Renting a home in Bali requires no visa; a foreign individual can hold a lease. Staying long term is the separate question, and as of 2026 practitioners report three routes: a one-year retirement stay permit (E33F) for people over 55, a five or ten-year Second Home visa with no age requirement but a large deposit, and multiple-entry visit visas that allow 60 days per entry, extendable in-country. Which one fits depends on your age, your income proof and how many months a year you plan to be here. The rules move often and vary by office and agent, so treat this page as the map and a licensed immigration agent as the guide.
Route one: the retirement stay permit (E33F)
This is the route most retirees use. Practitioners describe it as a one-year stay permit, renewable annually, with eligibility to apply for permanent stay after five consecutive years. The age threshold is 55, though several 2026 practitioner sources report some nationalities being benchmarked at 60 in current practice.
What you show: proof of pension or regular income (agents quote figures between USD 1,500 and 3,000 a month depending on the office, so no single number should be treated as the rule), proof of accommodation, health insurance, and sponsorship through a licensed visa agent. A villa lease counts as proof of accommodation, which is one reason a monthly residence with a proper tenancy agreement fits this route well. No work or business activity is permitted on it.
Route two: the Second Home visa (E33)
A five or ten-year visa in one grant, with no age requirement and no sponsor, and again no work permitted. The financial proof has two routes: a deposit of Rp 2 billion (roughly USD 130,000) in your own name at an Indonesian state bank, which stays yours, earns interest and is returned when the visa ends, or property worth USD 1 million on a Hak Pakai title.
One detail matters for anyone renting or buying at Core Villas: a leasehold (Hak Sewa) does not satisfy the property route, so people on this visa use the deposit route. The visa is approved first on an undertaking, with 90 days to place the deposit. One deposit covers a spouse, children and parents through family permits.
Route three: multiple-entry visit visas (D1 and D2)
For the part-year life, or the test stay before committing: a multiple-entry visit visa valid for one, two or five years, allowing 60 days per entry, extendable in-country twice to roughly 180 days per visit, with unlimited re-entries. It is applied for online and issued offshore. The tourism version is D1, the business-visit version D2. It does not allow work.
This is the natural companion to a six-month test stay: enter, extend twice, decide, and only then move to a stay permit if Bali has earned it.
What the villa lease does and does not do
A lease is proof of accommodation for the retirement permit, and it is legal for a foreign individual to hold with no visa or company behind it. It is not a route to residency in itself, and a leasehold does not count as the property route for the Second Home visa. Keep the two tracks separate in your planning: the home is one decision, the visa is another, and they are made with different people.
Why this goes through an agent, not a forum
Every figure above is what practitioners report in 2026, gathered from several consistent sources, not the text of the regulation, and requirements change with the office and the year. That is why we state ranges rather than a single number and why we route every application to a licensed immigration agent. Bring this page to that conversation as your list of questions; do not use it as your application.
