Thread: My Visa Plan

Originally Posted by Jimbo

You cannot extend a 60 day tourist visa period. You can with a sosial budaya visa make 4 x 1 month extensions to the original 2 months but you will need a sponsor.
Many articles on visa's in the archives.

I was under the impression that I could extend based on what I found in the archives:
From Visa - no clue how this system works

Originally Posted by timdog

Anyone who tells you that you "cannot extend a sixty day tourist visa" is misinformed. It WAS the case that until several years ago the 60-day visa issued to tourists had a different code to the social visa, and couldn't be extended, but about three years back they changed it, made it a B211 too, and since then it has been extendable - and lots of people HAVE extended it...

This is what I'm trying to clarify. From that post, it sounds like extending a 60 day tourist visa is easier and less pressure on the sponsor. The sosial budaya seems to really put sponsors into the system.

I plan on using a Sg agent; if the agent will act as my sponsor for the sosial budaya, I may as well do that. If they won't, I think starting with the tourist and trying to extend it (assuming it's possible) might be better.

I really have searched the archives and there is a lot of conflicting info. I tend to think this reflects the Indonesian system, which is conflicting,lol.

If someone would explain the least troublesome ways for a single guy to stay in Bali, for let's say a year, I would really appreciate it!

According to the Indonesian embassy here in Norway, is a tourist visa as follows:
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Tourist
Tourist visa is given to person who intend to have a holiday or leisure purpose in Indonesia with a maximum stay of 60 (sixty) days and cannot be extended. A single entry tourist visa is valid if presented within 3 (three) months from the date of issuence.
This type of visa will also be granted to persons who employed in the tourism area (to arrange and accompany a tourist group, to promote tourism in Indonesia, etc). Tourist visa is not a working visa and cannot be converted into any other type of visa
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Follow the rules, so you avoid unpleasantness

Ok, now it makes more sense. I don't want to be in some grey area of the law, I prefer to follow it. I also don't want to buy any government officials anything! :)

So, I think what I'll do is this. I am from a country where I can get the 30 days for $25 and extend another 30. I'll do that first, then assuming I REALLY want to stay longer, I will do the sosial budaya visa via a Singapore agent and extend as needed.

Thanks, that was very helpful and I get it :)

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Take my advice and get a 60 day tourist visa in your home country as it is much easier than extending a 30 day Visa on Arrival.

Thanks for the tip....I will definitely take your advice :)

You CAN get a 60 day tourist visa, which CAN be extended 4 x 30 days whilst in Indonesia, which is what I am doing. My 4th extension is right now being done by an agent (because I am too lazy to spend time at immigration).
This is NOT a social visa, and does NOT have a sponsor name on it. However, when you extend the visa here in Bali you do need a sponsor. For the 2nd extension I had to go to immigration with my agent, and had photo and fingerprints taken. The 3rd and 4th extension does not require your presence at immigration if you use an agent. Of course, if you want to save money, and you would like a taste of Indonesian bureaucracy, you can do it yourself. BUT be prepared to visit immigration more than once to achive your goal.