• While traveling in Bali, the most important thing you must do is keep your passport with you at all times in case you are asked for identification. Treat your passport like money!
• If there is no need to carry your passport around. Lock it away in a safety deposit box in your hotel or some where you are comfortable that it is safe. Jot down your passport number and visa number on a piece of paper just in case. Its better to lose that than your passport.
• It's advisable to travel with a copy of passport. This should be kept separate from the original in case you lose your passport or for repatriation purposes. If you're traveling with your spouse, a copy of your marriage license is necessary.
• Don't give your passport to anyone. Some people claim to be 'officials' who need to verify your ID.
• If you do lose your passport, or it gets stolen, notify the local police and your consulate immediately. Make sure you have your copy and identification with you when you report the loss.
• Extending a visa is impossible, one must leave the country and come back in again. But this is a simple matter of going to Singapore or Australia and coming back the same day to renew your visa. It is quite common. The Indonesian government does not approve of people working on these visas, yet they continue to grant them to people who repeatedly come back to Indonesia after a short trip outside the country.
• Between August to October 2001, the Indonesian government announced a regulation wherein all expatriates resident in Indonesia must register with the Immigration Department for an Expatriate Registration number. Take your original passport, KITAS or KITAP, Buku Mutasi and two 3X4 cm photos to the Immigration office that issued your visa. No need to bring photocopies of anything - just the originals. Fill out their form in duplicate. The whole procedure takes about 15 minutes and is free.
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