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# Visa for PNG in Jayapura? urgent information required. thanks a lot! Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
BeautifulWorld1 12:13 UTC 23 Sep 2015 | Hello Travelers, we are 2 people from Germany and traveling very soon to PNG. we´ve heard that we will get a visa on arrival in PNG. But now we found out that we only get this at the airport in Port Morsby. Unfortunately we dont fly to POM . our flight is to Jayapura in West papua and from there we would like to travel by land to Vanimo in PNG. after 1 or 2 days there we are going back by land to Jayapura. we need to find out how long does it take to get a visa for PNG in Jayapura and is it free of charge or how much does it cost? do we need a visa to enter Indonesia from Vanimo? For germany is visa free entry in Indonesia but unfortunately i´ve heard only at some common airports. we are so concernd about the visa, entry and departure in indonesia and PNG. our fligt is tonight already. i know its very short in advance. we would be grateful for every advice. thank you so much in advance. happy & safe travels |
majordom 13:15 UTC 23 Sep 2015 | search here and on the tripadvisor forum and you will find all the info you need apparently there is not mich in vanimo so unless you want to tick off a box marked png you might be better to use you time and money to explore indonesian new guinea anyway have a great trip | 1
mrheyes 14:17 UTC 23 Sep 2015 | Hi guys, I spoke to PNG Tourism UK on your behalf and they suggest speaking directly to the Mission based in Jayapura. Each location has their own visa hours and length of processing time....hopefully you'll be ok. You can find the contact details here, under the 'Indonesia' section. Safe travels, and enjoy PNG! | 2
ofrank 06:28 UTC 25 Oct 2015 | Hi guys! we have your same problem! How did you resolve this question? Thank you!!! | 3
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BeautifulWorld1 12:19 UTC 25 Oct 2015 | @ofrank: dont worry, the consulat is very friendly and helpful. usually the visa processing time is 5 days but if you ask them nicely to give you the visa earlier they probably will do it. the visa is even free of charge :-) good luck and safe travels! @mrheyes: thanks so much for your reply. i appreciate it! @majordom and everybody who is going to PNG: the time in PNG was so much worth it! even only the area around vanimo offers SO MUCH!!! i loved the nature, beach and especially the people!!! i totally fall in love in this part of the world. when i crossed the border it was such a HUGE difference to indonesia. every moment in PNG was soooo awesome. but in indonesia i had the worst time ever. i hate the immigration and also most of the people are not nice at all. PNG is safe and a great place to go. i can just recommend it to everybody. even if you have a short time it is TOTALLY worth to visit it!!!!! | 5
ofrank 01:17 UTC 26 Oct 2015 | Thanks a lot Beautifulworld1 for your fast reply! Me and my wife stay now in Jayapura and we were worried because we arrived from Jakarta with a free Visa on Arrival and we read the same things ( entrance and exit permitted only in Some ports and airports). We hope no problem for tomorrow! | 6
majordom 11:32 UTC 02 Nov 2015 | well done BW1 - glad you made it to PNG it is indeed a wonderful place - reading other reports you did well to make it across and back in such a short time | 7
BeautifulWorld1 20:17 UTC 04 Nov 2015 | OMG thats not good. how did it go? hope so much for you guys you got your visa without problems and you are now in amazing and beatufiul PNG. please tell me/us how did it go and if you are fine | 8
ofrank 00:15 UTC 15 Nov 2015 | Unfortunately we had problems at indonesian immigration office in Jayapura because they absolutely don't permit US to cross the border because when we arrived at Jakarta airport the operator put a visa free in our passport although we explained we want to cross the border from jayapura to vanimo!!! So we had to come back to Jakarta AMD exit to Singapore. We spent some nice days | 9
ofrank 00:23 UTC 15 Nov 2015 | We spent some days there AMD come back to jacarta. There we bought a Voa And went to jayapura!!! For indonesian immigration office you can exit from Indonesia only from some ports and airports with a visa FEE. You must have a VOA to exit from jayapura(wutung border). We hope to help other travellers | 10
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