Setelah pesawat mendarat, petugas imigrasi meminta saya menunjukkan paspor dan visa.

Setelah means after.

So Setelah pesawat mendarat means After the plane landed or After the plane had landed.

Putting this time clause at the beginning sets the scene first. Indonesian also allows it after the main clause:

Petugas imigrasi meminta saya menunjukkan paspor dan visa setelah pesawat mendarat.

But starting with setelah... is very natural when you want to give the time/background first.

Darat is the root related to land/ground.

With the prefix meN-, it becomes the verb mendarat, meaning to land.

• pesawat mendarat = the plane lands / landed

A useful contrast is:

• mendarat = to land
• mendaratkan = to land something

So:

• Pesawat mendarat. = The plane landed.
• Pilot mendaratkan pesawat. = The pilot landed the plane.

Indonesian usually does not use articles like a or the.

Whether something is a plane, the plane, an officer, or the officer is usually understood from context.

So:

• pesawat can mean a plane or the plane
• petugas imigrasi can mean an immigration officer or the immigration officer

If you really want to make something specific, Indonesian can add words like itu:

• pesawat itu = that/the plane
• petugas imigrasi itu = that/the immigration officer

But in normal sentences, this is often unnecessary.

In Indonesian, the main noun usually comes first, and the word that describes it comes after.

So:

• petugas = officer/staff
• imigrasi = immigration

Together, petugas imigrasi literally means officer of immigration, which in natural English becomes immigration officer.

This noun order is very common in Indonesian:

• kantor polisi = police station
• rumah sakit = hospital
• meja makan = dining table

So English often puts the describing noun first, but Indonesian usually puts it second.

This pattern means asked me to show.

Break it down like this:

• meminta = to ask/request
• saya = me
• menunjukkan = to show

So the structure is:

meminta + person + verb

That means:

• meminta saya menunjukkan... = asked me to show...
• literally: asked me show...

Here, saya is the object of meminta, but it is also the understood subject of menunjukkan.

A similar example:

• Dia meminta saya menunggu. = He asked me to wait.

Not necessarily. The sentence is already correct and natural as it is.

Both of these are possible:

• petugas imigrasi meminta saya menunjukkan paspor dan visa
• petugas imigrasi meminta saya untuk menunjukkan paspor dan visa

The version without untuk is very common and natural. The version with untuk can sound a bit more explicit or formal.

So for a learner, a good rule is:

• meminta seseorang melakukan sesuatu = common and natural
• meminta seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu = also correct

Because these two verbs mean different things.

• menunjuk usually means to point at or sometimes to appoint
• menunjukkan means to show

So in this sentence, the officer is asking the speaker to show documents, not to point at them.

Examples:

• Dia menunjuk pintu. = He pointed at the door.
• Dia menunjukkan paspornya. = He showed his passport.

This is an important vocabulary distinction.

Yes, in this context that is the natural interpretation.

The sentence does not explicitly say paspor saya dan visa saya, but because this is an immigration situation, it is obvious that the officer wants the traveler's own passport and visa.

Indonesian often leaves out possessive words when the meaning is clear from context.

If you want to make it fully explicit, you could say:

petugas imigrasi meminta saya menunjukkan paspor saya dan visa saya

But the shorter version is very normal.

The comma separates the opening time clause from the main clause:

• Setelah pesawat mendarat, = after the plane landed,
• petugas imigrasi meminta saya... = the immigration officer asked me...

This is similar to English, where a comma is often used after an introductory clause.

In Indonesian writing, this comma is standard and helps readability.

If the time clause comes after the main clause, the comma is usually not needed:

Petugas imigrasi meminta saya menunjukkan paspor dan visa setelah pesawat mendarat.

Saya is the neutral and polite word for I/me.

That makes it the best choice in a formal or official context like immigration.

• saya = polite/neutral
• aku = casual/intimate

Since the sentence is about speaking with an immigration officer, saya fits the situation much better.

If you used aku here, it would sound too casual for the context.