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Hi am new on here, and i was wondering if anyone can give me a price on getting a kita i know i have to pay about $1200 to the goverment what other prices are we looking at?
Thanks
Shell

I know a visa company who can sponsor you for getting a kitas, there will be additional costs for that, around 500 euro..

shelly wrote:Hi am new on here, and i was wondering if anyone can give me a price on getting a kita i know i have to pay about $1200 to the goverment what other prices are we looking at?
Thanks
Shell

There is now a few different ways to obtain a KITAS (the 3 main one would be with a company being a sponsor in a frame of work, with an indonesian spouse being a sponsor, or by transforming a visa kunjungan lansia to a an izin tinggal terbatas lansia - so called retirement visa).

In any case there is only one type of fee, whatever type of KITAS you qualify for, which vary depending on the length of the KITAS.
Fees are regulated by the peraturan pemerintah nomor 19 tahun 2007 and are as follow:
6 months KITAS: IDR 350.000
12 months KITAS: IDR 700.000
24 months KITAS: IDR 1.200.000

These fees are the legal ones. If you pick carefully your sponsor, and want to do it by yourself, you have very good chance to get the paperwork done without having to indulge in bribes or spending lengthy hours in your local Kantor Imigrasi. He/she has to be involved and ready to voice a bit to get your right and her/his right as a sponsor to be respected,providing that all your documents are in order.
The only type of KITAS where I would personally advice to seek the help of an agent is the retirement KITAS. There is quite a few pitfalls that may need to be "fixed" with the correct amount of money. An agent would deal with it more easily than you. For the two first type of KITAS I described, the procedure is no big deal providing that you have fair commands of bahasa.

I am a Canadian married to an indonesian... I am coming back to Bali as we wait for our visa for my husband to Canada...I am not sure how long we will be waiting...What should I apply for?

A visitor visa that I can extend up t 6 months... (I have done this before)

Or

My Kitas- 6 months...

If So How do i apply for my Kitas???

What should I start to prepare? Do I need to apply before I come to Indo?

Thank you much!

Gosh, My agent did well out of my KITAS

In your particular case, I would advice you to go for a SosBud (Visa Kunjungan Sosial Budaya) which is valid for 60 days first and that can be legally extended up to 5 times. In fact this is theory. Practically the immigration will extend it only 4 times, allowing you to stay up to 180 days (6 months more or less).
This visa is to be applied abroad (any KBRI or KJRI), along with:
- a letter of invitation (letter of sponsor) of an Indonesian citizen or of a foreigner who is a legal resident in RI (ie a KITAS or KITAP holder),
- a photocopy of the KTP or passport of the sponsor
- a couple of pics
- a photocopy of a return ticket or an onward ticket
- the payment of the fee (set a the equivalent of USD 45 in local money)
These requirements are the legal one, as per Peraturan Pemerintah nomor 32 tahun 1994 (procedure) and Peraturan Pemerintah nomor 19 tahun 2007 (fees). Some embassies abroad sometimes request a couple more documents.

Extensions are easy to get in your particular case, since you are married to a WNI. You should not need the help of anyone. Be careful however, you need to apply in the same wilayah than your sponsor's wilayah of residence. If you intend to apply in Denpasar, make sure that your sponsor has a KTP indicating an adress in the same wilayah.
7 days after the end of the 60 days, your sponsor (ie your husbad, in your case) has to apply for the first extension. For this, your sponsor will have to ask for the requested forms (2 papers, one is the "surat jaminan" while the other one is the "surat pernyataan"). The surat jaminan has to be filled and signed by your sponsor on top of a "meterai rp6000".
Fee to be paid for the extension: IDR 250.000. Extension 1 is granted for 30 days.
You will have to renew this process every 30 days with a few exotic variations from time to time (extension 2, you will have to register to the POA, extension 3 and 4, you will have to bring a letter to the KanWil) but basically it is the same papers to be filled. Obviously, the fees are the same for extension 1,2,3 and 4 (apart at extension 2 where you need to supply a couple of pic and pay an extra IDR 15.000 to get your fingerprints taken).
Procedure for application of extensions of visas is described by the following text of law: Juklak F-309-IZ.01.10 tahun 1995. This is the operationnal decree which regulates the application, acceptation or refusal of visas and their extension. Having a good read at it would entitle anyone with fair command in bahasa to get procedures and rights fully respected. No comment.
Indonesianists interested by sharp informations on visa regulations may want to google the above quoted text. Alternatively, http://www.expat.or.id (visas and documents pages) would provide any explanation in english you may want to know.

FYI, a sosbud could be legally extended a 5th time. The process is a bit longer since it requires the agreement of the DitJen Imigrasi in Jakarta. Anyway, after years of exposure to visas and immigration procedures, I have met only 5 person who got this 5th extension granted. It is pointless to ask unless if in you are in a case of force majeur.


About the KITAS, since you don't plan to settle in Bali or wherever in Indonesia, I would not recommand it. Just for your formation, you don't choose to apply for a 6 months, 1 year or 2 year KITAS; Your situation determines the length of the KITAS that could be granted. In your case 6 months or 1 year KITAS could be attributed depending on the remaining length of validity of your passport at the time of issuance. Your situation (foreign spouse of a WNI) does not allow you the attribution of a 2 years KITAS.
You would be granted a 6 months KITAS with a 12 months remaining validity of passport.
You would be granted a 1 year KITAS with a 18 months remaining validity of passport.

PM me if more details are requested concerning your particular situation.

mimpimanis wrote:Gosh, My agent did well out of my KITAS

Hi Mimpimanis,
I guess they do good business, but they usually provide a service by avoiding you a few argument with uneducated and/or coruupted Petugas imigrasi or Pejabat imigrasi.
Doing it yourself is way more cheaper, but has potential hidden cost (you will have to do everything by yourself, including bringing letters to the DitJen in Jakarta and picking it up after to bring it back to your local KanIm -though you can arrange the thing with courrier services such as Tiki).
On the long term however, you safe a lot and it is quite rewarding.

I did my own Social Budaya for years. I am happy to hand it all over to an agent now and not have to think about it.