I’m part Indonesian but I have a Yemeni passport. I needed a visa so I applied and got the visa within a day.

I had all my tickets and visas ready for each country I planned on visiting. I arrived on 29^th April and left on the 30^th to visit the neighboring countries as planned.

Just as the immigration was about to stamp an exit on my passport, that’s when it hit me that I only have a single-entry visa which means I cannot enter Indonesia again unless I have a new visa! I PANICKED!

I was already late for my flight to Malaysia and I didn’t have a visa to return back, all my stuff is in Jakarta, I already booked my ticket for West Papua and arranged on few things, and all I could think of was that everything is down the drain!

I tried to speak to several immigration officers and explained that I’m part Indonesian, my mom is Indonesian, I have families in Indonesia that could sponsor me or send them a letter or anything they want or need just to get me a new visa. Unfortunately, no luck.

I rushed to catch my flight to Kuala Lumpur while still panicking, luckily as soon as I landed in  KL; my brother contacted me and gave me a contact person that might be able to help me get a visa but in SINGAPORE!

So I spent the next 2 days in Malaysia worrying about my visa and if it will push through. Then I flew to Singapore where I had planned on only 1 night and everything was booked accordingly. Obviously, the visa was not going to be ready overnight.

So I had to stay longer with hopes that it wouldn’t take longer than 2 days because I had my ticket booked for West Papua which was not cheap and I wouldn’t want to miss visiting a heaven on earth.

Luckily, I got my visa the next day and I was able to enter Indonesia again to continue on my island adventures!

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