{"id":3653,"date":"2018-06-05T23:36:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T23:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2018-06-05T23:38:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T23:38:03","slug":"indonesian-3-month-social-visa-obtained-at-noumea-new-caledonia-for-the-sail-2-indonesia-rally-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/05\/indonesian-3-month-social-visa-obtained-at-noumea-new-caledonia-for-the-sail-2-indonesia-rally-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian 3 month social visa obtained at Noumea New Caledonia for the Sail 2 Indonesia Rally 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are signed up with the Sail 2 Indonesia rally this July.\u00a0 The rally helps facilitate paperwork for the boat to enter Indonesian water, however, obtaining visas were the responsibility of each vessel.\u00a0 The rally takes approximately 3 months so we needed to apply for a 3 month social visa which can only be done through an Indonesian consulate.\u00a0 Being that we were coming from Vanuatu, we decided to apply in Noumea, New Caledonia, where clearance into the country is free and the consulate is right in town.\u00a0 We could have sailed to Cairns, Australia and sent off our application and our passports to Sydney…but with time being an issue and I don’t feel comfortable mailing off my passport to ANYONE….we decided releasing our passports to someone I could actually see and knew where the office was located, was our best option.<\/p>\n

I have had a few requests to inform people of our experience applying for our Indonesian visas for the Sail 2 Indonesia Rally this year so I thought I would post how and what our experience entailed.<\/p>\n

Indonesian Consulate address:<\/strong> 2 Rue Lamartine, Baie de I’Orphelinat, BP 26, Noumea Tel:<\/strong> +687 28 25 74<\/p>\n

*Note:<\/strong> if you use Google maps to find the consulate, it will show a slightly different location but within a block.\u00a0 Use the below map to get to the gate to the consulate.<\/p>\n

They only process visas between the hours of 10am-12pm so applications need to be received between these hours and beware of the Indonesian holidays…. we had 2 holidays within the week we were trying to apply..lucky us.<\/p>\n

Provided the application was complete, it will take 3 business days for them to grant the visas, to the hour (turn in at 11am, you get it back at 11 am 3 business days later)!\u00a0 However, we arrived at the consulate exactly when they said our visas would be complete but “the guy” who signs the visas was in a meeting and they told us to come back that afternoon to pick up…. I am not going to argue : )<\/p>\n

*Note:<\/strong> you need to pick up a blank application at their office. Unfortunately all the 3 month social visas do not have the same application format so each consulate has their own format so applications for Sydney, Australia or other countries do not apply here in Noumea, New Caledonia.<\/p>\n

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We moved from Port Moselle marina to Port Du Sud marina mid visa process. This map is from Port Du Sud marina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entrance to the Indonesian Consulate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cost for the application here is $5650 CPF, roughly $57 usd.\u00a0 However, they do not take cash so you will need a “bank cleared check”.\u00a0 We contacted the rally administrators, Lyn and John Martin, and they gave us Chole’s information.\u00a0 Chole has been helping us Yachties with checks for visas for over 9 years.\u00a0 She does not get paid to do this as her regular job is managing super yachts.\u00a0 Her office is in the map above but when we contacted her we were at Port Moselle and she offered to pick us up and drive us to the consulate.\u00a0 She did give us the option to pay by credit card as she can process these type of transactions at her office but we decided to pay in cash and we DID<\/strong> give her $20 usd for all her time and energy.\u00a0 She was gracious and accepted.\u00a0 She is wonderful and kind and does this in her own time….please be aware of this.<\/p>\n

Chole’s information<\/strong>:\u00a0Chloe Morin, Operations Manager at Noumea Ocean; Address:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>5 ter Rue Adolphe Barrau, Marina Port du Sud,\u00a0<\/span>BP 1517, 98 845 Noumea Cedex;\u00a0<\/span>Tel:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>+687 713 723<\/a><\/p>\n

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If your french is good, here is what we were given as a list of documents we needed and the cost of the visas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chole at her office writing us a receipt. She actually shared some home-baked cookies with us after chatting it up a bit after business was taken care of.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You also need passport sized photos for each person applying for the visa.\u00a0 I tried to print off photos on regular white paper and it was turned down.\u00a0 We also asked if a Polaroid photo would do but because of the black back side of Polaroid film, it was also not going to be accepted.\u00a0 Below is a map of where you can obtain the right sized passport photos.\u00a0 The cost was about $10 for 4 copies each person’s photo.<\/p>\n

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we were at the dock at Port Moselle so directions are from there rather than Port Du Sud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here is a photo of the place inside the “mall” to get passport photos. The ladies were so nice and full of smiles…. it was a great experience at a maximum of 10 minute wait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At this point we were ready to turn our application in with all of the proper attachments.\u00a0 Most of these were either already filled out with the rally admins or provided to us through the rally.\u00a0 This is what we completed and turned in, along with our passports at the Indonesian Consulate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check from Chole and receipt I received from Chole….I didn’t turn in the receipt with our application but this is just to show you what Chole provided us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Noumea Indonesian consulate social visa application…note it states “Noumea-New Caledonia” on the top of it. It is in French and I had to use Google Translate for each question..and with internet slow or would drop out…this process took me hours. You can maybe tell what the questions are by my responses. Also the questions that have boxes to check “yes\/no” all have to do with criminal activity…hopefully they are all “no’s” for your situation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This letter was provided by the Rally administrators.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This sponsor letter was provided by the Rally administrators. We just had to fill in our vessel and passport information.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is the second page of the sponsor letter with our sponsors information. This letter was provided by the Rally administrators.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This letter was provided by the Rally administrators. We just had to fill in our vessel and names.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Our rally list of ports from their website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We had to complete this “cruising declaration form” with our rally months ago. The rally administration asked us to include this with our visa applications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This “Declaration of Health” held us up for a few days as we didn’t understand what they were asking for…..we didn’t know if they wanted a declaration that our boat was clear of “pests” or the people were healthy…. it turns out they wanted this form which we also had completed previously for the rally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just in case…we added the Bio-Security clearance we received from New Zealand when we cleared in to NZ. At least it states there were no “pests” aboard…just in case. I don’t think they needed this but they took it anyways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Of course…our yacht documentation or whatever is similar to providing you own the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we had all the documents in hand we left our passports with them.\u00a0 We had to wait over the weekend.\u00a0 Finally our visas looks like this:<\/p>\n

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It’s a beautiful thing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those you who are not participating in a rally who helps facilitate the yachts paperwork I found a great resource from the SoggyPaws website. They completed their Indonesian paperwork in 2017 from the Philippines and believe the information is current and relevant.\u00a0 I can’t attached the pdf they posted on their site here but feel free to visit their site anyways…a wealth of information and really didn’t need to recreate the wheel.\u00a0 I did register to YachTER’s website, the online vessel registration for Indonesia, and it seems very straight forward.\u00a0 On the YachTER’s website you can download the declaration of health form as well.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/svsoggypaws.com\/files\/Indo%20Paperwork-Davao%20v1.2.pdf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good luck and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about our process.<\/p>\n

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