Offered a job here
Convert to a Working KITAS E23, sponsored by the employer.
Alih status
Become a Resident Without the Flight
Conversion turns a B211A visit visa into a KITAS while you stay in Bali. No exit, no re-apply, no break in your stay. You need thirty one days left on the clock.
Conversion eligibility verified against Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi sources. Confirm your specific visa with us before relying on it.
This visa in figures
- Minimum left when you apply
- 31 days Minimum left when you apply
- In-person appointment
- 1 In-person appointment
- Exit flights needed
- 0 Exit flights needed
- Sponsor, for the target permit
- 1 Sponsor, for the target permit
What conversion actually is
Changing your visa into a different one without leaving the country. Usually a B211A visit visa becoming a year long residence permit.
Before alih status, deciding to stay meant flying out, applying from abroad and flying back. Conversion removes the flight, the cost and the break in continuity.
See every KITAS type- Not an extension
- An extension lengthens the same visa. A conversion replaces it.
- Onshore
- You apply from Bali. Your stay stays continuous.
- Thirty one days
- Generally the minimum remaining when you apply.
- Sponsor required
- For the KITAS you are converting into, not the one you hold.
Who converts
People who arrived as visitors and decided, somewhere along the way, that they were staying.
Investing or running a business
Convert to an Investor KITAS E28A, through a PT PMA.
Married or joining family
Convert to a Spouse E31A or a Family KITAS E31.
Retiring here
Convert to a Retirement KITAS E33F, from age 55.
You need something else if you are
- Just topping up the same tourist visa Visa extension
- On a VOA or eVOA, which rarely converts Talk to us first
- Already overstayed, or about to Emergency help
- Outside Indonesia right now B211A Visit Visa
What conversion needs
Timing is the one that catches people. The rest is documentation.
- An eligible visa
- Typically a B211A or C1 visit visa
- Time remaining
- Generally thirty one days or more when you apply
- A sponsor
- Employer, PT PMA, Indonesian spouse, or ours where applicable
- In-person attendance
- Biometric and immigration office steps
- Target permit documents
- Vary by KITAS: contracts, company records, certificates
- Proof of funds
- Where the target permit requires it
- No overstay
- A clean record on the current visa
- Passport validity
- Well beyond the permit being applied for
Leave it later than thirty one days and you are back to the old route: exit, apply from abroad, fly in again. Start early and that never becomes the conversation.
What it costs
A conversion is priced as the target permit plus the onshore process, so the figure follows the KITAS you are converting into.
- To Retirement E33F One year, renewable, age 55 and over From USD 1,290
- To Working E23 Employer sponsored, RPTKA required From USD 2,190
- To Investor E28A PT PMA shareholding required From USD 2,790
- To Family or Spouse E31 and E31A, sponsor dependent From USD 990
The conversion itself is quoted with the permit rather than as a separate line, so you see one all-in figure. What you save against the old route is a flight, a hotel and a break in your stay.
How it goes
Five steps, and the first one is a yes or no.
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01
Eligibility checked
What you hold, how long is left, and what you want to convert into. Some combinations do not work, and we say so.
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02
Sponsor arranged
For the target permit. An employer, a PT PMA, a spouse, or us where that applies.
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03
Documents prepared
The target KITAS decides the set. Contracts, company records, apostilled certificates.
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04
Filed onshore
Through the official portals, from Bali, with your appointment booked.
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05
Permit issued
You move from visitor to resident without your feet leaving the island.
What converts, and what does not
The visit visa is the conversion friendly route. The VOA is the one that closes the door.
To Working E23
- From a VOA or eVOA
- Generally not onshore
- From a B211A / C1
- Generally yes, with a sponsor
To Investor E28A
- From a VOA or eVOA
- Generally not onshore
- From a B211A / C1
- Generally yes, with a PT PMA
To Family or Spouse
- From a VOA or eVOA
- Generally not onshore
- From a B211A / C1
- Generally yes, with a sponsor
To Retirement E33F
- From a VOA or eVOA
- Generally not onshore
- From a B211A / C1
- Generally yes, if eligible
If it will not convert
- From a VOA or eVOA
- Exit and re-apply
- From a B211A / C1
- Rarely needed
If there is any chance you will want to stay, enter on a B211A rather than a VOA. It costs a little more and it keeps the onshore route open.
Read this part
Three things worth knowing early
All three are about timing rather than paperwork.
Thirty one days is the line
Apply with less remaining and you are generally pushed back to the exit and re-apply route, or into an overstay conversation.
Extend first if neededA VOA is the wrong starting point
It generally cannot be converted onshore. If you are already on one and have decided to stay, talk to us early because the options are narrower.
See the B211AThe sponsor comes first
A conversion needs a sponsor for the permit you are moving to, not the one you hold. No sponsor, no conversion, whatever the timing.
PT PMA setupWhere conversions lead
The four permits people most often convert into.
Check it converts before you plan around it
Send us what you hold, how many days are left and what you are converting into. You get a straight yes or no, then a written all-in price.
Transparent pricing. No hidden fees. A reply in under two hours.