Jakarta – Efforts by the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections (Kemenimipas) to strengthen the supervision of foreign nationals (WNA) continue to produce concrete results. One of the key outcomes is reflected in the implementation of Operation Wirawaspada 2026, which successfully secured 346 problematic foreign nationals across various regions in Indonesia.
Responding to this, Special Staff to the Minister of Immigration and Corrections, Ir. H. Abdullah Rasyid, M.E., emphasized that this achievement demonstrates the state’s seriousness in strengthening immigration control, particularly at the regional level.
“Operation Wirawaspada 2026 shows that our supervision is not merely administrative, but active and intelligence-based. This is part of Kemenimipas’ commitment to safeguarding sovereignty while ensuring national stability,” he said in Jakarta on Wednesday (April 14).
The operation, conducted simultaneously from April 7–11, 2026, involved 151 immigration work units with a total of 2,499 monitoring activities. The most common violations identified were misuse of stay permits (more than 60 percent), followed by overstays, fictitious investors, and failure to comply with reporting obligations.
According to Abdullah Rasyid, these findings serve as an important warning for local governments to strengthen cross-sector coordination in supervising foreign nationals.
“The role of regional authorities is crucial. Through the Foreigner Supervision Team (Timpora), synergy between immigration offices, local governments, and law enforcement agencies must be strengthened so that potential violations can be detected early,” he explained.
He also highlighted the increasing mobility of foreign workers in strategic sectors such as mining, plantations, and industry. This trend, he noted, must be balanced with strict supervision while still ensuring legal certainty for investors.
“We are not against foreign workers, but we must be selective. The Selective Policy principle must be upheld—only foreign nationals who bring economic benefits and do not disrupt stability are allowed to stay in Indonesia,” he stressed.
Furthermore, Rasyid stated that the success of the operation also contributes to maintaining a healthy investment climate. Enforcement against fictitious investors, for example, is seen as essential to building a credible and trustworthy business environment.
“Serious investors need certainty and fairness. By taking action against illegal practices, we are actually protecting quality investment,” he added.
Going forward, Kemenimipas will continue to strengthen technology-based supervision systems, including the integration of national immigration data down to the regional level.
“With an integrated system and strong supervision, we want to ensure that the presence of foreign nationals truly adds value to national and regional development, not the opposite,” he concluded.
