Thread: An Idiot’s Guide to the One Day Visa Run (to Singapore)

So this if my first post here, probably of many to come. I've been doin the expact thing here for about 9 months now. I generally have to go back to the US every 2 months, and then stay there for month anyway so it has been fairly simple for me. Just get 1 visa extension by the airport then go back to the US, come back here a month later, then repeat.

However this time I am not going back to the US for an extra month, and I've already done my extension near the airport. So I was under the impression I could just go to singapore for a day and then Re-Enter Bali and get another 30 days upon re-entry as long as I left the country and came back again after midnight. I really just need another 30 days because after that I go back to the US for a month again. From reading the guide to the 1-day in singapore, it seems like this 1-day in singapore I hear about all the time is more about extending a visa, rather than just getting a new 30 days. What's the scoop?

The discussion about visa-runs to Singapore mostly relate to people using the Social/Cultural visa which gives you an initial 2 months with the option of 4 monthly extension to a total of 6 months. Then they leave on a "visa run", and stay for one day or longer. When they return they are beginning a new social visa for maybe the next 6 months.

You say

So I was under the impression I could just go to singapore for a day and then Re-Enter Bali and get another 30 days upon re-entry as long as I left the country and came back again after midnight.

If you go to Singapore (or anywhere) and come back you can get a new visa on arrival for 30 days - which seems to be what you want. (I am unsure why you say you must return after midnight.)