baliexpat94
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Hi, my spouse KITAS expires on 19th June 2025, I will have been married for 2 years on the 14th May 2025 which was the date of my wedding ceremony in 2023 however my marriage certificate has the date 25th May 2023 and it has the wedding ceremony date of 14th May 2023.
Does anyone know if immigration work from the date of the actual wedding ceremony or the date of the marriage certificate in regards to counting 2 years of marriage?
My other idea was to renew my spouse KITAS in May 2025 and then immediately apply for the KITAP however I've been told by agents it's not possible as the validity of the KITAS would be 1 year and I have to wait for my KITAS to have only 1 to 2 months of validity remaining before applying for a KITAP. They have said the online system will only show the conversion option 2 months before the KITAS expires.
Has anyone had anyone experience with this issue? I've seen on this forum from old posts that some people have managed to change KITAS to KITAP with 1 year of validity left on their KITAS however all the agents are saying it's not possible.
Does anyone know if immigration work from the date of the actual wedding ceremony or the date of the marriage certificate in regards to counting 2 years of marriage?
My other idea was to renew my spouse KITAS in May 2025 and then immediately apply for the KITAP however I've been told by agents it's not possible as the validity of the KITAS would be 1 year and I have to wait for my KITAS to have only 1 to 2 months of validity remaining before applying for a KITAP. They have said the online system will only show the conversion option 2 months before the KITAS expires.
Has anyone had anyone experience with this issue? I've seen on this forum from old posts that some people have managed to change KITAS to KITAP with 1 year of validity left on their KITAS however all the agents are saying it's not possible.