There's been some big changes for the B211 visa in this video we're going to cover everything
you need to know about the changes that have just come in in May 2022 including the general
b211 visa information the types of visas that you can apply for whether you've already got
a visa what your options are. If you're in country and then need an onshore visa, Visa On Arrival options and we're going to look at the rumour mill see what's in the pipeline
for things that might come up in the future we'll do all that in this video so stay around
okay the first major thing to understand is that now the b211 visa is split into two sections
first one is that you have the tourism tourism side and then you have the business side
obviously if you're coming to indonesia for tourism purposes you will go for the tourism visa
if you're going for business purposes which can include anything from negotiations to
signing contracts to organising your investment portfolio then you're going to use the business
visa the business visa does tend to be a little bit more expensive but
they both have the same sort of flexibility and application process once the visa has been issued
as in once you get the issue date at the top of your visa and your visa agent gives you the visa
you have 90 days to enter indonesia so for example if your issue date is on the 1st of january you'll
have 90 days from that period to have arrived in indonesia not taking your flight you have to have
arrived in indonesia within that 90-day period both of them are valid for an initial 60 days
the first day is on the first day that you arrive into the country so that's
not from the issue date but from when you land that's when your 60 days starts the visa is an
e-visa which means it's connected to your passport but it's also going to be sent to you in a pdf
form and both of these visas will cost around 295 dollars for the two-month period one thing to bear
in mind is that these visas are one entry visas you cannot come into indonesia leave and come
back on the same visa the moment you leave you forfeit the rest of that visa even if you have
45 50 days left you forfeit the rest of it by leaving the country so it's a single entry visa
not a multi-entry visa so what are the differences between the two well the tourism is for tourism
and the business is for business simple as that if you are here on a tourism visa and you take up the
act of some business you can get in trouble so if you are caught so if you're coming for tourism
obviously use a tourism slightly cheaper b211 visa but if you are coming for business purposes
like signing contracts or anything like that you are going to want to use the business visa
okay the requirements for the visa you will need to send your visa agent a color photograph of your
passport flat and with no fingers on anywhere you will need to send them a colour copy of your
face like a passport style photo you can do that yourself just like selfie style with
a blank background you'll need the color copy of your vaccine certificate and you will need
to have sent them proof of payment before they're likely to start the process okay
so the second big change is that you now cannot extend this two-month visa during the course of
Covid you used to be able to do the two months and then extend another four times a month at a
time each to have a total of six months you now cannot do that this visa is just two months long
um so therefore when you come to the end of that visa you only have two options one is to
leave the country the other is to apply for a new onshore visa okay so let's just summarise the new
visa then before we move on it is a 60-day visa there are two types the tourism and the business
style you'll need to decide whether which one applies best for you you can apply through
many visa agents and the cost is usually around 295 dollars to apply you will only need to send
four documents your passport your photograph your vaccine certificate which will show a full vaccine
which is two doses or the one one johnson johnson dose and you'll need to show proof of payment
okay so what happens if you've already got a b211 and you're already
in indonesia so the government have tried to allow a little bit of flexibility with this
if your visa was issued - the issue date can be found on the top right hand corner of the
visa before the 16th of april you are now eligible for just one more extension for a
two-month period for 60-day period okay so if your visa was dated before the 16th
of april you are eligible to go to your visa agent and request a two-month extension
if your visa was dated after the 16th of april you are not eligible for any extensions on that
you will need to get a new visa or leave the country at the end of that visa duration so that
is likely going to frustrate a lot of people that are here already on b211 visas and are wanting to
extend because the onshore visa to apply for a new onshore visa is going to cost around 2.7
million which is around $185 and will be valid for either 60 or 30 days depending on your visa type
now if you have a tourism visa you can only extend it for 30 days if you have the business visa you
can extend it for 60 days so potentially you would have to pay 185 just for a one month
visa if you're using a tourism or a two month if you're using the business so it has become
a little bit more expensive to therefore stay beyond that initial two month part on the b211
okay so what are your options after your initial 60 days? So you can either leave the country of
course come back on a new visa or even on a visa on arrival or if you're wanting to stay in the
country for that period you will have to apply for an onshore visa now this will frustrate a lot of
people because this is then more expensive than the original extensions because a brand new visa
is a brand new visa cost you're going to need to pay about 185 for the onshore visa which is
about 2.7 million and it can actually only last 30 days if you're on the tourism section for
60 days if you're on the business so potentially you might have to pay 185 per 30 days if you're
using the tourism visa now one thing to note these prices are due to change immigration uh have set
these prices quite high at the start and visa agents are putting their commission on top but
likely what will happen is these these prices will start to fall a little bit as agents compete
with one another one another to bring the prices down but that's what it is at the moment may 2022
so what's another option you could come on a voa a visa on arrival this visa on arrival could be
valid for 30 days and then you could extend it for another 30 days so you're still going to be able
to get that two-month window here in indonesia without leaving the cost of this is about 500 000
idr for the initial visa which is about $35 and then another 500 000 idr for the extension
another $35 so $70 to stay for that two month period sounds better but there is a little
caveat you cannot use this visa to transform to any other visa type while you're here in indonesia
i have a whole video about visa on arrival i'm going to link it here
for you to have a little look out for to learn all about the visa on arrival but it might not be a
very good option if you're intending to say get a job in indonesia and come in using a visa on a
rival and expect to change to your key task you cannot do that you have to then leave apply for
either a b211 and come back get your KITAS or just leave and get your KITAS offshore
but like i say check the video and you'll learn all about leads on arrival but it could be a
very good option for those of you that are just coming as tourists and with and wanting to stay
for a period less than 60 days you might now not be benefiting from getting the b211 visa at all
okay and finally what's in the rumor mill the things that might be happening in the future
the things that are quite concrete but just not here in time yet so the first one is the 180 day
b211 visa this is something we're really looking forward to and it's going to be a big help for
people so obviously the two month visa is just a 60 day visa at the moment the b211 and costs
around $295 but there is going to be a 180-day a six-month all-encompassing visa that you can
just buy straight away in your country no need for extensions just a flat out 180 days that
you can use here anywhere in indonesia and there are rumors that it's going to be multi-entry so
you can leave back leave them back leave them back but that's not been confirmed
uh there are just rumors about that i'm not so sure about that i i think it might still be
a single entry but i'm just giving you what's on the rumor mill um so 180 day visa is on the way
we also have the five-year digital nomad visa that's still in the pipeline somewhere now this
was kind of brought up before covered time and kind of a little bit forgotten
it's not been mentioned for a long time so we're not optimistic about when that's going to come out
we anticipate that 180 day b211 visa to come out in the next few months whereas the digital nomad visa
who knows could be any time but it's coming okay and that's going to be really exciting
for people that are going to be here for a long time and don't want to have to keep five visas
visas visas or the wrong key tasks etc etc so big changes okay so let's summarize then guys so
b211 visas have changed a little bit you can still apply for the two months initially um
and then after that you will not be able to extend you'll have to get onshore visas we
are hoping that in the next couple of months the 180-day visa will become available uh we're not
sure whether that's going to be multi or single entry and we're not sure if that's going to be
able to be applied for onshore either so at the end of your first initial offshore b211 maybe
you will even be able to apply for 180 today onshore but again we're not sure about that
it's just a rumor uh and the other rumor is we're still waiting for the digital robot visa
i hope this video has been helpful i'll put a link in the description below to a visa agent that we
use really really great agent and yeah okay that's me all my information given to you peace out