Paper work morning in Bali

Ika, Jevon and I spent the first half of today, getting documents ready for the British Embassy in Jakarta. We hope to go to the UK in July, and have some hoops to jump through. Documents needed, were a complete photo copy of my passport, Ika’s passport, photocopy of my house lease agreement, photocopy of our marriage certificate, photos, the multiple page questionnaire, copies of my bank account statements, a letter from me, telling my life story and the fee, 1,075,000rp (which includes the ‘handling fee’). The British Embassy uses local ‘agents’ to handle all the visa requests.

In order to get that off, I had to pick up my passport, which was at Arjuna Immigration Consultants in Kerobokan (they changed their website address). Ika and I ,drove down to Kuta to the Post Office (Kantor Pos), close to Supernova. There we got a money order from Weselpost (or what the correct spelling is) for 20,000rp. Next to the Post Office is a small photocopy place, so we were able to get all that taken care of for 1,400rp.

Staff at the British Consulate in Sanur suggested we use a company called JNE along the Bypass to send the money and the documents. We eventually found it and got the stuff of for another 19,000rp. I really hope we get the visa straight off, as an interview would mean going to Jakarta.

That’s part of the fun of being an expat in Bali.