Thread: ONE MORE 60 day Tourist Visa question...

...just getting on the plane and going to get another Visa...

I think 60 day tourist visas can only be processed/issued by an Indonesian "depot" in your own country. I mean "legally".

If that was not the case, why would so many expats keep visa runs alive?

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And the best thing is that the visa will be initially for 30 days but freely renewable for another 30 - why not just give everybody 60 day right off?(My emphasis.)

Hmmm.

How does it go again?

"Indonesia: Three steps forward and two backwards?"

Or...

"Indonesia: Two steps forward and three backwards?"

Any expat who believes these two statements are roughly equivalent has either been here too long, not long enough, or both. You know you've been here too long when you realize the footprints on the toilet seat are your own.

The Jakarta Post article is unbelievable, but I believe it.

Maybe eagreogre should forget all about visa runs to the usual places and simply fly to and from Japan on Garuda.

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Actually, the 60-tourist visa can also be extended, in theory up to six months, just like a social visa.
It actually has the same code as the sixty-day social and business visas - B211. The only difference is that you don't require a sponsor to get it.
A couple of years ago extensions didn't seem to be possible on these non-sponsored 211s, issued to tourists (the word "tourist" does not appear on the visa, by the way).
However, there are no regular reports of people extending these visas at imigrasi offices across the country.
And the great thing is, as the visa is unsponsored, you can extend it anywhere. People have reported doing it in Bali, but naturally, being Bali, have had to pay for the pleasure. People have also reported extending it in Surabaya, Makassar and Ambon, without having to pay. You do, apparently need a "sponsor" for the extensions, but this is simply some local referee...

In theory it can be extended to six months (4 times 30 days, like a social), though things apparently start to get tougher after the second extension

So, OP, you could certainly do what you suggest (I've got two of them in a row, with a quick trip out to Singapore, in the past). But you could also simply try to extend it. I'm pretty sure you'll have no problem extending it at least once, so you could certainly manage six months in Bali with only one visa run...

JohnnyCool - consulates all over the region - KL, Singapore, Penang, Johor Bharu, Bangkok - issue 60-day non-sponsored B211s to tourists. You can get them without recourse to an agent in all those places. Don't think it's "illegal".