Digital Nomad E33G
One year, not renewable. USD 60,000 a year from an overseas employer.
Residence permits
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A KITAS is the Indonesian residence permit. One to two years, renewable, and tied to why you are here. Eight types, and only one of them is yours.
Residence permit rules verified against imigrasi.go.id, Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi. Current for 2026.
This visa in figures
- KITAS types we file
- 8 KITAS types we file
- Years per permit
- 1 to 2 Years per permit
- All in, from
- 890 USD All in, from
- Sponsor, always required
- 1 Sponsor, always required
What a KITAS actually is
Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas, the limited stay permit. Where a VOA gives you thirty days and a B211A sixty, a KITAS is measured in years.
Choosing the wrong sponsor or the wrong code is the most common reason an application stalls. It is also the cheapest mistake to avoid, because it costs nothing to ask first.
Convert from a visit visa- Tied to a purpose
- Work, invest, retire, study, family or remote work. The purpose picks the code.
- Always a sponsor
- A company, an institution, a PT PMA, or an Indonesian spouse.
- A shared backbone
- Health insurance, biometrics, a physical card and an electronic record.
- A path onward
- Several types lead to KITAP, permanent residence.
The four most people need
Start with why you are staying. The code follows from that, not the other way round.
Working E23
One year, renewable. Your Indonesian employer sponsors and files the RPTKA.
Investor E28A
One to two years. IDR 10 billion in shares, as director or commissioner.
Retirement E33F
One year, renewable, from age 55. USD 3,000 a month and a Bali rental.
And the four that follow a relationship or a place
- Spouse, children or parents of a permit holder Family E31
- Married to an Indonesian citizen Spouse E31A
- Enrolled at a Bali school or university Student KITAS
- Paid creative work for local clients Entertainment
What every KITAS has in common
Eight permits, one backbone. The differences sit on top of this, not instead of it.
- A sponsor
- A company, institution, PT PMA or Indonesian spouse
- Health insurance
- Mandatory, and checked
- Biometric registration
- In person, and it cannot be delegated
- A residence card
- The physical KITAS, plus an electronic record
- Passport validity
- Well beyond the permit you are applying for
- A declared purpose
- Work, study, family, investment or retirement
- Annual renewal
- For most types, until you qualify for a KITAP
- Correct entry visa
- Or an onshore conversion from a B211A
Work rights differ sharply between codes. The E33G permits remote work for an overseas employer only; the E33F permits none at all. Getting that distinction wrong is not a paperwork error, it is an enforcement problem.
Every KITAS, priced
All in, government fees included. Official requirements such as the E28A shareholding and its roughly IDR 17.25 million immigration fee sit outside these figures and are set by regulation.
- Student KITAS One year, renewable, institutional sponsor From USD 890
- Spouse KITAS E31A One year, renewable, limited work rights From USD 990
- Family KITAS E31 Follows the sponsor's permit From USD 1,090
- Retirement KITAS E33F One year, renewable, age 55 and over USD 1,290
- Digital Nomad E33G One year, not renewable USD 1,490
- Working KITAS E23 One year, renewable, employer sponsored USD 2,190
- Entertainment KITAS Six months, multiple entry From USD 2,190
- Investor KITAS E28A One to two years, PT PMA required From USD 2,790
Each price covers the sponsor, the document review and filing through the official portals. We are not the cheapest agency in Bali; we are the one that puts the whole figure in writing first.
How it goes
Five steps, and the first one decides the other four.
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01
Name the purpose
Why you are staying decides the code. Tell us the plan, not the permit you think you want.
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02
Sponsor confirmed
We arrange or verify it. A wrong sponsor is the most common reason a file stalls.
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03
Documents prepared
Each code has its own set. Contracts, apostilled certificates, shareholdings, income evidence.
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04
Filed and biometric
Lodged through the official portals, with your in-person appointment booked.
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05
Card issued
The physical KITAS and the electronic record, then annual renewal from there.
A residence permit is not a long tourist visa
They are different instruments, and the difference is what you are allowed to do.
Length
- Tourist visa
- 30 to 60 days
- KITAS
- One to two years
Renewal
- Tourist visa
- Extensions, then it stops
- KITAS
- Annual, for the life of the permit
Work
- Tourist visa
- None, ever
- KITAS
- Depends on the code
Sponsor
- Tourist visa
- Only the B211A
- KITAS
- Always
Residence card
- Tourist visa
- None
- KITAS
- Physical card and electronic record
Leads to
- Tourist visa
- A departure
- KITAS
- KITAP, permanent residence
If you are extending a tourist visa for the third time, you are paying residence prices for visitor rights.
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Where KITAS applications go wrong
Rarely on the documents. Almost always on the choice made before them.
The wrong code
A nomad on a working permit, or a business owner on a family one. It stalls, and the fix is a fresh application rather than a correction.
Compare the eightThe wrong sponsor
Almost every KITAS needs one, and it must match the code. An employer cannot sponsor a retirement permit, and a spouse cannot sponsor an investor one.
PT PMA setupAssuming work rights
The E33G covers remote work for an overseas employer only, and never Indonesian clients. The E33F covers no work at all. Both are enforced.
Digital Nomad E33GThe other four permits
Family, marriage, study and paid creative work each have their own code.
Tell us the plan, not the permit
Describe why you are staying and for how long. We name the right code, confirm the sponsor, and put an all-in figure in writing before anything is filed.
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