Getting our visa extension

 We are in the country on a visitor's visa that is good for 30 days. Just prior to the 30-day expiration we went to a visa attorney and prepared the application for a 60-day extension. This is the road leading to the office.

  We then drove with the attorney down to the immigration office and waited for about 45 minutes.
When our name was called we had our picture taken and then fingerprinted. We will return to the attorney in 2 weeks and pick up our passports and hopefully have everything in order.

At the end of the 60-day extension we have to leave the country. We had to have proof of an exiting airline ticket prior to receiving the extension. We will fly to the closest country which is Indonesia to the city of Bali. We'll stay there for 2 days. We are told that they have a lot more stores and goods there so we may be able to stock up on a lot of the things we can't get here. We also look forward to going to the beach in Bali. It is about a hour and a half plane ride.

The visa renewal stay he is one of the nice perks of this mission. You get a little two-day vacation usually in a pretty interesting place.




Comments

  1. Hutchings FamilyJanuary 11, 2018 at 10:42 PM

    We've heard Bali is beautiful. My brother went there while on a trip around the world. Enjoy your vacation!

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  2. The PiersJanuary 21, 2018 at 7:04 AM

    You will love Bali and if you happen to be there for a Sunday you will find a very nice little branch. It sounds like you will be going there regularly during your mission so by the end you will know it quite well. Do most people speak some English?

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