The Socio-Cultural / Sosial Budaya, procedures and requirements

 

The Socio-Cultural / Sosial Budaya, procedures and requirements

Valid for 6 months.

The purpose of this visa is to visit friends / relationships, social - cultural or educational exchange. With this visa you are not allowed to do business activities in Indonesia or to take up employment. Sponsorship is required by an Indonesian citizen, for instance in Bali. You need to supply the following documents:

The social & culture visa ( Visa Index 211) is a single entry visa that cannot be used for working but for all activities which have connection with government, tourism, social and culture, it is given 60 (sixty) days, then extendable 4 times every 30 days. This visa can be sponsored individually.

This visa is suitable for:

• Cooperation between Indonesia and other country
• Tourism
• Social and family
• Between educational foundation
• Attending short term training
• Journalist that already has permit from the authority
• Non commercial movie production that already has permit from authority
• Conducting business conversation such as sale and purchase of goods and services as well as production or goods quality supervision
• Giving speech or joining non commercial seminar in term of culture, social, and government, after getting permit from the authorities
• Joining non commercial international exhibition
• Joining a meeting that is organized by the head office or its representative office in Indonesia

Your Indonesian sponsor needs to supply: 

  • Sponsorship letter of sponsor 

  • Copy of sponsor identity card whose residence is in Indonesia - Bali     (KTP) 

  • Copy of sponsor family register 

  • Copy of sponsor bank account statements

You need to supply: 

  • Copy of your passport 

  • 2 (two) passport sized photographs (4 x 6 )

Procedure for processing the Sosial Budaya:

There are two ways of applying for this visa:

1. If you apply for this visa at the Indonesian embassy in Singapore it is easy because you only need the sponsorship letter and your application is not processed through Jakarta. We can help you with all necessary documents. This process takes about 1 day. The process in the Singapore embassy can take up to 3-4 days.
2. If you apply for the visa in other countries, your documents need to be processed in Jakarta. This process can take up to 4 days before a decision is made and the visa is granted. If your application is approved you will receive a telex visa which you can take to the nearest Indonesian embassy or consulate. A fee is payable in local currencies for the visa application and duration of processing is depending on the embassy - consulate where the visa is applied.

After you have received your social visa, you must return to Indonesia straightaway. You will get 60 days free visit, monthly extendable in immigration to a total stay of 6 months.