JABAR EKSPRES – The Indonesian Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan picked up the ball by holding integrated services in the fields of consular, immigration, and labor for Indonesian citizens / Indonesian migrant workers in Brunei Darussalam.
“This kind of integrated service is a ball pick-up effort that we do to reach Indonesian citizens / Indonesian migrant workers more broadly,” said the ad interim Chargé d’Affaires of the Indonesian Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan Irwan Iding in a statement received by Indonesia Window here on Sunday (6/11).
More than 100 Indonesians/PMIs in Kuala Belait City enlivened the “Consular, Immigration, and Employment Services” event which took place on June 10-11 at a hotel in Kuala Belait.
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In addition to integrated services, the Indonesian Embassy also provided counseling and socialization in the fields of consular, legal, and employment.
The socialization was opened by Iding and continued with a discussion with the resource person, Coordinator of Protocol and Consular Functions, Labor Attaché of the Indonesian Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan.
The discussion was also attended by representatives of Bank Rakyat Indonesia in Brunei and lawyers from Yusof Halim & Partner, partners of the Indonesian Embassy in resolving cases involving migrant workers.
“This socialization is very important, especially for PMI friends to understand the procedures and laws that apply in Brunei. The goal is that no more PMI friends are exposed to legal problems in Brunei,” said Iding.
Such integrated services outside the city are routine activities organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan.
One PMI, Rita, admitted that she was greatly helped by such services. “The Indonesian Embassy should do it every three months,” Rita said, as quoted in the statement.
Kuala Belait City is located about 115 km west of Bandar Seri Begawan.
A total of 4,216 Indonesians/PMIs live and work in Kuala Belait and its surroundings as laborers, domestic workers, restaurant waiters, workshop mechanics, sailors and professional workers in the oil and gas sector.
