Second-home visa or 10-year passport: What you may need from Indonesian immigration services

Are you a foreigner who frequently visits Indonesia and wants to stay longer? Or, maybe you are an Indonesian citizen wishing that your passport has a longer validity period? This fairly new Indonesian immigration services may be the answer to your wishes.

Indonesia introduces a 'second-home' visa for foreigner and a 10-year passport for its citizen. Source: iStockphoto / mirsad sarajlic/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Last month, the Indonesian government introduced a Second-Home Visa for foreigners who wish to stay longer in Indonesia for five or ten years.

Even though the details of its implementation may still be developing, the Immigration Consul on duty at the Indonesian Consulate General in Sydney, Mr Agus Abdul Majid, conveyed his explanation to SBS Indonesian regarding this new visa.

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Not only for foreigners, the Indonesian government has also renewed its immigration services for its citizens including by providing a 10-year passport.

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