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Hello everyone, dear Bali Expat community, I am Rini, and I am currently pursuing my Master's degree in Management. As part of my studies, I am conducting a research study on expatriates in Bali, focusing on their preferences when choosing healthcare facilities, restaurants, and housing...

Foreign workers are leaving Indonesia at an increasing rate due to the slump in commodity prices that has forced resource companies to slash jobs at a time when the government has also introduced tighter regulations on expatriates in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. The number of temporary...

Foreigners living in Indonesia will be able to secure the “Right to Use” property in the country for as long as they live under a newly planned state policy, according to a government official. Minister for Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Ferry Mursyidan Baldan revealed that his office...

Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri is set to make proficiency in the Indonesian language a requirement for both existing expatriates in Indonesia and prospective foreign workers. Hanif said his ministry was planning to establish some kind of online Indonesian language proficiency test...

Behind Bali's sunshine and beaming smiles lies a sinister secret: The rise of violent gangs that are increasingly targeting westerners. In the next few weeks, Juan Delgado* will sell his portfolio of Bali properties and, against his better judgment, hand $US120,000 to the same thugs who a few...

Hi, I got my M-EBV about 10 months ago, doing a visa run every 60 days for a few hours then coming back. However, on my last visa run I was taken to a room by one of the immigration counter staff and asked why I do not have a KITAS instead and a bunch of silly questions. Then they let me go. It...

Hi, Can someone tell me how many and/or which pages of the passport need to be copied. Also does the actual passport need to be presented and approx. costs involved?.

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The government is currently revising a regulation that would enable foreigners to own property in Indonesia, says an official. The regulation, Government Regulation No. 41/1996 on residential property ownership by foreigners, as of now only enables a non-national to occupy a building or land...

travel in bliss fellow travellers when navigating the highways and byways of the Island. it is essential that Expatriates streaming through the Jalans set a much better example and pull their top speeds back atleast 10-20 km/hour for traversing their daily lives. most X's have had wonderful...

Hi..so wat do you have to do to get rid of your agent and get your wife to sponser you for your Kitas.. or just forget them..whats the go..cheerrsss.:icon_question:

So if I've had a kitas 3 years ..going to fourth next month..just got married to Indonesian woman..can I have her sponser me onto a Kitap..some people say no has to be the agent..or go back to kitas with her as sponser...or go for kitap on my retirement kitas.....anyway will see my notery...

Sketches of a man believed to have raped a Perth tourist in her Bali villa on Saturday morning are being distributed to police across the island, with authorities promising that dozens of plainclothes officers would be involved in the manhunt. The guard who was on duty at Villa Damais the day...

To save this post not looking like advertising (against the rules) I won't put my company name. But within my company (based in Jakarta) we advise on all expatriate's financial needs. I personally deal with all aspects Life Insurance. Sell, service and aid claims etc. We're extremely...