There are a number of documents you still have to provide, plus proof of life insurance, a Public Liability policy (about $50 USD through an agent), a statement that you have at least $1,500 USD equivalent in savings for each month you intend to stay (i.e. !8,000 USD for 12 months, and a Sponsor.
I really don't know where people get this information from.
I have been living in Bali on my retirement KITAS since December 2005. I haven't had to provide
any of the documents listed above. (The fact that my wife is Indonesian
might be relevant.) I get my KITAS from the Immigration Office in Denpasar. My "sponsor" is an accredited travel agent by the name of
PT Mandiri Anugrah Sejatii, (somewhere in Kuta/Kerobokan - not sure since I've never been there).
I understand that my Indonesian wife
could be my sponsor, but I haven't bothered with that, yet. Much cheaper, I think. (I pay Rp 6 million/year.) I'm just too lazy and too hot these days.
I haven't opted for multiple re-entries, so in my case, when I want to leave the country, I have to get an exit permit. I did that a couple of years ago to go to Australia and it was all OK. I had
no problems whatsoever when I returned to Bali.
I went to renew my Indonesian driver's license yesterday in Kerobokan. My "favourite" cop offered me a license for five years, if I was interested. I stuck with the one year version and paid Rp 200,000. I know that's too much, but I didn't have to do any running up and downstairs for hours. Mind you, I
did have to photocopy a few things and the photocopiers broke down. Thirty minutes later, there was a lot of pushing/shoving and queue jumping going on.
The rest was more or less plain sailing apart from the fact that they got my address wrong again! That doesn't seem to worry anybody much. Even the address on my KITAS has me living one street away from where I am!
Amazing!
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