Jayapura - Vanimo - Border crossing

_vagabondo_09:54 UTC26 Dec 2010

Hi!
Im in Bali, and wanna go to Papua New Guinea through Jayapura and back. Anyone know of the recent updates on the landborder - Jayapura - Vanimo? How long time is it to uptain visa (both Indonesian and PNG? Or do you of a better way of getting into PNG from Bali?

ozziegiraffe12:18 UTC26 Dec 2010

You could fly to Darwin, Brisbane or Cairns, and get a flight from there to PNG. Laszlo knows the Jayapura border crossing, and should answer soon.

Laszlo00:51 UTC27 Dec 2010

The PNG visa in Jayapura can be a pain and take a week.
Indonesian in Vanimo easy and takes a day but requires onward ticket.

lingcat3300:21 UTC06 Jan 2011

easy easy...........just go to jarapura.... apply visa to enter png..... take one week....than from jayapura use the car go to watung.. cross the brober by foot......that is papua new guinea..
if u will return to jayapura.... so u need to apply the visa at vanimo town,,,,,only taken one office day......

_vagabondo_07:57 UTC08 Jan 2011

Thanks for the information!

ivalis06:06 UTC26 Feb 2011

WARNING - We have just been to the PNG consulate 2 days ago in Jayapura/Entrop. Since this year they do not issue tourist visa anymore to PNG, so get your visa from somewhere else. Or call up in advance as thigns change fast apparently (eventough they never picked up the phone). We could anyways extend our Indonesian visa (30 days visa on arrival) at the indonesian immigration office in Jayapura. Price is 250000 Rupiah\person. 2 working days time. Pretty efficient and without hassles.

neumecklenburg10:16 UTC06 May 2011

My experience was the same-- PNG consulate in Jayapura waiting time up to a week whereas Indonesian consulate in Vanimo about 12 hours. No wonder PNG misses out on the tourist $$$. One Indonesian hassle-- if you have a visa on arrival,you'll need an extra stamp from the police in Jayapura. I was with. Swedish couple who ended up returning all the way from the order in a rented car. And there was a hefty bribe to get that stamp. And since the Indonesian border people didn't speak English, lucky I was there to translate from Tok Pisin. I had my indonesian visa from the consulate in Vanimo and it was for land entry,so I had no problems.

piecrusher11:33 UTC11 Jun 2011

Dear all,

I am thinking about using Jayapura as a visa run to PNG. Can anyone give me the latest information on expenses and time taken. Many thanks.

Herve

emperatrizdeco18:02 UTC22 May 2012

I need to visit Indonesian Immigration office in Jayapura if I have an Indonesian Visa and PNG Visa and I need cross the border to PNG ?

Thanks at advance

Edited by: emperatrizdeco

Jayapura - Vanimo - Border crossing Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
_vagabondo_09:54 UTC26 Dec 2010	Hi! Im in Bali, and wanna go to Papua New Guinea through Jayapura and back. Anyone know of the recent updates on the landborder - Jayapura - Vanimo? How long time is it to uptain visa (both Indonesian and PNG? Or do you of a better way of getting into PNG from Bali?
ozziegiraffe12:18 UTC26 Dec 2010	You could fly to Darwin, Brisbane or Cairns, and get a flight from there to PNG. Laszlo knows the Jayapura border crossing, and should answer soon.	1
Laszlo00:51 UTC27 Dec 2010	The PNG visa in Jayapura can be a pain and take a week. Indonesian in Vanimo easy and takes a day but requires onward ticket.	2
lingcat3300:21 UTC06 Jan 2011	easy easy...........just go to jarapura.... apply visa to enter png..... take one week....than from jayapura use the car go to watung.. cross the brober by foot......that is papua new guinea.. if u will return to jayapura.... so u need to apply the visa at vanimo town,,,,,only taken one office day......	3
_vagabondo_07:57 UTC08 Jan 2011	Thanks for the information!	4
ivalis06:06 UTC26 Feb 2011	WARNING - We have just been to the PNG consulate 2 days ago in Jayapura/Entrop. Since this year they do not issue tourist visa anymore to PNG, so get your visa from somewhere else. Or call up in advance as thigns change fast apparently (eventough they never picked up the phone). We could anyways extend our Indonesian visa (30 days visa on arrival) at the indonesian immigration office in Jayapura. Price is 250000 Rupiah\person. 2 working days time. Pretty efficient and without hassles.	5
neumecklenburg10:16 UTC06 May 2011	My experience was the same-- PNG consulate in Jayapura waiting time up to a week whereas Indonesian consulate in Vanimo about 12 hours. No wonder PNG misses out on the tourist $$$. One Indonesian hassle-- if you have a visa on arrival,you'll need an extra stamp from the police in Jayapura. I was with. Swedish couple who ended up returning all the way from the order in a rented car. And there was a hefty bribe to get that stamp. And since the Indonesian border people didn't speak English, lucky I was there to translate from Tok Pisin. I had my indonesian visa from the consulate in Vanimo and it was for land entry,so I had no problems.	6
piecrusher11:33 UTC11 Jun 2011	Dear all, I am thinking about using Jayapura as a visa run to PNG. Can anyone give me the latest information on expenses and time taken. Many thanks. Herve	7
emperatrizdeco18:02 UTC22 May 2012	I need to visit Indonesian Immigration office in Jayapura if I have an Indonesian Visa and PNG Visa and I need cross the border to PNG ? Thanks at advance Edited by: emperatrizdeco	8