Netizen submission: I completed the downgrade of my IGL 9G visa this Monday, and I am currently at the airport sharing the situation of passing through customs after the downgrade. After the downgrade on Monday, since I processed it with the travel agency ECC, the immigration granted me a 59-day tourist visa along with ECC. Yesterday, some travel agencies were still spreading that POGO IGL 9G downgrade needs to process OTL, which is actually not necessary.
I have a flight back home tonight. After arriving at T3 airport and completing the direct flight procedures, I went through the regular tourist visa customs. The customs officer just looked at my ticket, stamped my tourist visa plus ECC, and let me through without asking any questions, mentioning any blacklist, or detaining anything. After taking a photo and getting the stamp, I was allowed through and I am currently in the T3 departure hall.
I just want to say, if you are an IGL 9G holder looking to return to your country before October 15, just downgrade and add ECC, that's all the expenses needed to return home. Don't waste extra money on processing OTL, if your visa hasn't expired and you are not on a blacklist, be careful of being scammed.
