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shaunfindlay1976 wrote:

See if you can be put as co-owner of the business,  then I would say you could easily get investors kitas, if you need assistance send me a pm and I can organise someone to help you with your application

Easy if you have enough cash to open a PT PMA - Expensive to say the least.
I'm not recommending this site because I know nothing about them, but it does give you some essentials



Also, it would be advisable for potential expats to watch out for dodgy immigration consultants that offer visas with disputable legality. Seen them here before and they still operate on facebook.

Jason Gereau wrote:

You wouldn't happen to know about the current tourist visa requirements? Who initiates the process? I want to acclimate for a bit before I start work.

The US site suggests you should not travel here due to terrorism and a series of other total crap they seem to have invented due to a really crap understanding of the country. If you visit a few areas such as bits of Sulawesi and Papua, yes, there are problems, but to issue a blanket warning not to travel is blind idiocy at best.
As for the weather and earthquake stuff - it's sensationalist rubbish.  New Orleans gets worse weather, and California gets worth quakes - ignore them.

Unless this has been altered due to covid, US citizens can get a 30 day (Not a month) free VOA, but you have the option to pay for an extendable visa that will allow you up to 60 days including the extension.
There's also a 60 day SosBud you can extend twice = 6 months - Your girlfriend can sponsor you for that one, but you may be asked to prove you have enough cash to live on.

If you work for someone (assuming the rules haven't changed), you'll have to leave the country to get the telex for the KITAS, but that can be any country. Most seem to go to Singapore but I have a soft spot for KL, Malaysia, so I went there.

I welcome corrections to the above as I'm years out of date.

Jason Gereau wrote:

I've been offered a position as well at a lower tier international school. They are willing to hire me with no experience. I'm assuming the work permit would be an under the table massaging or fudging of my qualifications with the Ministry of manpower. So what do you think? Bad idea or would it be the school that is on the hook, since they are the ones paying the "Bule tax"

I have been assured it's impossible for someone to work legally (or roughly legally) without the required degree and so on. That information has the slight issue of being utter rubbish. Look at a hundred job ads and you'll see what I mean.
As long as you don't make any false claims, it hardly matters what the employer does as you aren't guilty of anything.  Also, the chances of anyone checking are remote at best once the first visa has been granted.

Jason Gereau wrote:

Perhaps saying that I have 5 years experience when I don't. I would assume the government would only watch the top tier schools like a hawk and pay less attention to the lower tier schools.

Absolutely no idea, but I know people get jobs with all the legal paperwork sorted out.

Jason Gereau wrote:

Forgive the impertinence, do you have any tips or tricks for drowning out the call to prayer if a Mosque is within loudspeaker distance from your residence? Thanks.

There's a big debate about this at the moment. My normal advice is visit a potential new house just before prayer time so you know what you're getting into.

I have other thoughts, but none will happen so there's little point in bothering.

Jason Gereau wrote:

Forgive the impertinence, do you have any tips or tricks for drowning out the call to prayer if a Mosque is within loudspeaker distance from your residence? Thanks.

Hi Jason

The majority of Indonesian citizens are Muslim.  You can't just stop the call to prayer.  Because you will be dealing with millions of Muslims in Indonesia.  Maybe you should choose a place to live that is far from the mosque.  Or you can live in an apartment by choosing the top floor so that the call to prayer is not too audible to you.

Actually, the call to prayer only lasts a short time, but unfortunately lately many mosques have added praise to the prophet Muhammad or read the quran using mosque sound system.  In the past, mosques were rarely like that.  If someone praises the name of the prophet muhammad or reads the quran without using the mosque's sound system.  Except at certain moments.  Usually during the month of Ramadhan or during Eid al-Adha.

You seem to be in culture shock.  Be patient. April will start Ramadhan.  So you will very often hear voices from the mosque. 😊

Fred wrote:

Couple of shopping centers (that applies to almost everywhere in Indonesia) and some bits of it flood. 



Perhaps pack a pair of wellies

Also, not a long way a way from some delicious electronics shops.

My office warehouse is in the Pulo Gadung area. Not far from the Kelapa Gading area. Mr. fred is right, As far as I know, every heavy and continuous rain will flood.

My recommendation is the BSD area or if you are looking for a location close to the center of Jakarta. The Kuningan or Menteng area may be quite recommended. With a notes of middle and upper housing or apartments.

Ryan_chaniago wrote:

My office warehouse is in the Pulo Gadung area. Not far from the Kelapa Gading area. Mr. fred is right, As far as I know, every heavy and continuous rain will flood.

My recommendation is the BSD area or if you are looking for a location close to the center of Jakarta. The Kuningan or Menteng area may be quite recommended. With a notes of middle and upper housing or apartments.

If memory serves, Menteng, last time I went, required me to roll up my trousers and take my shoes off to get back to my car, and I still got my trousers soaked (Not a beer thing, the ruddy flooding ). Aside from that, transport from BSD to a central Jakarta office will kill you.