I recently renewed my Indonesian visa on arrival (VOA) in Bali. It took about a week, leaving three visits to the immigration authorities and Rp251, 600, but it was much easier than the country to get a new one.
Fortunately for me, I live near an office of Immigration (in Singaraja), so that the whole process lasted about an hour, including travel time. If your nearest office is further away, then you must decide whether it is easier to make three trips and a trip to other countries.
need, in my case, I need a sponsor, but I did not hear the other people. If you do this for the first time, I would propose a local person responsible with you just in case. You can always help translate and fill the application forms for visas.
I also did not have a photo, but I heard what other people invited to an injunction, it is better, one just in case. It’s always a good idea, some passport photos if you have an immigration office, you never know when they wear ask for a visit. This should be with a red background.
Since I used my wife as a sponsor for my visa, I had to provide a copy of our marriage certificate. Presumably, if you use someone else, it will not be necessary.
I had to fill in three forms. A letter from a sponsor ended, my wife. The rest I finished it myself (with the help of my wife that it is completely in Indonesian). One form requires a “materai” (buffer), the FP6 costs 000 €. You hold a place on the bottom of the form, and you sign your sponsor so that it overlaps your signatures.
The second time I have done, they asked me to put in my return ticket, presumably to prove that I leave the country.
A small but important detail: Make sure you fill the forms in black ink and capital letters, otherwise they could be rejected. Really! Oh, and it is a good idea to dress pretty well if you go to the immigration office, then west, shorts and flip-flops are like mini-skirts and tight tops. You do not wear a suit and tie, but at least long pants / skirt (jeans are fine) and a shirt or a T-shirt.
You also need photocopies of your passport (with the details of your current identity and Visa), ID of your sponsor (KTP), and your marriage certificate (if your spouse is your sponsor).
from five days after mailing of the forms, I went back to the immigration office and paid for RP250, 000 (equivalent to $ 25).
3 days after I returned to get my visa. Oh, and I had to pay to RP1, again 000 for photocopy of my passport with a visa stamp.
At first I was concerned that since the entire process would take a week, I would end my original visa has (that was two days into the process has expired), but there was no problem because I have to submit the forms before my visa expired . Ideally, you want to go over a week before the expiry of the visa, but even if I did not do that the new visa retrospectively from the date of my original ran out. Nice!
In addition to running the reduced cost of doing so (compared to the country for a visa can be), there is another advantage, the visa stamp, they only use half a page takes a full page in their passport stamp from a standard VOA.
I hope this helps to clarify the process for you.
One last tip: do not listen to everything they tell you at the airport in Denpasar, because false information that there was. For example, they can tell you that there is a country of immigration office at the airport, which is not true. There is a close, but not to the airport. You are also aware that people say they can receive advanced VOA, while they wait, which simply is not true. I suggest you put your energy and avoid asking at the airport.
