KITAS in Bali: what it is, requirements and cost

What is a KITAS?

It is a permit to live here, not to visit. You get it through a limited stay visa: you apply for the visa, and the KITAS is issued when the immigration officer admits you on it. That holds for every visa in the table below.^{[2, 3, 5, 7]}

Every KITAS is tied to a purpose: work, investment, family, retirement, a second home or remote work. Each purpose has its own visa code, such as E33G for remote workers, and its own rules. A KITAP is the longer permit some KITAS holders can move to later.^[10]

Which KITAS fits you, and who sponsors it?

Work, investor and family permits need a sponsor, and so does the one-year retirement permit; the remote worker, five-year retirement (E33E) and second home permits do not.^{[2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]}

Your sponsor files the application on their own account, and a change of job or sponsor must be reported to immigration. The table sets out the common permits, with their official fees in October 2026.^{[3, 14]}

A remote worker KITAS needs an employment contract with a company set up outside Indonesia; for an Indonesian employer, the work route (E23) applies. Pick the code first on the which visa page, then read its own page in the official visa list before you pay.^{[2, 3]}

How much does a KITAS cost?

A one-year KITAS costs IDR 6 million to IDR 7 million in official fees, and a five-year one costs IDR 13 million (about USD 724). The total is four fees added together: the visa, a verification fee, the stay permit and a re-entry permit.^{[2, 5, 7]}

The table shows each part. The stay permit and re-entry permit rise with the length; the visa fee stays the same. The verification fee depends on the category of visa, so a spouse pays less than a remote worker.^{[1, 2, 5]}

These are immigration's official fees only, paid direct; agents charge more, as the quotes below show. The spouse visa's own page lists IDR 6 million for a year, but its breakdown adds to IDR 8.5 million, so confirm when you apply. A work KITAS also lists a Ministry of Manpower work permit among its documents. The fees for every visa sit together in the fees and fines table.^{[3, 5]}

On the second home visa, the fee is not refunded if the application is refused. Check the total on evisa.imigrasi.go.id on the day you pay.^[7]

Can you get a KITAS while you are in Bali?

Sometimes. A C1 visit visa can be switched to a KITAS inside Indonesia for listed purposes, such as work, family or a second home. Apply in the last 30 days before it ends. A D1 multiple-entry visa cannot.^{[11, 19, 20]}

Not directly from a visa on arrival: immigration's visa on arrival page names a bridging visa to move to another stay permit, so ask immigration while your stay is still valid. Visa-free entry cannot be switched.^{[11, 21]}

What are the KITAS requirements, and how do you apply?

You need a sponsor for a work, investor or family KITAS, and the core papers in the checklist below: a passport, a photo, a CV and a bank statement. You apply online, pay a bank billing code, then enter Indonesia on the visa; the KITAS is issued as you are admitted.^{[2, 3, 4, 5, 7]}

Do you need an agent for a KITAS?

No. Where no sponsor is needed, you file the application yourself; otherwise your sponsor files it, all on the official site.^{[2, 3]}

Agents charge for their service, and the price moves with how fast you want it and whether you apply from abroad. The table sets sellers' quotes beside the official fee.^{[23, 24]}

Neither quote says whether the official fee is inside it, so you cannot tell the service charge from the fee.^{[23, 24]}

How do you extend a KITAS, or switch to a KITAP?

You extend a KITAS online, before it ends. Remote worker, five-year retirement and second home permits extend on evisa.imigrasi.go.id; for a work KITAS, the sponsor does it.^{[2, 3, 7, 8]}

A KITAP is the next step for some holders. The official list names clergy, workers, investors and "older foreign tourists", who can switch after at least three years in a row on a KITAS. The spouse of an Indonesian can switch once the marriage is two years old, and the spouse of a KITAP holder can switch too.^[12]

The list names no visa code. Ask your immigration office whether your retirement KITAS counts as "older foreign tourist" before you plan on it.^[12]

The switch needs your passport, your KITAS, a letter confirming where you live and a statement of integration, filed online or at an immigration office; the papers vary by purpose.^[13]

Second home holders are not named on the list. Their permit runs up to five years, extendable, ten in all, and can be switched to another permit.^{[7, 12]}

What must you report once you hold a KITAS?

You must tell your local immigration office about any change to your address, job, sponsor, nationality or civil status: a birth, marriage, divorce or death. If your sponsor has already reported it, you need not.^[14]

Moving villa counts as a change of address. Not reporting can cost up to three months in detention or a fine of up to IDR 25 million (about USD 1,390).^{[1, 14]}

Accommodation owners and managers also report their foreign guests to immigration, through its APOA app; more on long-term rentals. A KITAS also exempts you from the Bali tourist levy, whose page shows how to claim it.^{[16, 22]}