Second Home Visa

[Bonaldi Kresnanto]

Does anyone successfully apply for 2nd Home Visa?
I've been back and forth between US-Indo every two months over the whole year and am kind of tired of paying the VoA fee. Since my KITAP expired, I am thinking of getting new KITAS until I came up with this type of visa but not sure if the requirements have been finalized. From the DirJen Imigrasi site stated:

Second Home Visa applications for five and ten years are submitted via Online Visa Approval with the following requirements.

A proof of fund in the form of an account owned by the Foreign Nationals or the Sponsor with a value of at least 2,000,000,000 IDR (two billion rupiahs) or equivalent - is these funds must be in an Indonesian bank? or can it be an overseas bank? I saw some articles stating that I must be in either BRI, BNI, or Mandiri, and upon checking Mandiri, in order to open an account I must have a Passport + KITAS. How can I get an account if I am looking for KITAS (lol)

 

[pantaiema]

A proof of fund in the form of an account owned by the Foreign Nationals or the Sponsor with a value of at least 2,000,000,000 IDR (two billion rupiahs) or equivalent - is these funds must be in an Indonesian bank? or can it be an overseas bank? I saw some articles stating that I must be in either BRI, BNI, or Mandiri, and upon checking Mandiri, in order to open an account I must have a Passport + KITAS. How can I get an account if I am looking for KITAS (lol)

There is already a discussion about this in this thread

5yr second home visa

anyone applied if funds should be in indo bank or can be in foreign bank https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/#second-home

www.expatindo.org

This isn't merely any bank in Indonesia; it must be a government-owned Indonesian bank. BRI, BNI, Mandiri Bank are state owned banks.. The others are BTN, Syariah Bank. It's unclear whether it could be a saving bond or a deposit guarantee schemes earning no interest.

Everyone has their own preferences, but study this discussions and make sure that is what you really want to do.

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[Samoerai]

Does anyone successfully apply for 2nd Home Visa?
I've been back and forth between US-Indo every two months over the whole year and am kind of tired of paying the VoA fee. Since my KITAP expired, I am thinking of getting new KITAS until I came up with this type of visa but not sure if the requirements have been finalized. From the DirJen Imigrasi site stated:

Second Home Visa applications for five and ten years are submitted via Online Visa Approval with the following requirements.

A proof of fund in the form of an account owned by the Foreign Nationals or the Sponsor with a value of at least 2,000,000,000 IDR (two billion rupiahs) or equivalent - is these funds must be in an Indonesian bank? or can it be an overseas bank? I saw some articles stating that I must be in either BRI, BNI, or Mandiri, and upon checking Mandiri, in order to open an account I must have a Passport + KITAS. How can I get an account if I am looking for KITAS (lol)

Opening a bank account without Kitas wouldnot be a problem, I read a similar post in FB. But when you want to invest your money in bank product like deposits, you need a NPWP, tax number.

 

[liamwebster]

I was looking into the same issue, and it seems the important point is confirming exactly how Immigration wants the IDR 2 billion proof of funds to be held.

The older information mentions Indonesian state-owned banks such as BRI, BNI, and Mandiri, but requirements and procedures can change. I would therefore confirm the current requirements with Immigration before transferring or locking up any funds.

For anyone researching other Indonesian administrative requirements, you may also find information about cek bansos dengan NIK KTP useful.

It would also be helpful to hear from anyone who has actually completed a Second Home Visa application recently. In particular, did you open the Indonesian bank account before applying, and was a regular savings account sufficient, or did Immigration require the funds to be placed in a particular type of deposit or investment?

That practical experience would probably clear up the KITAS/account-opening question for others considering the visa.