Bali immigration investigates suspected foreign motorcycle instructors in Serangan

In brief: Denpasar immigration officials are seeking two foreigners suspected of giving motorcycle riding lessons in Serangan after a patrol on 25 September 2026; two Belarusian nationals questioned at the scene were identified as students, and the available reports do not establish that they were working as instructors.

The investigation became public on 1 October. It concerns a possible mismatch between the activities of the suspected teachers and their immigration permissions. Officials have not announced a new island-wide restriction on foreigners taking riding lessons.

Two people fled as officers approached the riding session

Immigration officers came across a group of foreigners practising motorcycle riding in Serangan, an area of Denpasar, during a patrol on 25 September. According to Denpasar Immigration chief R. Haryo Sakti, two people suspected of conducting the lessons left when officers approached. An attempt to pursue them was unsuccessful.

The patrol also covered the Tukad Punggawa area. Further accounts published on 5 October said investigators were still trying to identify the two suspected instructors. The authorities had not established when the lessons began, and those reports gave no final finding on whether the pair had broken immigration rules. There was no reported outcome against the missing individuals in the material available for this article.

The Belarusian students are being asked about the instructors

Two other foreign nationals remained at the location and were questioned: a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from Belarus. Officials said they held Indonesian limited-stay permits, known as ITAS, under the Remote Worker category. That detail describes the trainees' residence status; it does not identify the people who were teaching.

Investigators planned to speak to the students again to help establish the instructors' identities. In comments reported in early October, immigration officials said the students knew the instructors through Instagram but did not know where they lived. The available coverage does not say the Belarusian nationals were charged with teaching or working illegally.

Bali's immigration authorities have reiterated that foreign residents must undertake activities consistent with their stay permissions. Whether these particular instructors were authorised to provide lessons remains unresolved in the cited reports, as do their identities and the arrangements under which the sessions operated. A foreign resident considering motorcycle instruction can sensibly ask who runs the course and whether its instructors are permitted to provide it. Being present at a lesson, however, is not evidence by itself that a student committed an immigration offence.

• ANTARA News Bali, “Imigrasi Denpasar buru dua WNA yang diduga jadi pelatih bule kursus kendarai motor” — 1 October 2026.
• kumparanNEWS, “Kursus Motor Ilegal WNA di Bali Terbongkar: 2 Orang Kabur, Kini Diburu Imigrasi” — 5 October 2026.