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Changing Your KITAS Sponsor from Company (PT) to Your Indonesian Wife



This article is for those foreigners who work in Indonesia on a limited stay permit (KITAS) that is initially sponsored by a local company (PT, PT PMA or Representative Office) but who want to change the sponsorship of their KITAS from the company to their Indonesian spouse (husband or wife).
For example, you are an expat who moved to Indonesia several years ago to work for a local company. This means that you must have obtained a company-sponsored KITAS. A KITAS is a limited stay permit that has to be sponsored by either a company or spouse. But while you work in Indonesia you meet your partner, marry, and now want to change the sponsor of your KITAS from the company to your spouse (for example because you want to quite your job).
You now have two options:
(1) you can arrange it by yourself or,
(2) you can pay an agency to do it for you.
The second option is the easiest but also the more expensive option. And be aware: some immigration services agencies may lie to you by saying you have to get a completely new KITAS (implying that an EPO process needs to be completed to close the existing KITAS and you will have to go abroad before a new KITAS application process can be started by the agency).
The reason why some of these agencies prefer the foreigner to get a brand new KITAS is because they can ask a higher price for their services (while it is usually easy for them to abuse foreigners' lack of knowledge about immigration matters). Moreover, by starting a new KITAS process, the agency will not be dependent on documents that need to be written and signed by your employer (this is further explained below).
Regarding the price difference between both options, if you hire an agency to arrange it, then it will probably cost you between USD $500 and USD $1,000. The advantage, however, is that you will not need to visit various institutions (multiple times). When I started this process (to change the sponsor of my KITAS from a local PT to my Indonesian wife) it was early January and by the time it was finished it was already early March. Within that period I had visited the immigration office six times, the Kantor Kelurahan twice, the Direktorat Jenderal (Dirjen) Imigrasi twice, and the Kantor Wilayah Kementerian Hukum dan HAM twice. That is a lot of traveling in a city where traffic congestion is a big problem. Moreover, sometimes you need to wait hours in line before it is your turn at one of these institutions. Hence, there were moments where it felt like a full-time job to arrange the transfer of my sponsor. 
So, if you opt for the first option, be aware that it will be a long process and one that is both confusing and frustrating, please use the trust Agencies like MSJ Consulting ( jasa-kitas.com, Kitas.id) that have experienced for a dozen years.

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