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tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

Two English teachers deported - The Jakarta Post

TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang Immigration agency deported two foreign nationals Friday for violating their visas.

Arriving on tourist visas, the two men, identified as 38-year-old Australian Stephen Lowson and 41-year-old Nicholas Stanley Charles Eager of Britain, were detained Thursday night while teaching English in Pamulang.

Chief of Tangerang Immigration Agency Pondang Tambunan told The Jakarta Post that the two would be sent to their countries origin on Friday evening.

"We have tickets for them; Nicholas is scheduled to leave Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 8:20 p.m., and Steven will fly to Australia at 8:45," he said Friday, adding that the deportation process would be tightly monitored by his officers.

Lowson and Eager reportedly entered the country on Oct. 6.

Tambunan said as an industrial area, Tangerang is a haven for foreigners working without proper documents

malu · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Sunny Java

Pamulang!? Who on earth works there?

Salam · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

"...were detained Thursday night while teaching English in Pamulang"

So let's see if I got this right. In the middle of a class, Immigrasi bursts in and drags the teachers off, and the school owner did what? Nothing? They wont even back you up when your in the school itself and grease the wheels a little. You'd think for no other reason than to not cause a massive scandal at the school.

Owner to DoS: Oops, best go to the bule vending machine and order some more.

DoS to owner: You're not going to help these guys who we bought in to work for us and were just following our instructions?

Owner: Too expensive lah, go get more.

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang Immigration agency deported two foreign nationals Friday for violating their visas.

Arriving on tourist visas, the two men, identified ...

Well, for my two cents worth, I know that every time I changed schools, (see below) had a holiday and started at a new school, I was on a tourist visa.

I did the usual 'trial period' of about two months, then I was shipped off to Singapore for a working visa and later all the visits to immigration, police station etc etc.

Only once did my employers (TBI) ask that I get a Business Visa before returning to Indonesia.

As implied above, the wrong grease or not enough of it was used. Shocked

As a matter of interest to those planning to climb the "EF ladder", if you change schools, you go back to "GO" and start again, salary-wise. your experience counts for nothing.

treacle · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 36 Location: the hills

What was the name of the school?

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

Just in case my last reply was ambiguous, I hasten to add that it was EF who employed me on tourist visas until my 'trial period' was completed.

TBI asked that I get a Business visa before I left Oz, which seems a bit better than maquerading as a tourist. Rolling Eyes

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

Awesome!

Atoms for Peace · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 135 Location: NKRI

Did anybody find out which school it was? One with two letters? Smile

treacle · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 36 Location: the hills

Three letters actually,

TBI

Bogor, I have it on good authority, was the culprits.

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

Well, now we have a school.

any idea who the DoS is? Laughing

Atoms for Peace · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 135 Location: NKRI

It was NOT TBI. TBI doesn't have any branch in Tangerang.

Omen · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Bogor, Indonesia