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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    And have more headaches with changes of address etc etc . I've got enough on my plate as it is .
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Never your's when your "married" to an agent for life !
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    I found google reliable before all this Meta , AI crap . I'm sure they get the information off influencer's , media creators etc that wouldn't know up from down without an APP .
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Just received an Instagram reply from police office in Banyuwangi this morning . STM are now issued by Polda Jatim , East Java Regional Police office in Surabaya . Not available on line , have to travel to the office "approx 12 hours by road " . The original information "the same as you have...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    I've found they don't take kindly to being corrected and can make life bloody difficult if you try to . I've never had a disagreement with any one at the Jember office but was told I needed a Letter from the Australian consulate saying they recognised my marriage which I got , 700,000rp , only...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Spouse visa , no annual salary now the wife has died , all the time in the world = no agent .
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Another road bump in my attempt to change visa , kitap , kk details / status . Both Immigration and Dukcapil require an updated Police Report . Went to my local office yesterday only to be told they no longer issue the Surat Lapor Diri and Surat Tanda Melapor and that I'd have to go to the...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Can't get anything but what looks like an automated/ possibly AI generated reply to both Whatsapp and Instagram from the Banyuwangi office . Even the regional Police Office is now only contactable by social media sites .
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    It's a shame most Offices either aren't aware of the rule/law changes or choose to ignore them and make there own rules . Seems to be different rules / laws / requirements in every office . The Jember office were adamant the self sponsorship wasn't an option in my case .
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Yes , the immigration dept fees have near doubled over the 12 years I've been here , I'd imagine agent fees have followed suit , while the service has declined "no face to face communication " with the introduction of all the new technology , AI , whatsapp , instagram etc . They've made it hard...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Yes that's where i originally saw the 60 day requirement . I originally contacted the Jember office at the end of March which I had dealt with previously , they advised me to contact the new Banyuwangi office which I did shortly after with no reply to any form of contact I tried . I will be...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    The last agent I used charged me almost 10 mil Rp more than a lot of others for my original Vitas/Kitas 12 years ago , they wouldn't come to my area to arrange documents as he/she deemed it to far away . Sure they have ways /contacts if you/me the client is willing to pay the extra "backdoor"...
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    Difficulty contacting new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi .

    Have been trying to contact the new Immigration Office in Banyuwangi , Java for over a month . Emailed and phoned the contact address/phone number on there web page several times . There server won't allow connection to emails from Gmail , there phone rings sometimes with no answer then an...
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    [Guide] ITAP / IMK: Moving to self-sponsor after spouse’s death (or divorce)

    3 hours from both Jember and Banyuwangi offices . Got a reply from the Jember office to a whatsapp message after several unanswered emails , they refered me to the banyuwangi office who I can't contact on any of there contacts mentioned on the web page , have sent another whatsapp to the Jember...
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    [Guide] ITAP / IMK: Moving to self-sponsor after spouse’s death (or divorce)

    Yep , different interpretations of the rules/laws in every office then every pesron in the office has there own interpretation again . Several times when renewing kitas and conversion to kitap I was told I needed this or that Surat only to get them and then be told they aren't required by...
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    [Guide] ITAP / IMK: Moving to self-sponsor after spouse’s death (or divorce)

    Spoke , emailed "with no reply again" whatsapped , instagramed with immigration again this morning , they are adamant that Indonesia does not have a "Self Sponsor "option for death of spouse / sponsor as. several other countries do . There is a paragraph that mentions that if married 20+ years...
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    [Guide] ITAP / IMK: Moving to self-sponsor after spouse’s death (or divorce)

    Spoke with Immigration Jember today regarding the process for notifying of spouse/sponsor death and the possibility of changing to self sponsor . "Not Available " was there reply , I'll have to get a new sponsor .
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    [Guide] ITAP / IMK: Moving to self-sponsor after spouse’s death (or divorce)

    Great post . My wife/sponsor recently died and knowing I can be self sponsored rather than having to find a new sponsor would save a lot of headaches . My only problem might be that I haven't applied for the KTP and KK yet as i was told I wouldn't need them until renewing my Kitap . Might be...
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    MERP expired - KITAP tarik advise please

    Went through similar problems when I changed from kitas to kitap . Both the new kitap and merp were different dates . The Kitap was for 5 years from the date my Kitas expired but the new 2 Year mep was dated from when I applied for the change , almost 2 months difference . So by the time I was...
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    Australian aged pension

    Australian aged pension qualifying age to rise to 68 as of November 2025 and increase regularly until it reaches 70 . This came up in comments on a F/B group page tonight 14/11/2025 . Centrelink site mentions a lot of changes occurring in November 2025 but still shows the eligibility age as 67...

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