Second Home Visa in Indonesia (E33)
Up to five years of residency in Indonesia, extendable, based on money you keep rather than money you spend. No sponsor, and no age limit.
What is the Second Home Visa?
The Second Home Visa, index E33, is a long-term stay permit for foreigners who can show they have the money to support themselves — rather than a job, a company, or a certain age. You qualify by keeping USD 130,000 in an Indonesian state bank, or owning a property worth USD 1 million. In return: up to 5 years of residency, no local sponsor, no yearly renewals.
It suits people the other long-stay permits leave out: too young for the retirement KITAS, not working for an Indonesian company, not running a business here, and not investing at Golden Visa levels. The money stays in your own account and earns interest the whole time. After three years of living in Indonesia, it can lead to a KITAP — permanent residency.
Second Home Visa or retirement KITAS
The two get mixed up because both are long stays without work. What separates them is who qualifies and on what.
| Second Home Visa (E33) | Retirement KITAS (E33F / E33E) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | No age requirement | 55 and over |
| Qualifies on | USD 130,000 state-bank deposit, or USD 1M property | USD 3,000 a month in pension or income, plus a USD 50,000 deposit for Silver Hair |
| Validity | Up to 5 years, extendable | 1 year renewable, or 5 years for Silver Hair |
| Sponsor | None needed | Needed for the E33F |
| Work | Not allowed | Not allowed |
If you’re 55 or over and live on a pension, the retirement KITAS is usually the cheaper route. If you’re younger, or would rather qualify on savings than income, the Second Home Visa is the one built for you.
How you qualify
You can qualify in one of two ways — a bank deposit or a property purchase. You only need one.
- A bank deposit of USD 130,000, or the equivalent, in an account in your own name at an Indonesian state bank such as Mandiri, BNI, BRI, or BTN. The money stays yours and earns interest. You need to keep the balance at this level while you hold the visa, and immigration can check it, so you can’t draw it down below USD 130,000.
- A property in Indonesia, such as an apartment, worth at least USD 1 million, held under Hak Pakai, the right-of-use title that foreigners are allowed to own. This suits people who’d rather own a home here than keep money in the bank.
What you can do on a Second Home Visa
Live in Indonesia on your own terms, with one firm exception.
Bringing your family
The Second Home Visa lets you bring more family than most permits do. Spouse, children, and parents can all join you on dependent permits that last as long as yours, with no separate financial requirement. Your one deposit or property covers the whole family. Children qualify up to 18, or up to 25 if they’re unmarried students.
Bringing parents is the part that stands out. Most permits — including the Work and Investor KITAS — don’t let you sponsor a parent. For anyone planning to bring an older relative, this is one of the few routes that allows it.
Documents you’ll need
The personal paperwork is light. Most of the work is in the financial proof, which we handle with you.
- A passport valid for at least six months.
- A personal bank statement with the balance not below USD 2,000 over the last three months.
- A recent color photograph.
- A short CV.
- Your address in Indonesia.
- A written statement that you’ll meet the financial requirement within 90 days.
- For family members, marriage and birth certificates, translated into Indonesian or English where needed.
How we handle your application
There’s no sponsor to find. We prepare and file everything, and manage the deposit so nothing slips against the 90-day deadline.
Prepare the application
We confirm which route fits — deposit or property — and put your documents together so the application is right the first time.
File online
The application runs through the official immigration system. Approval usually comes within a few weeks.
Arrive and collect the permit
You enter Indonesia and give biometrics. Your Second Home stay permit is issued.
Place the deposit
We open your state-bank account and place the USD 130,000, or prepare your property evidence, and submit the proof to immigration before the deadline.
Family permits and KITAP
We arrange dependent permits for your spouse, children, and parents. After three years of residence, we move you to a KITAP for permanent stay if you want it.
Second Home Visa questions
What applicants ask before committing the deposit.
What is the Second Home Visa?
A long-term stay permit, index E33, giving up to 5 years of residency in Indonesia, extendable, against financial proof: a USD 130,000 deposit in a state-owned bank or a USD 1 million property. It needs no sponsor and has no age requirement, and it does not allow work.
Is it the same as the retirement KITAS?
No. The retirement visas are age-gated (55 and over) and qualify on USD 3,000 a month in pension or income. The Second Home Visa has no age floor and qualifies on the deposit or property alone — which makes it the long-stay route for younger applicants with savings.
Do I lose the deposit?
No. The money sits in an account in your own name at a state-owned bank and earns interest. It’s proof of means, a balance you maintain. It comes back to you when the visa ends. What you can’t do is draw it below USD 130,000 while the visa is valid.
Can I work or do business on it?
Not in Indonesia. You can’t work for an Indonesian company, sell goods or services here, or earn Indonesian income. You can keep working remotely for a foreign employer or run your own business abroad, since that income comes from outside the country. If remote work is the only reason you want to be here, the E33G is cheaper than tying up the deposit. To work for a local company, you need a work KITAS.
Can my family come?
Yes. Spouse, children, and parents can hold dependent permits for the same period as yours, with no separate financial requirement. One qualifying deposit or property covers the family.
Does it lead to permanent residency?
Yes. After three years of residence you can apply for a KITAP — Indonesia’s permanent stay permit — which removes the cycle of limited permits altogether.
What happens if I drop below USD 130,000?
Immigration can verify the balance, and falling below the threshold can have the visa revoked. The deposit is meant to stay at level for the life of the visa. If you anticipate needing the funds, the property route may be a better fit — once the property qualifies, the obligation is the title, not a maintained cash balance.
Talk to our Indonesia team
For most readers the only real decision is the qualifier — deposit or property. We can walk you through what each looks like in practice (which bank, what the title structure is, how immigration verifies it), open the account or prepare the property evidence, and file the application end to end.
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