In Reply to: Social/culture (social budhya) visa #211 posted by tenkenapi on Friday, 15. June 2007 at 13:00 Bali Time:
There is no problem getting a Social Visa now, and another later. Big expensive exercise to have to leave the country to renew your tourist visa.
And as said above, the social visa is NOT a 6 month visa. It is a 60 day visa which is renewable 4 times at 30 days per time. You generally need to do the renewal in the district your sponsor lives in, so it doesn't work too well if you are travelling around a lot. Your sponsor needs to sign the papers for the renewal too. There are agents like Bali IDE who can organise a social visa for you if you need help/sponsorship.