In April 2024 I got married and applied for then received a spouse kitas on 4th september 2024, along with an IMK and an evisa e31a. Three separate documents, valid until 4th September 2025
I have recently renewed my passport and used an agent to update my kitas data (aka passport nomor mutasi). I have received that, so far so good.
But now I'm wanting to travel abroad and am concerned that I don't have either of the other two documents with the updated passport number.
Some info:
On the evisa website my user account shows the old kitas and the new amended kitas automatically (as in, attached to my account by default but cannot perform any actions on the old one, logically). The system also shows the original application made last year, again automatically and connected to my account by default. It doesn't show the IMK, unless I do a manual search for it (note the IMK was applied for as part of the original application, I can see the payment and application data of it if I look at the details).
The website allows me to make all sorts of edits of various aspects of the aforementioned amended kitas including editing passport details, but the system doesn't present the same gamut of options when I manually search and locate the IMK and attempt the same process through the 'actions' button..In fact the only two options presented, extend and convert, both throw an error.
Both the original kitas, the one with the new passport number, and the manually found IMK all have the same visa reference number, so the system knows they are connected yet it doesn't show the imk on my account.
On 19th September 2024 the laws changed. One of the changes is about the re entry permits for kitas and kitap, implying they are now not issued separately but are automatically granted. There is a thread here about it but that thread just has info pulled from a press release. The actual law says this:
"Re-entry Permits are granted to Foreigners holding Limited Stay Permits or Permanent Stay Permits.
Limited Stay Permit holders are given a Re-Entry Permit whose validity period is the same as the limited Stay Permit.
Permanent Stay Permit holders are given a Re-Entry Permit whose validity period is the same as the permanent Stay Permit."
This reads to me like the entire separate application+payment mrep/imk system is now gone and it's automatic and granted with and included as part of, kitas/kitap with no extra documentation required, and I'd argue my experience with the evisa website maybe supports that, evidenced by it not being attached to my account along with the kitas, and my inability to make any edits to the data when I force the system to show me the IMK.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm going on holiday out of Indonesia in a month and really want to sort this out and right now am concerned that I don't have an imk that matches my current passport. Do I need to get the IMK electronic document to match my renewed passport number? How do I do that? The only way I can possibly see to do that with the tools provided is to fully reapply for the kitas/imk/evisa package, but that can't be the way surely.
My understanding was that the e31a evisa gets you in to Indonesia then is superceded by the kitas+imk combo, and thats why I am assuming I need to somehow amend the passport number on the IMK, but see no way to do it.
Perhaps someone would be kind enough to check on the evisa website to see if they can see their IMK on file by default (not manually searching for it) and even better if they previously could see it but now can't..as it would lend credence to my interpretation of the law changes. A thread on here from November 2024 mentioned the ability to renew mrep through the system by using the 'actions' button, can any kitap holders verify if you still have that capability?
I have recently renewed my passport and used an agent to update my kitas data (aka passport nomor mutasi). I have received that, so far so good.
But now I'm wanting to travel abroad and am concerned that I don't have either of the other two documents with the updated passport number.
Some info:
On the evisa website my user account shows the old kitas and the new amended kitas automatically (as in, attached to my account by default but cannot perform any actions on the old one, logically). The system also shows the original application made last year, again automatically and connected to my account by default. It doesn't show the IMK, unless I do a manual search for it (note the IMK was applied for as part of the original application, I can see the payment and application data of it if I look at the details).
The website allows me to make all sorts of edits of various aspects of the aforementioned amended kitas including editing passport details, but the system doesn't present the same gamut of options when I manually search and locate the IMK and attempt the same process through the 'actions' button..In fact the only two options presented, extend and convert, both throw an error.
Both the original kitas, the one with the new passport number, and the manually found IMK all have the same visa reference number, so the system knows they are connected yet it doesn't show the imk on my account.
On 19th September 2024 the laws changed. One of the changes is about the re entry permits for kitas and kitap, implying they are now not issued separately but are automatically granted. There is a thread here about it but that thread just has info pulled from a press release. The actual law says this:
"Re-entry Permits are granted to Foreigners holding Limited Stay Permits or Permanent Stay Permits.
Limited Stay Permit holders are given a Re-Entry Permit whose validity period is the same as the limited Stay Permit.
Permanent Stay Permit holders are given a Re-Entry Permit whose validity period is the same as the permanent Stay Permit."
This reads to me like the entire separate application+payment mrep/imk system is now gone and it's automatic and granted with and included as part of, kitas/kitap with no extra documentation required, and I'd argue my experience with the evisa website maybe supports that, evidenced by it not being attached to my account along with the kitas, and my inability to make any edits to the data when I force the system to show me the IMK.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm going on holiday out of Indonesia in a month and really want to sort this out and right now am concerned that I don't have an imk that matches my current passport. Do I need to get the IMK electronic document to match my renewed passport number? How do I do that? The only way I can possibly see to do that with the tools provided is to fully reapply for the kitas/imk/evisa package, but that can't be the way surely.
My understanding was that the e31a evisa gets you in to Indonesia then is superceded by the kitas+imk combo, and thats why I am assuming I need to somehow amend the passport number on the IMK, but see no way to do it.
Perhaps someone would be kind enough to check on the evisa website to see if they can see their IMK on file by default (not manually searching for it) and even better if they previously could see it but now can't..as it would lend credence to my interpretation of the law changes. A thread on here from November 2024 mentioned the ability to renew mrep through the system by using the 'actions' button, can any kitap holders verify if you still have that capability?
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