An APEC card holder can go to 19 Countries Without Visa, this is the condition

Directorate General (Ditsi) Immigration updating APEC business-travel service or APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) for Indonesian citizens (WNI) via the digital platform abtc.immigration .go.id.

The APEC card provides a business travel facility to 19 countries full of ABTC schematic participants without asking for a visa every time it travels, under the terms of the card holder has obtained an early approval from the destination state.

Task Force Director Yuldi Yusman, said ABTC was a strategic facility to ease the travel of Indonesian business to the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

"The main advantage of owning the APEC (ABTC) KPP (ABTC) is that businesses no longer have to apply for visas whenever they travel to the state of APEC. ABTC also supports the increased climate of investment and international economic cooperation," said Yuldi in his wake.

According to Yuldi, the journey's ease can help businessmen save time and smooth mobility to ease the odds of international cooperation.

This facility could be filed by the WNI, which qualifies as entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, government officials, or specific professions in accordance.

An APEC card application was made online via the abtc.immigration page. Suppliers need to follow the following stages:

1. Registration of accounts by filling out profile data and uploading documents of occupations as ID, family cards, and birth certificates.

2. Activation of accounts via links sent to listed email addresses.

3. Login and select ABTC menus, then fill out the application category form, which is new cards, replacement, or update data.

Four. Uploading support documents according to the terms, such as valid passports, recent photos, as well as letters of recommendation from related agencies or entrepreneurs association.

5. Paying an acceptance fee instead of tax (PNBP) through the SIMPONI system.

Six. Awaiting immigration personnel verification after validated payment. Suppliers are also asked to fill out a brief survey as part of the administration's process.

If a request is approved, a virtual card or information about the readiness of a physical card will be sent by email. Suppliers can also monitor the progress of requests through that website.

Immigration also calls APEC card handling fees Rp2.5 million with five-day service time.

"ABTC service digitization is an attempt to remove bureaucratic barriers so that business offenders can move faster and focus on international expansion without administrative constraints," says Yuldi.

It says digitalization of services is also expected to make the filing process more transparent, certainly, and accountable for the applicant.