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.
SINCE the 1980's, Bali has developed its tourism industry and tourism businesses have survived many talented people to guarantee their businesses economically. Tourism has become a major industry in Bali and a vital source of foreign exchange. But, people on this island is still always hold ceremonies for over one thousand temples and shrines.
Many companies providing consulting services to build your business in Bali. To succeed in business, to penetrate the Indonesian market, to make the sale, to meet the right people, to position yourself so that your business will survive the current economic crisis, these and many other key elements of your business strategy are dependent on accurate information and sound advice.
Information is a precious commodity. Good business information and advice can make the difference in the success of a company's endeavors in Indonesia. Accurate business information is vital to the success of any business venture. In these challenging times, up-to-date information can mean the difference between failure and success in your Indonesian business endeavors.
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CONSULAR services aim to consuls act to protect the welfare and interests of citizen overseas. This services sets out the standards of service you can expect to receive from the Department of Foreign Affairs and network of overseas offices. The Charter signifies our commitment to providing effective, prompt and courteous consular services, delivered in an equitable way, to citizen requiring them.
How do they help you?
The Department of Foreign Affairs provides consular services to you through the Embassy, High Commissions or Consulates established in many, though not all, foreign countries. In a number of locations Consulates are headed by Honorary Consuls.
Its aim is to meet the needs of consular clients, including their families in your home country, to the maximum extent possible within the limits of the resources available to us. They will provide consular services and make every effort to assist you to obtain solutions for problems you may experience overseas.
How can you help their to help you?
You can prevent many problems by making advance preparations for your trip and by taking sensible precautions while overseas. For example, they recommend that you should always take out travel insurance before leaving your country. Overseas medical and hospital costs can be very high and hospitals may require proof of insurance or pre-payment before providing any treatment.
Before departure check with the Embassy of the country concerned about whether you need a visa. You should also hold a return ticket and ensure you have sufficient funds for your expected stay. If upon arrival the local authorities decide not to allow you to enter Indonesia for any reason, there may be little they can do to assist you.
What the consular can do for you
They provide a wide range of consular services to his citizens overseas, for example: • Issue passports (applicant must provide relevant documentation and comply with procedures required by law), including emergency passports
• Provide advice and support in the case of an accident, serious illness or death, or if you are a victim of a serious crime, and arrange for next-of-kin to be informed
• Visit or contact you if you are arrested and arrange for your family to be informed if you wish
• Contact relatives and friends on your behalf to ask them to assist you with money or tickets
• Provide limited financial assistance in real emergencies
• Provide a list of local doctors and lawyers
• Help during emergencies, such as civil disturbances and natural disasters
• Witness and certify signatures and provide certain other notarial services (specified fees apply)
• Provide the latest consular travel advices, which include information about security and health conditions in many parts of Indonesia
What they cannot do for you
Consular functions are governed by international agreements and there are limits to the extent they can intervene on your behalf with foreign governments or authorities. You are subject to the laws and regulations of the country in which you are travelling. Consular assistance cannot over-ride local law, even where local laws may appear harsh or unjust.
The following are services they cannot provide: • Arrange visas, work or residence permits for other countries, or help you to obtain them
• Give legal advice, intervene in court proceedings or provide funds to pay your legal costs or fines
• Get you out of prison or obtain special treatment for you in prison
• Pay or guarantee payment of your hotel, medical or any other bills, including the cost of returning lost luggage to your country
• Act as a travel agent, bank or post office, or store your luggage
• Become involved in commercial disputes or take up complaints about local purchases etc
• Provide interpreter, telephone or photocopy services
• Pay pensions (although they can provide you with contact details of government authorities to help you to resolve payment difficulties)
• Help find you a job overseas
• Investigate crimes in foreign countries
How fast can they help you?
This will depend on the nature of the problem and how easy or difficult it is to find a solution. All cases are different and while some problems can be resolved on the spot, others may require ongoing consular assistance over an extended period. In a genuine emergency, they will do all they can to help you for as long as their help is needed, including after hours or during a weekend or public holiday.
With most problems they can 'help you to help yourself', by providing information, advice or guidance, or they will act on your behalf if that is required. They will do whatever they can to assist in the shortest possible time.
You have a right to privacy and a right to be provided with all available information relevant to your case. They will respect your right to privacy in accordance with privacy legislation. They will provide you with all available relevant information that they obtain about your case - if in doing so they do not violate the rights of anyone else whose interests they may also have a duty to protect.
• 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.