Thread: 1 year visa

Originally Posted by doug_nt

im looking for info on a 1 year come and go as you please visa ,which im told you can get if you are married to an indonesian lady .apparantly you have to be in your home country to apply for it and your wife must be in indonesia any info would save a few more hairs falling out !!!!!! i have surfed many indonesian visa sites, but have drawnk blanks thx

i would be very surprised if possible.
if you are married, your visa will not entitle you to work, that is separate.
your first KITAS living /working application is not guaranteed to be one year, even if your sponsorship & job requires this, 1st time often only 6 months.
with a KITAS, you need to pay considerable extra charges to be able to leave and return frequently.

if no answers on expat.or.id then perhaps contact rainy hendriany .:: Rainy Hendriany - Bali property investment legal specialist. Foreign investment specialist ::. , a renowned Notaris married to a very successful british business man and OBE.

Originally Posted by peterdundas

i would be very surprised if possible.
if you are married, your visa will not entitle you to work, that is separate.
your first KITAS living /working application is not guaranteed to be one year, even if your sponsorship & job requires this, 1st time often only 6 months.
with a KITAS, you need to pay considerable extra charges to be able to leave and return frequently.

if no answers on expat.or.id then perhaps contact rainy hendriany .:: Rainy Hendriany - Bali property investment legal specialist. Foreign investment specialist ::. , a renowned Notaris married to a very successful british business man and OBE.

thanks for your info peter

Originally Posted by spicyayam

There is a pretty good explanation here:
KITAS sponsored by an Indonesian wife of a foreign husband..

If you don't want to go through all that, you can also go through an agent.

Hi, we are in the midst of processing this so called 'family kitas' - see my posting. We were now told by the biro jasa, that my husband does not need to leave Bali to get the visa. As he is holding a sos-bud visa, this can be converted into the new visa. However, let's wait and see - there is always something new everyday. I thought I share this with you.

Originally Posted by zoyra

told by the biro jasa, that my husband does not need to leave Bali to get the visa. As he is holding a sos-bud visa, this can be converted into the new visa. something new everyday

Yes, its true - you dont have to leave the country if you change from Soc Bud to Kitas (sponsored by spouse). Actually my friend did it last year in Yogja and he did not leave the country even his soc bud was already expired -no problem at all.

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