Job & Business Tips

ALONG with the excitement of living in Bali and the promise of an enriching cultural and professional experience come the mundane tasks of planning your move to Bali. Most of you find moving domestically a stressful event, moving to a new country constitutes an even more challenging transition.

Here are things to consider when getting a business in Bali:
• Prepare a checklist of tasks to accomplish for your move. The key to a successful move is being realistic about what you can do yourself and seeking assistance for tasks that can be performed by others.
• Negotiate with your employer for a trip to Bali. Exploring alternatives for housing, schooling, recreation and availability of goods, as well as beginning to learn the layout of the city you will be living in will greatly assist in your preparations.
• Requirements for listing every item in your shipment can be a bother. But, if your paperwork is complete and in order it will greatly speed up clearing your goods through customs in Indonesia.
• Make a suggested list of tasks to start with, not necessarily in this order:
• Ensure your paperwork
• Bring your records
• Organize your financial matters
• Kept or shipped your belongings
• A lot of foreigners who work in Bali experience 'culture shock'. The intensity differs from person to person but everyone experiences a period of adjustment. How to cope with 'culture shock':
• Make an effort to adjust to the new culture.
• Get involved such as learn a new sport, study something or join a club.
• Take the time to learn the language to help you get around and enable you to fit in more easily. The Balinese will appreciate your efforts to communicate with them.
• Explore your surroundings, travel through in Bali. Be a tourist.
• Take the time to meet other people and make some friends.
• Keep in touch with friends and relatives in your home country.
• Keep a diary or write letters home, this will help you sort out any problems you may have.
• Take things with you that remind you of home such as CDs, books, hobbies. Use these when you are feeling homesick.
• While you are in Bali, you are subject to its laws and regulations. You must learn what behaviour is appropriate and what behaviour will offend local citizens. Be aware of sensitivities to local customs and dress codes as some cultures will be deeply offended by revealing or inappropriate clothes.
• Your Consular can help you to solve this problems such as:
• Issue emergency passports or travel documents.
• Provide assistance in the case of an accident, serious illness or death and can arrange for your next of kin to be notified. Its provide limited financial assistance in real emergencies such as natural disasters and civil uprisings.
• Provide the latest travel advices.
• Witness and certify signatures.
• Provide lists of doctors and lawyers.
• Provide assistance to you if you are arrested.