ABSTRACT
The policy of granting free visit visas is based on a Presidential Regulation Number 21 of 2016 concerning Visit Visa Free in relation to the dualism of the policy of granting free visit visas. Residence permits are permits granted to foreigners by immigration officials or foreign service officials to reside in Indonesian Territory. In its implementation, this policy creates opportunities for abuse, mainly due to the provision of a residence permit this will provide Visa Free convenience given to 15 (fifteen) the country is free of charge and given 1 (one) month or 30 days to be able to visit Indonesia for tourist purposes. This research aims to link the visa-free policy based on President Regulation No. 21 of 2016 with the entry of illegal foreign workers in Indonesia , reinforces the supervision carried out by immigration authorities against foreigners who enter Indonesia? And it details the controls the government exerts over the negative effects of a visa-free policy to protect Indonesian workers themselves. The research method used in this study is a normative juridical approach, namely research that prioritizes secondary data to analyze problems, in this case the laws and regulations and policies in the field of labor law. The results of the study answered the problem that there was a tourist visit visa-free policy for 169 countries which were regulated based on Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 20 of 2018 concerning Foreign Workers has a negative impact, even though the purpose of the PERPRES is to develop the Indonesian economy. As a solution to the application of sanctions in Immigration law in addition to using administrative sanctions it is also necessary to impose criminal sanctions to make immigration law more effective and perpetrators are made deterrent to do the same in the future.
