pattieuk

I'm due to visit Indonesia with Holland America on Westerdam as a first timer on HAL , and since I had conflicting information about visas when due to fly to Jakarta last February , I asked HAL and was directed to cibtvisas who wanted to charge me a $85 processing fee for a 35$ visa on arrival . There are 7 travelling in my group and I have not been able to apply for the eVoA , as I do not know the HAL port agent address in Jakarta , our first stop. I have been reassured after contacting HAL customer services that the visa will be processed once onboard for a ' small fee ' of $60 each x 7 , in addition to the 35$ for the actual visa . I wish they could have told me that after my first enquiry back in February. The thought of having to waste time and energy queuing up for this process just for HAL to make a few extra bucks is clouding my experience somewhat! Hopefully the visit to Komodo and rest of Indonesia will be a memorable one for the right reasons .