Legally you can't live together out of wedlock in Indonesia, but Bali is fairly open about this. If your partner is still married, you can potentially be charged with adultery. And believe it or not, it does happen sometimes if a former partner is jealous. Welcome to Indonesia! .
Hi mister...Jeez... I'm sounding like an Indonesian kid.
Welcome to the forum where I'm sure many will offer advice on marrying an Indonesian and taking your bride to the USA...I'm not familiar with that.
When you marry an Indonesian, and wish to stay in the Republic, the best way is to get a Social Budaya Visa with your wife as sponsor and converting that, in Indonesia, to a Kitas, which allows you to stay up to a year and is extendible for another year. During the 2nd year you apply for a Kitap which allows a stay of up to 5 years and, on completion, is extendible for eternity.
Davita, the kitas ikut keluarga can be for 5 years, extendible every year, I am pretty sure about this because I have this kitas myself and I renew it every year until 5 years.
Davita, spicyayam, I am not saying what is better or not, I am just saying the information from Davita was not right at the beginning, that is all, the Kitas keluarga can be renew for five years.
Most people use the KITAS for for 2 years and then convert it to a KITAP which is valid for 5 years. As Davita said the 2nd KITAP is valid for life. If you are planning on staying here long term it, it is obviously worth going down this path.
NO visa agent. You can easily handle by yourself!OP, if you met a girl, love her and want to get married, just do it. If you want to bring her to the US, it will be a pain in the ass but if you are persistent and patient you can probably succeed eventually, maybe (Don John has made immigration to the US much more difficult). If you want to stay in Indonesia, it shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise, if you would like to buy yourself some time to figure things out and make a considered decision (highly recommended) while staying in Bali, get a social visa. Based on your posts, I'd also recommend that you get a visa agent to help you with this.
If I live in Bali I could still be employed online with our company in America (web design and such), but how would that work legally?
I assume that's not technically legal, but how could I keep word from getting out?
I'm in my 20s, so if I stay in Bali long term I think it would be obvious that I'm working somehow.
Not in your country but in AUSTRALIA. I have a guy there who is wedding celebrant, took my Balinese wife over there and finishBut I see two potential problems with that arrangement.
First of all, getting married to her in my home country would require bringing her there first. Which is something I definitely want to do at some point, but it sounds like it's a hassle and I would need some help/research at least.
Secondly, getting married in Asia would give us time to settle down and get to know each other better before she gets thrown into a different culture and country.