Exit Permit Only Indonesia (EPO)

You need an EPO for closing your KITAS/KITAP. The reason of obtaining an EPO for KITAS cancellation is to have a legally clean relationship between you and the previous company by returning all original documents to the authorities.

There all the several situations when the foreigners needs to apply for an Exit Permit Only (EPO). These situations include the following:

a)  you move to a new company or change KITAS sponsors.
b) you change the type of KITAS, for example from a work KITAS to a investor KITAS.
c) you resigns from a job and will no longer work in Indonesia.
d) you decided to leave Indonesia with a valid KITAS and then not return to the country. If you plan to re-enter Indonesia and your KITAS expired while you were abroad, you will face administrative immigration issues. So you have to obtain an EPO.
e) The Kitas is about to expire and there are no plans of extending it.

All of the types of the Kitas are allowed to do an Exit Permit Only (EPO) and every Kitas has different inquiries. The foreigners that already applied for the EPO will be require to leave Indonesia within 7 days since your EPO stamp  issue.