Written by Kevin Tan , Foreign Client Director
Last updated: 24 June 2026
What the Investor KITAS is for
KITAS stands for Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas — a limited stay permit. The Investor KITAS is the variant designed for foreign nationals who hold shares in an Indonesian PT PMA. Its appeal is straightforward: it lets you live in Indonesia in your capacity as an investor or director, without the DKP-TKA work-permit levy that employed foreigners pay, and it typically carries a longer validity than a standard work permit.
For the wave of foreign founders setting up companies in Bali under the new IDR 2.5 billion capital rule, the Investor KITAS is the natural second step. You set up the PT PMA, and the same shareholding that owns the business becomes the basis for your right to live where the business is.
Eligibility: it’s about shares, not employment
The defining feature of the Investor KITAS is that it’s grounded in ownership, not a job. Eligibility is tied to your shareholding in the PT PMA and the company’s invested capital, against thresholds set by immigration policy. Because those thresholds — and the exact validity period — are policy-driven and can be adjusted, we always confirm the current numbers for your specific case rather than quoting a figure that may have moved.
This ownership basis is also what separates it from the Work KITAS: no RPTKA work plan and no work-permit levy. Founders who both own shares and actively work in the company should take a moment of advice on which permit fits, since the answer depends on your role and how you draw income.
The company has to be healthy
An Investor KITAS leans on a valid, active PT PMA. Immigration reads your company’s status — including its OSS company profile and its reporting — when it issues or renews the permit. This is where the 2026 compliance environment intrudes on visas: if your company’s OSS account is blocked or its KBLI didn’t migrate by the June deadline, a KITAS can stall even though you did nothing wrong personally. We check the company’s compliance as part of the application, and if there’s a problem we route it through OSS recovery first.
What CLAN handles
- Eligibility confirmation — we check your shareholding and the company’s capital against the current Investor KITAS thresholds.
- Document preparation — company and personal documents assembled and checked before submission, to avoid back-and-forth.
- Application and collection — the telex/visa, the KITAS itself, and the associated registrations handled in sequence.
- Family dependents — dependent stay permits for your spouse and children arranged alongside the principal permit.
- Renewals — we track validity and manage renewals, including confirming the company’s OSS and reporting status stays clean.