Vanimo or Vanimo to Jayapura recently? I would just like to check that the border crossing is operating smoothly. And how long has is taken to get the necessary PNG (in Jayapura) and Indonesian (in Vanimo) visas? I will be crossing in late November. Many thanks for your help. James |
spotty_dalmatian 07:55 UTC 24 Oct 2010 | If this post is about Jayapura (Indoneisa), there is another branch for Indonesia. SEASia Islands & Peninsula. | 1
ozziegiraffe 11:23 UTC 24 Oct 2010 | Spotty, are you lost? In case you strayed onto this branch by mistake, this is definitely the correct forum to be asking that question, as it is labelled Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea, and this question is about the border crossing between Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The indigenous people of both are Melanesian, and hence Pacific Islanders, not Asian. OP, several posters on this forum have done this crossing, some quite recently, and you might find those posts if you do a search on the branch. | 2
Laszlo 23:29 UTC 26 Oct 2010 | And sadly, most of the recent posts indicate that while the crossing is open, obtaining a PNG visa in Jayapura can now be time-consuming, expensive and difficult. Also, if you entered Indonesia on a Visa On Arrival, you may have trouble exiting that way (a non VOA crossing). | 3
spotty_dalmatian 03:15 UTC 27 Oct 2010 | I am so sorry! Must have thought that this was the Aust & NZ branch. | 4