Shadrach
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You really want complicate your life don't you? Banks can close, is what I meant. It happened in America in the 30's and people lost everything. Since you are comfortable already living with your girlfriend, and have a child, why go through so much hassle and marry?well that's one way of looking at it. Let's try another way. The religion is mmaterial, I'm not religious and haven't seen the inside of a church/mosque or temple in 40 years. So if 10 minutes with an imam means we can marry legally in Indonesia, not really a problem.
$130k in a bank account earning interest which I can absolutely touch if I want to, and after we do marry and I get a visa based on that, I can remove it and use it. The 2nd home visa was just an easy way to get ITAS quickly and be able to stay in Indonesia raising our child. And 'foreclose' is what banks do to people who borrow money from them, not give money to them. The IDR could decline further and I guess Mandiri bank could go bust but that's not very likely.
As for the girl in question, that can happen to any marriage at any point with anyone. In this case we've known each other a number of years and have a child together, hence the desire to marry at this point.
To the actual original issue. My passport has wandered around the Jogja kantor immigrasi and various bits of Jogja airport whilst someone tries to work out which stamp is valid and how to fix the error by the immigration official. I rather hope it returns soon. But living in Indonesia has taught me the value of patience.
Since you have so much money, why not just take care of your family and relax? The future could become crazy.