RE: Visa,s
I can confirm this, firends of mine applied for visa in East Timor and had to wait one week to get 60 days.
There are stories I heard that you can get longer visas on 55+ basis, upto one year, paying some 100 U$ a month. One can repeat this 5 times until one gets a permanent visa, one sourece told me. Another said, its no true. You only get 1/2 year and extension for another 1/2 year and have to reenter the country, Air Asia flight for a few $.
It seems important that a foreigner is not allowed to own land, I was offered new houses near the beach from 25000 U$ onwards but would need to purchase it hrough some agent scompany. If one looks closely at the houses one will find that sewage, waste disposal and traffic is a big problem in Baliyet. And if there is any bancruptcy of the agent, then the house maybe gone. I believe its better to rent some place and leave whenever one wants to. :lol: