okay guys welcome back to the channel i just wanted to make a video today because
we've been getting a lot of messages about the new rules for coming to bali
yes visa on arrival is back yes there is no more quarantine but it's a little bit more complicated
than that and i'm going to go through everything because i put a video up about a week ago but as
i mentioned in that video things changed so quickly and things have changed again
it's not quite as simple as just coming to bali and getting off the plane going straight out
you still do need to do a little bit of jumping through hoops but i'm going to go through all
of that in this video so stay tuned i'm just hanging out on our rooftop cool here in changu
so i'll go through everything from start to finish what you need to know
and hopefully can shed some light on the uh process for you yours
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and be patient i know you're trying to get to the days of elation and all those obstacles
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i'm facing have a message i know that the moment i'm over them is when i get it
all right so as i mentioned yes bali is open for tourism you do not need to quarantine in
bali depending on your vaccination status and you can actually get a visa on arrival you no longer
need to apply for a b211a visa before coming to bali now that
actually depends on which country you're from so it's only valid for 23 countries at the moment
and we'll go through a list of those countries but what i would suggest is jumping on the
website bali.com this is the website that i use for all the information that i give to you guys
it's the most up-to-date website they don't put anything on their website until the government
makes it official that's why i use these guys and i'm not an affiliate
of this website at all so if anyone watching owns the website
give us a buzz because maybe you could pay me some money for all the traffic i'm sending you but yeah
if you're coming to bali jump on the bali.com website and have a look for yourself exactly
what the requirements are i'll go through them with you now i'm just going to do a screen share
so here you go this is the home page on bali.com and as you can see here it says breaking news
new quarantine regulations finally confirmed for bali bintan and batan
so if you click on that it basically lays out the requirements here
for 23 countries arriving to bali so you will need to be on this list of countries
coming to bali to be exempt from quarantine and to also get the visa on arrival
so the list of countries is right here um as you can see australia usa canada uk
germany netherlands france qatar japan south korea italy new zealand turkey united arab emirates
malaysia singapore brunei thailand vietnam lao myanmar cambodia and the philippines if you're
not country is not on that list you still need to apply for a visa before coming so that's the
b211a visa which we'll talk a little bit about in a minute so the new requirements um for anyone
from those countries you need a negative pcr test before you can even get on the plane to come
to bali then you're going to get a pcr test at the airport you will then need to wait in
your hotel room to get the results so you're not just going to be able to walk out of the airport
and go walk around bali and start having fun experiencing nightlife you're going to actually
i would guess you're probably going to even stay one night in the hotel to be honest depending on
how long the pcr test takes and what time of day you land but um it's definitely going to be a few
hours and then you're going to get a second pcr test on day three so what this means is you still
need to book an approved hotel for three nights or four days when you get to bali that's because they
want to know where you are when you're doing your pcr test and one of the reasons they want to know
where you are is because obviously if you test positive for covert they're going to make you
quarantine for seven to ten days whatever it is so look yes technically no quarantine that's great
as long as you don't test positive for covert then you're going to be able to go out and have
fun but just be aware that you are going to get a second test on the third day so
i don't know maybe you don't have too much fun all right so that's the quarantine
requirements and now we're going to go into visa regulations getting when they come to bali that's
that's the way it used to be you get a 30-day visa on arrival and you can extend that for 30 days
so that's back but as i mentioned earlier it's only for these countries so the same countries
that i listed before if you're not on that list of countries then you still need to apply for a visa
and this is only for flying into bali if you were somebody wanting to come to jakarta
you still need to apply for a visa this is only for bali tourism purposes
so how much does the visa on arrival costs um it's pretty cheap it's about 500 000 idr which
is only about 35 us dollars or 50 aussie dollars you need six months validity on your passport
and it'll be issued to you at the airport when you get here so what is the b211a visa so this is a
business visa that's valid for 60 days when you apply for it offshore and it can be extended four
times so that gives you a total of six months that's if you're wishing to come to bali or to
indonesia for an extended period of time for business and tourism purposes so there's two
types the business visa and then there's the tourist visa so this this here lists everything
that the business type visa is suitable for so for visiting emergency and urgent work
business meeting sourcing business research attending training seminars workshops exhibitions
purchasing goods film production voluntary medical and sustenance work uh government
duty accompanying transport tool in the region of indonesia and so on so basically there's a broad
there's a broad spectrum of things you can do on the business visa however the things you cannot do
is you cannot work for a indonesian business in bali as you can see here it says even though this
visa is technically called a business visa it's not a work permit and does not entitle you to take
or have a job in indonesia that pays you a salary or provides any income you can however
have business meetings do networking explore investments opportunities sourcing products and
of course chill at the pool or beach so if you are from one of the approved countries and you want to
be looking at coming to bali i would definitely suggest coming um just keep in mind that
you know if you do test positive for covert on that first few days you're looking at
quarantining for probably seven to ten days at a government approved facility i would say
i don't know if you're going to be able to quarantine at the hotel that you booked
and i've seen a lot of horror stories about this people getting quarantined for 10 days
14 days whatever without symptoms and having some issues with their
insurance company not paying them out or not covering them for this period but um
we actually use a company called safetywing and i highly recommend them and i'm not just saying
that because we're an affiliate which we are but we actually used safety wing uh the first
week we got to bali back in november you can have a look at our previous video where both
myself and mandy contracted dengue fever the first week we were here it was really bad luck
and we're really sick we went to the doctor in the hospital we had to get iv drips blood tests every
day it was quite scary and it wasn't just scary because we were sick it was scary because it was
a very big uh hospital bill and we weren't sure if we were gonna get refunded for all of our money
i can speak from experience that i gathered all the documents i uploaded them to safety wing and
i didn't get any any response back but within 30 days we both got all of our money refunded
into our bank accounts and that for me shows you that safety wing is a really good option
to go with for traveling especially if you're a digital nomad but the reason i would suggest
going with safety wing in particular if you are traveling at this time is because they cover you
for forced isolation or quarantine so if the government where you're traveling tells you you
need to quarantine they're actually going to cover you for 50 a day u.s up to 14 days i believe which
is a really good deal like most other insurance companies aren't covering at all because they've
obviously lost a lot of money because they're getting so many claims but safety wing still is
so i would definitely suggest using safety wing um they're pretty reasonably priced it's only about
42 dollars per month uh and yet as i said they cover you for forced quarantine which is just a
massive bonus but if you're unsure on whether or not you should come to bali at the moment
and you're a bit worried about the whole covert quarantine situation i would say just do it like
what you've been sitting at home for the last two years um finally you can come without quarantine
just do it the worst that's going to happen is you might have to quarantine for a week or 10 days
just tell your boss that you got covered and that you can't do anything about it
safety wing will cover you they'll cover your flights if you have to change your flights
um so that would be my advice just do it just take the risk i mean ollie's so good right
now there's so many good deals on accommodation every time you go out there's good food specials
it's not too crowded on the beaches and in the bars like it's a really good vibe it's probably
the last time you're going to be able to get to come over here before it's really crowded
especially if you're coming from australia or one of these countries where
they've just opened up um yeah just do it and hopefully we'll see you guys over here soon
alright so i hope that information was helpful i'm going to leave a link
to the website that i was talking about barley.com in the description i'll also leave a link to
safety wing that is an affiliate link so if you sign up for safety wing we do get a commission
um if not no worries if you have any questions or anything about coming to bali or visa related or
quarantine related just let us know in the comments and i'll do my best to get back to you
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