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RE: How To Legally Stay In Indonesia For 6 Months
thanks for laying this out simply. When i was in lombok this summer we went to meet some government officials about it and they mentioned social and cultural visa, as we had a sponsor. Unfortnautely the earthquakes started and that cut everything short, at least we know now exactly what it is since it wasnt fully explained at the time, i had no idea that it would need to be reneweed every month with a fee!
Oh my goodness, you were there during the earthquakes?! Me too, only in Bali, so it was way less intense. Were you there for the biggest one?
That one was scary even in Bali, so I can only IMAGINE what it was like on Lombok. My nextdoor neighbors were in Lombok during the biggest one and their homestay was completely destroyed.
They said they went back the next morning and dug their passports out of the rubble and luckily no one had stolen them.
Yep- renewed every month with a fee. I think I want to go to some visa free countries for awhile haha. Although, the social visa is pretty painless since you only need to go to the immigration office one time
Yea we stayed for all of the quakes because we ended up living in a tent and washing in a river because there was no electricity or running water. Super intense and we were in the North right on the epicentre. Thankfully we were friends with the locals and we were well looked after. We already had our flight book 5 days after the big earthquake so we left then. Ive been doing a fund raiser to help some ppl there who lost there homes and many ppl still living outside now. Still plan to go back also. Are you living on bali permantelyish?