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Well I guess different Imigrasi offices use different stamps; mine was issued in Bali...do yours have different expiry dates?
Yes, of course. 5 Year for KITAP, 2 year for MERP
Well I guess different Imigrasi offices use different stamps; mine was issued in Bali...do yours have different expiry dates?
Yes, of course. 5 Year for KITAP, 2 year for MERP
does this mean when you have 2 expired Merps you will have to pay for another 2year Merp but your Itap will expire with a year remaining and becomes invalid,or can it be used on kitap extension..surely you can,t buy half a merp
does this mean when you have 2 expired Merps you will have to pay for another 2year Merp but your Itap will expire with a year remaining and becomes invalid,or can it be used on kitap extension..surely you can,t buy half a merp
By law, an ITAS/ITAP holder is supposed to have a valid MERP at ALL time, Davita. Like he is also supposed to have an SKTT or a KTP OA/WNA. However, the law being very loosely enforced many will not renew their MERP at the expiration of the first 2 year leg and other won't bother with a SKTT or a KTP.A question others have asked here and elsewhere is...will the 2nd, and maybe 3rd MERP, be mandatory. Many expats living in RI don't ever leave but are currently mandated to pay for a MERP. I haven't heard of a satisfactory answer to that but many have opined it unlikely that Imigrasi will forgo that income...we'll wait and see what happens when someone comes up against that issue.
By law, an ITAS/ITAP holder is supposed to have a valid MERP at ALL time, Davita. Like he is also supposed to have an SKTT or a KTP OA/WNA. However, the law being very loosely enforced many will not renew their MERP at the expiration of the first 2 year leg and other won't bother with a SKTT or a KTP.
I was discussing with the kepala dinas of my catatan sipil some time ago. He informed me that they had issued only 16 SKTT for the province and that we were only 4 to have a KTP OA. Conclusion: it seems that my province has only 20 foreign resident. The problem with this conclusion being of course that I know already many more of this breed.The lack of motivation to get a MERP renewal I can understand, but for a KTP?
I was discussing with the kepala dinas of my catatan sipil some time ago. He informed me that they had issued only 16 SKTT for the province and that we were only 4 to have a KTP OA. Conclusion: it seems that my province has only 20 foreign resident. The problem with this conclusion being of course that I know already many more of this breed.
Note that I was impressed by the figure given by the Kepala Dinas. I even suspected that he was bragging: none, yes none, of my friends and acquaintances have a KTP or a SKTT. Many keep asking me how to do it and tell me that they should be doing it, but every year I have the same questions.
I got my KITAP last month and there are two distinct stamps in my passport. One for KITAP, one for MERP.
Heck, my fight, which is still going on but hopefully close to done, is that the DINAS here tells me only Koreans and Chinese can get a KITAP so get KTPs. Just in case, they are sending me back to Jakarta to get yet another form from yet another CatSip.
Heck, my fight, which is still going on but hopefully close to done, is that the DINAS here tells me only Koreans and Chinese can get a KITAP so get KTPs. Just in case, they are sending me back to Jakarta to get yet another form from yet another CatSip.
I am not sure whether there is English translation in the latest version of KITAP . If there is not, does an MERP serve as a proof before you can fly to Indonesia if your nationality has no visa free or VOA facilities for Indonesia?....If your nationality has no visa free or VoA facilities for Indonesia, they will ask you about visa before you fly to RI. If you state you have temporary or permanent residency in Indonesia, you will need something to show them...