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Want to come to Bali for 6 or 7 months... How to get the visa started?
Hello -
I'm sorry if this has been asked before.
My girlfriend is Hungarian and I'm American. We'd like to visit Bali and Lombok for about 7 months. We'd like to visit India on the way back after our stay in Bali.
I'll be in the US (near New York City) until the 27th when I fly to London. She'll fly back to London on the 20th.
We are confused by the various types of visas & how to go about getting them. Might anyone here have suggestions of how to get started?
I've read that we should get a soc bud visa. But where do we find a sponsor?
Can we hire a firm to take care of all this and how much might that cost?
Thank you-
Matt
You need to apply or go to you nearest Indonesian Embassy & apply for a 60 day tourist visa.
When you come to Indonesia you can find a local to sponsor you for a sobud visa.
Hi Mattpease,
Per Fred2's advice, it would be best to arrive on a tourist visa and then make longer term arrangements once here. Loads of information on how to obtain a sobud visa on this forum when you need it. Also lots of agents who can help you after you have arrived on a tourist visa.
For more information on costs and visa options, you could try contacting Bali Good Services as they will also be able to help you with your visas for India (website below).
Visa Indo - Our Company
OK. Now I'm understanding it better.
If we get a so bud visa after our tourist visa, does that mean we can plan on staying for 8 months?
Must we buy our tickets before we apply for the 2 month visa? If so, we stand to lose a bunch of money if the Visa is denied?
Thank you for the Visa Indo link. I'll contact them as well.
Thank you!
Matt
1: when you apply for a tourist visa you are given 3 months to enter Indonesia, you will not be denied a tourist visa=60days.
2: you can just come to Bali, you will get a Visa On Arrival= 30days & then extend for another 30days =60days.
When you find a sponsor you will need to do a visa run to Singapore or were ever to get a sobud visa(you pick up a sobud visa outside of Indonesia with your sponsors letter) =60days plus 4/30day extension =180 days, you can then do another visa run & start all over again.
Sounds OK-
So we will not be denied for the 60 day tourist visa or the VOA -- even if we do not have a return flight out in 60 days?
So, we'd get: 60 days + 180 more days?
Any idea of what all this should cost: do we need to find an actual sponsor -- or will the company handle everything?
Also, I have one red mark in my passport. I was denied entry to Belize once. (it was a hot day & I managed to P/O a Is there anyone here with a less than perfect passport record? How did it go with applying for your Indonesian visas?
Thank you-
Matt
No, you get 180 days in total, then you must leave.Originally Posted by mattpease
When applying for the tourist visa in Australia the Indonesian consulate here require a copy of tickets/itinerary of flights including your return flight
If the return ticket date is more than 60 days they may well advise you that yes it is necessary to have a sponsor & you must apply for a Social Visa not a tourist visa
Best to check the Indonesian Embassy in London (if that's where you are applying) for clarification as it is possible they may deny the visa
You can:
Arrive on a VOA - return ticket needed
About a week before this is due to expire , you can extend it for another 30 days.
You can do this in person (which can be a bit time consuming , but cheaper) or you can employ an agent to do it
(Recently read someone paid 750000rp for this service with an agent)
After this 60 days you will be required to leave Indonesia
Arrive on a Tourist Visa (return ticket needed)
This will give you 60 days
You or an agent can extend this visa before the 60 days is up but it will now require a sponsor
An agent generally acts as that sponsor - if you employ an agent
or you can find your own sponsor
You will be told that the tourist visa is not able to be extended - including by some Indonesian consulates (as by an outdated law strictly speaking this is true)
However as the Visa is a 211 (same as Social Visa) it can and will be extended in Bali
This gives you a total of 180 days (including the initial 60 days)
After the first 60 days it is extended each month
After the 180 days you must leave Indonesia
Cost to apply is £ 35.00
Arrive on a Social Visa (return ticket neeeded)
This requires a sponsor when applying
It will give you 60 days
You can extend it a month at a time after this for a total of 180 days (including the first 60)
On extension it is better to stay with your original sponsor
Your sponsor must be from where you are extending eg Bali
You can use an agent for your sponsor
You will have to leave Indonesia after the 180 days
Cost to apply is £ 35.00
After the 180 days many do a visa run & apply again
If you want to stay 7 months you can leave after the 180 days & re-enter on a VOA which will give you 7 months
As for the 'red mark' on your passport, the application form only asks if you have been denied entry into Indonesia before
Tourist visa
This is also listed as a requirement..
4 Must be UK Resident (with at least one month exceeding the validity of the requested visa
All the information for the 3 types of visas & the forms to download are on the Indonesian Embassy London website
(sorry unable to link you directly as I don't have enough posts yet :)
Last edited by Micbali; 15-09-2011 at 01:15 PM.
Thought I'd add that you won't need a "return" ticket to get a VOA or Tourist Visa from your nearest consulate, just a ticket for onward travel out of Indonesia. Your airline might insist on this before check-in too. The ticket could be to Sing or anywhere. Not sure what your travel plans are but you might want to combine this with your trip to India. BKK & KL on Air Asia are good launching pads for India and you could sort out your so bud visa at the same time.
Overall, I wouldn't worry too much and don't think you'll have any problems. If it was me, I'd simply look for the best one way airfare to Bali and grab a cheap airfare to a hub in Asia around the time of your required visa run. Unless of course a return ticket is cheaper and you know when you want / have to return. I never know what I'm doing or where I want to go...so always go for cheapest option that offers flexibility.
The rest will sort itself out and make more sense after you arrive and meet with some people or an agent.
Cheers
Yes sorry Latah, I should have been more specific re wording :)
As long as you have a flight 'out' of Indonesia
Force of habit as many 'return' to where they have come from, myself included
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