News Forum - Indonesia opens office doors to remote workers with 5-year visa offer

[Thaiger]

Temping tourists to travel to Indonesia shouldn’t be a difficult task. After all, the largest archipelago in the world is rich with cultural gems, stunning beaches, and every kind of natural beauty. But the Indonesian government has decided against taking the scenic route, instead they are tempting the business community with an appetizing 5-year visa. The nation’s Tourism Minister, Sandiaga Uno, believes he can attract around 3.6 million travellers with a package that includes ecological tourism, sporting events and, of course, a special 5year visa for remote workers, which will create over 1 million job openings. “In the past, the […]

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[rc1]

Your move, Thailand. 

[Janneman]

3.6 million? Sounds like a TAT prediction

[alex12345]

its probably for incredibly high earners, what are the actual terms and conditions?

[Fenderstrat]

From Bloomberg August 2021.

The new visa also targets applicants with some level of financial stability, requiring applicants to make a bank deposit of 2 billion IRD ($142,300 USD) per individual or 2.5 billion IRD ($178,000 USD) for the whole family.

[ronnie666]

in thailand this will never happen and if it happens it is useless since you can not use paypal anymore in Thailand and using it from another country paypal will block you.... freelancers use paypal, on websites freelance websites etc. and Thailand is that brainless to change things of greediness to get tax (what will not happen) making a company is even useless, because you can not send money to anywhere with paypal thailand after august, they shoot themselves in the foot again... they should keep their hands of things they do not know squad about... no descent freelance visa ever created besides with , nonsense and insane rules, and like always that is how it goes, waste of time and money... they should change PayPal back, if they change it many will stay away from here, because they can not use paypal at all!!! BRAINLESS step again from the government because they so desperate for money... maybe if they stop stealing the money, they will not be so desperate

[ronnie666]

11 hours ago, alex12345 said:

its probably for incredibly high earners, what are the actual terms and conditions?

naaah not every country make these nonsense rules only thailand...... creating useless visas etc and making a big announcement on it look what we do for you (ZIP ZAP ZOP = NOTHING)