Reliable Immigration Lawyer please

[hanbal9]

Hello,

I am looking for reliable, tried and trusted immigration lawyer/ law firm who can help with documentation and help avoid any general mistakes in applying KITAS for my spouse.

Please share your recommendations. Thank you in advance

 

[Helpful Herbert]

That's like asking for a law firm to help you get a visa on arrival.

 

[hanbal9]

That's like asking for a law firm to help you get a visa on arrival.

She already has the visa.

 

[Helpful Herbert]

Oh wait, you mean you're a foreigner coming to Indonesia to work, with a foreign wife?
Sorry I thought you were Indonesian with a foreign spouse.

 

[hanbal9]

Oh wait, you mean you're a foreigner coming to Indonesia to work, with a foreign wife?
Sorry I thought you were Indonesian with a foreign spouse.

I am local and my wife is a foreigner, she already has visit visa. we need a law firm recommendation other than law Wijaya & Co that advertise in this website.

 

[Helpful Herbert]

You need a law firm to direct you to the immigration office?

 

[Jaime C]

There are many reports on this forum about getting a kitas for a spouse. Unless there are some very special circumstances, a lawyer would only lighten your wallet quite a bit.

 

[Samoerai]

Spousal VITAS in 2019: An updated step-by-step guide - Expat Indo

A step-by-step on how to apply for your Spousal VITAS in 2019. Based on an actual experience of our community member who successfully did it themselves.

www.expatindo.org

 

[Samoerai]

Spousal KITAS to KITAP Conversion: A DIY guide - Expat Indo

If you have been married to an Indonesian for 2 years you can apply for a KITAP. Here is our step-by-step Spousal KITAS to KITAP conversion guide.

www.expatindo.org

 

[marcus]

I am looking for reliable, tried and trusted .. lawyer .. help avoid any general mistakes in applying KITAS for my spouse...

I don't know any such lawyer and I think that you don't need one .

In more than 16 years reading Forums for expats in Indonesia , I don't remember of any member who had a KITAS gotten through a lawyer . Most did themselves or hired visa agents .

I (foreigner) got myself 2 KITAS sponsored by my Indonesian wife (the first in 2010 and the present one in 2023) .

Like me there are many other members who can clarify any doubt you may have about the subject .

 

[marcus]

... she already has visit visa ...

So :
(1) if the Visit Visa was sponsored by you , a conversion to KITAS is all you need ;
(2) if it is a Visa-on-Arrival/VOA , a transition to a 60 days "Bridge Stay Permit" and then a conversion to KITAS ;
(3) if the Visit Visa is any other type , ask your local Kantor Imigrasi if the way in (2) can be used (unfortunately I don't know why the Regulation only mentions VOA (see it at https://www.expatindo.org/community/threads/bridge-stay-permit.7753/) .

 

[Samoerai]

So :
(1) if the Visit Visa was sponsored by you , a conversion to KITAS is all you need ;
(2) if it is a Visa-on-Arrival/VOA , a transition to a 60 days "Bridge Stay Permit" and then a conversion to KITAS ;
(3) if the Visit Visa is any other type , ask your local Kantor Imigrasi if the way in (2) can be used (unfortunately I don't know why the Regulation only mentions VOA (see it at https://www.expatindo.org/community/threads/bridge-stay-permit.7753/) .

Regarding (2) visa on arrival ... are you sure one can apply for a bridge stay permit?

 

[marcus]

Regarding (2) visa on arrival ... are you sure one can apply for a bridge stay permit?

It is what the new Regulation states (please see the Regulation at the link I gave above) .