After obtaining student visa and arriving at Yogyakarta, you must register yourself to the Immigration Office within 7 (seven) days since the entry permit (a stamp from Airport Immigration) is issued.  Then, you can start to process the Limited Stay Pemit (Izin Tinggal Terbatas/KITAS).

 Limited Stay Permit (Izin Tinggal Terbatas/KITAS) Procedure

 To  obtain  this  permit,  you  have  to  apply  at  the  immigration  office  by  submitting  these  following documents:

1. Letter of admission from the students section or university
2. Letter of recommendation or certificate of sponsorship from authorized institution to process KITAS.
3. Letter of acknowledgement from OIA UPNVY, to be addressed to the Immigration Office.
4. Copy of telex visa
5. Copy of study permit
6. Passport or any valid travel document
7. Departure card
8. Curriculum vitae
9. Two recent close-up photograph (3x4 and 4 x 6 cm) with RED background

Local Police Report

You have to make a local police report to the nearest police station in your residence within 24 hours after your arrival. This registration can be represented by residence’s owner in which you live or stay. Documents needed for registration, such as copy of passport and copy of arrival card to get “Police Registration Letter (Surat Tanda Melapor/STM*)”. This STM is required for a residence administration.

Note:

*The STM is a resort police report acknowledging your residence, which issued by the resort police office nearest your residence. The information required is mostly from your passport and includes arrival date, departure date, etc.

Letter for local government report (SKPPS/SKTT)

After getting KITAS, you should make a local government report to the nearest local government office in your residence. This registration can be represented by the residence’s owner in which you live or stay. For this registration you might need to submit a copy of passport and KITAS. Then, you will get Letter for local government report (SKPPS/SKTT), which is required for a residence administration.

Procedure for extension

Extension procedure for KITAS must be carried out 2 (two) months before expiration.

Note:

You have to extend the study permit in the Ministry of National Education, which is required as one of document you have to submit for KITAS extension. The procedure to extend the study permit as same as the process for issuing initial study permit.

Study Permit Extension

 A foreign student who wants to extend study permit, they have submit all document such as:

1. Copy of study permit that need to be extended.
2. Recommendation Letter from Universitas Indonesia
3. Copy of application form
4. Copy of academic transcript
5. Curriculum vitae
6. Home address
7. Copy of Passport
8. Copy of KITAS
9. Self Report Information from the Local Police

Upon approval of your study permit extension, you can continue to extend the KITAS. All the process and procedure of KITAS extension as same as the process for issuing initial KITAS.

Note :

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