Thread: Questions about the retirement visa

Yes, beautifully said, Spicy. We are planning to move to Bali in a few months and I've spent many hours every day for the past couple of weeks trying to find the information we need to make the move.
One of the things that has taken many hours of searching (and I still don't have definitive answers) is how to import our dogs. I did see a couple of terse replys saying that the information has been previously covered and with a helpful link to the archives. But when I tried the link, repeatedly, I got the Safari page saying it couldn't find the page.
We live in Australia. I've been to the Indonesian site looking for any information at all about the retirement visa. Couldn't find a word. Sent them an email. Didn't get a response. Calling them is hopeless. So I understand exactly why Renny tried asking his question here.

Now - all that said, I want to say "Hi! :) " This is my first post and I come here in great excitement and anticipation. I imagine most of you know what I'm talking about. We're also feeling trepidation about moving from the culture we know and love to one that is unfamiliar to us. I hope someday to be the person who is taking time to answer questions from people who are feeling all the same emotions I'm feeling right now. :)

JohnnyCool, thanks for your post to rennytasker. The info is also helpful to me since I'm in Oz and planning to move to Bali in June if all goes well.
We are hours from an Indonesian Embassy but I'm trying to decide on an agent to use to help us through the maze. I contacted Bali IDE but they can't help us because they aren't licensed to help us with our two dogs. They gave us the name of another agent who assures us that we can ship the dogs to Jakarta and then bring them overland to Bali.
It's reassuring to see from you that it's all do-able. And thanks again to you and everyone else who is on this forum talking us through this life-change.

Chilli, thanks heaps for this contact. I've just now sent him an email and will let you know what comes of it. If we had more details about Shirley I'd also make a phone call. We'll see what we get back.

FYI there are:

Searching for "retirement visa" - 41 pages available

Originally Posted by gtrken

Markit , I believe when you first joined this forum there was a few questions you asked which had been covered before :)

Care to be more specific? I referred to many topics and asked for clarification of subjects that I was interested in and was unable to find the information in the archives that I needed. And I still do :lol:

But nobody searches the archives for a reply to something in an ongoing thread do they? I sure don't.

Originally Posted by pollyanna

how to import our dogs

How did we go from "importing a pensioner" to "importing a dog"? Did I miss something? :lol:

How did we go from "importing a pensioner" to "importing a dog"? Did I miss something? :lol:[/quote]

Good laugh for starting the day!!! :lol: