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What tips can you share for doing a visa run in Bali?

Aug 23, 2018
8 years ago
Suzi *******
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Anyone have experience doing a visa run in Bali? Any and all tips appreciated. TIA
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Users shared helpful experiences and tips for doing a visa run in Bali, particularly for obtaining a Thai tourist visa. Key advice includes ensuring all paperwork is complete beforehand, confirming the location of the consulate, and arranging transport effectively since the consulate is in a residential area. Additionally, travelers noted that there were minimal waiting times and suggested considering proof of funds, return tickets, and a hotel booking when applying.
Frank **********
Be sure to tell your taxi driver to wait for you. It's a residential area, so you have to walk out to the main street and there aren't really good sidewalks or anything... You will literally be there 3-5 minutes unless there is a line of one other person. Then 4-6 minutes.
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Suzi *******
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Good point, thanks Frank.
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Elisa *******
I am in Bali and just picked mine up. It was a breeze. But you do need to arrive with all the papers and the form filled out. download on the internet.
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Suzi *******
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Ah, thanks, will do
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Scott ***********
Make sure you have every bit of paperwork before you go.
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Suzi *******
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Will do, thanks
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Ricky ********
Where is it in Bali
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Christine ***********
on google maps dpr/sanur area
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Jason ******
One of the easiest and quickest consulates to get a Tourist Visa for me. The location is at someones house and there is never a line there, when I went I was the only one there to drop off my application and that took 10 minutes, pick up 2 days later and I was off to the airport.
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Suzi *******
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Great, thanks!
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Christine ***********
I have only gotten 60 day Thai tourist visas there. They insist on proof of funds/return ticket/hotel booking/fee paid in IDR. Consulate open in the mornings only to drop off visa, minimum 3 working days to pick up pm. Closed both Balinese and Indonesian national holidays as well as Thai holidays. Off the beaten track a little so taxi or scooter.
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Suzi *******
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Thanks!
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Phil *****
Don’t go to Bali anytime soon. There are earthquakes there every day
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Nigel *********
Don't be silly
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Christine ***********
There isn't a month that goes by without earth tremors. We lived there for years and life goes on. Media hype 99 times out of 100.
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