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    Imigrasi on line?

    A lot "Agencies" probably closed after they found hundreds of unregistered agencies using the new online system and a lot of people trying to renew illegal visa's . Resulting in another change earlier this year of applicants having to apply online but still having to attend the office for...
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    Imigrasi on line?

    2 Juta for the 2 year merp and 500,000rp for any change of details .As per the director generals new fee schedule late 2024 when they change everything to online and increased all fees . So the agent is making 5,500,000rp . And yes the online system is a total !!!! up . The 5 year Kitap still...
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    Today's menu:

    Yep , been through that with two orange/jeruk orchards I had . Had a guy looking after them on a percentage contract who was constantly fertilizing to produce more fruit and crops per year only to cut all the trees out after 5 years and start growing watermelons then it was chillies because of...
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    Yes , it's a generational problem , there parents parents parents parents all did it . Don't get me started on Al . My daughter and 55 co-workers just lost there jobs to this artificial crap .
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    Waste Management ! Ha Ha . When the local authorities start a rubbish collection program in your village only to take it out of town and dump it along the road and in the rivers/creeks where the same authorities have erected large signs "Dilarang Buang Sampah Di-sini " / . Several of the local...
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    Economical agency to do Spouse KITAS to KITAP uograde?

    Going through the same shit here at the moment . Upload , compress , PDF etc etc . All over my head. Had the same problem with my recent Aussie passport online application . Couldn't create an account , I'm now looking at a 3 day return trip from the bottom of South East Java , Purwoharjo area...
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    Two Year E31A Spouse Visa (First time Application)

    I've got 12 months before I apply for the unlimited Kitap/Merp . Hopefully they'll have a ring master by then and the clowns won't be running the "CIRCUS" .
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    Two Year E31A Spouse Visa (First time Application)

    Think you will find you will have to go to immigration . New law /rule came in at the end of May 2025, All new and renewals/extensions have to be done through the online e-visa system but biometrics and and interview to be done at Immigration . They did an investigation and found at lot of...
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    Roof drain is flooding inside our kitchen everytime there is heavy rain.

    All the above . Did major renovations 9 years ago , all the new walls were painted within a day or two of rendering , not allowed to cure/dry and weren't sealed before painting . Yes the paint all bubbled , cracked etc . And they have a habit of mixing calcium powder with the plaster when...
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    Extension of Stay Permit

    Yeah illegal but still operating everywhere . Wouldn't be surprised if 2/3rds of the 546 are these young people living/working everywhere throughout Indonesia as Media creators etc . And the 246 unlicensed agents are the ones getting them visa's through backdoor deals .
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    Extension of Stay Permit

    If they were honest mistakes it shouldn't be a problem but if they've knowingly used unlicensed agents or suspect sponsors to get there visa's I don't like there chances of not being fined or having there Visa's cancelled and being deported . Maybe the online system was implemented as a way of...
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    Extension of Stay Permit

    Seems investigations of the new Online E=Visa system have exposed 546 foreigners with suspect visa's and 246 agents who had there licence's previously revoked/cancelled . The circular came up on the Director Generals website a few days ago .
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    The future and the role of Artificial intelligence.

    Al has just replaced my daughter and 55 co-workers in Australia ! Thrown on the scrap heap !
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    Kitap, MERP, New Passport

    You will get a fee either way . There is now a 500,000rp fee for any change of details . And don't think you're talking to a human on live chat , it is a computer programed to give answers to specific questions or words it recognizes within the question . And will constantly give the same answer...
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    Do you have ktp as an itap holder?

    Tried 3 times to get the KTP and KK at the local office . !st time I was told that Orang Asing / Foreigners could not get them now . 2nd time after contacting the main office i was told there were problems with KTP Orang Asing due to illegal KTP's being issued and it could be a few months to...
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    Growing a Vegetable Garden?

    Had a half hectare veggie plot here in South East Java for several years , Constant battle with the salty environment , soil , brackish ground water and "ANTS " , if they weren't infesting everything with aphids "ants farm the aphids for the sweet nectar they secrete", thripes etc they were...
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    The future and the role of Artificial intelligence.

    My daughter and 55 co-workers just lost there jobs in Australia . All replaced with Al !!
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    Kitap Renewal struggles

    Only way you would loose your home country citizenship is if you apply for Indonesian citizenship which you can do after 10 years I think . But you may loose any benefits , pensions etc you are receiving from your home country if you do . You will loose your home country residency status after a...
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    Ikan tongkol mercury level advice

    Possibly . I know the Ikan Layang /Mackerel Scad and a lot of reef fish can be . Lot of people here have an allergic reaction to them , Brake out in an itchy rash . Wouldn't be surprised what you'd find in the seafood here with all the pollution , raw sewerage , crop irrigation run off that goes...
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    Kitap Renewal struggles

    Yes "Uninformed" seems to be a big problem the further you live away from the bigger cities . Even the officer at the Kepala Desa said I'd have to go to Immigration Jember when I went to get a new SKTT a few years back . Luckily another officer overheard and understood what I required . I've got...

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