PT PMA Setup Sequence Before an Indonesia E28A Investor Visa Application

Move from the deed to OSS in dependency order

The incorporation workflow should move from approved source data to name, deed, legal-entity approval, tax data, and OSS licensing. Each output becomes an input for the next system, so a correction to shareholders, address, capital, or activity can create work across several records. Release control should sit with the investor or an authorized company officer, not solely with the filing agent. For the company-to-visa sequence, the immediate acceptance point is to verify legal identity and governance against the documented name, deed, and AHU approval.

Use AHU business-entity services for the corporate record and the OSS framework under Government Regulation 28 of 2025 for risk-based business licensing. After each submission, compare the official output with the approved data sheet. Record the identifier, issue date, responsible account, downloadable evidence, corrections, and next dependency before marking a stage complete. Within the company-to-visa sequence file, the responsible officer should preserve entity tax registration and access as evidence for the decision to confirm data and filing owner.

Calculate the investment value at the correct KBLI and location unit

The current general PT PMA baseline is total investment of more than IDR 10 billion, excluding land and buildings, for each five-digit KBLI per project location. That is an investment-plan threshold, not a registration fee and not automatically the same as paid-up capital. BKPM Regulation 5 of 2025 contains activity-specific calculation units and exceptions, so the headline must not be multiplied mechanically without reading the relevant rule. For the company-to-visa sequence, the immediate acceptance point is to classify accurately against the documented land and buildings under general baseline.

Articles 26 and 27 of BKPM Regulation 5 of 2025 should be applied to the exact KBLI, project, location, sector, land, building, equipment, working capital, and timetable. The same regulation generally sets minimum issued and paid-up capital at IDR 2.5 billion per PT unless another rule requires more and controls its initial use. Reconcile the deed, OSS investment plan, bank remittance, shareholder ledger, asset and expense evidence, accounts, and later LKPM reporting. Within the company-to-visa sequence file, the responsible officer should preserve paid-up equity and use of funds as evidence for the decision to do not call it a fee.

Travel planning should follow the PT PMA funding and investor KITAS dependency timeline rather than a single sales estimate that starts before company readiness.

Complete the corporate baseline for the visa route

The corporate baseline for an investor visa package should be established before immigration filing. The deed, AHU approval, shareholder register, beneficial-owner data, OSS record, sponsor account, and applicant role must support the same ownership and governance story. A pending or inaccurate amendment can affect the immigration evidence. For the company-to-visa sequence, the immediate acceptance point is to keep conduct within permission against the documented board or investor activity.

Review the company-law framework in the Indonesian Company Law , the current investment and capital requirements in BKPM Regulation 5 of 2025 , and the applicable immigration product page. Keep corporate capital, individual share ownership, investment commitments, and visa thresholds distinct. If the applicant also performs work beyond the investor or board activities permitted by the visa, obtain specific immigration advice. Within the company-to-visa sequence file, the responsible officer should preserve deed and shareholder register as evidence for the decision to match applicant and share value.

Sequence company readiness, application, payment, and entry

Prepare the sponsor account only after the PT PMA's legal identity, shareholder data, address, and responsible officer are correct. The current Immigration E28A requirements list the sponsor, passport, proof of living funds of at least USD 2,000, photo, curriculum vitae, itinerary, shareholding evidence, and company approval among the application materials. A newly established company may be allowed to supply the requested current-account evidence within the stated post-ITAS period, but the exact live form should be checked before submission. For the company-to-visa sequence, the immediate acceptance point is to reconcile before upload against the documented corporate, applicant, sponsor, and share evidence.

After submission, preserve the application receipt, billing code, PNBP receipt, queries, approval, visa document, entry deadline, and ITAS evidence. The official page states a five-business-day processing period after payment and a 90-day visa-validity window, but neither should be presented as a guaranteed end-to-end timetable. Build contingency for document correction, verification, travel changes, and company-data updates, then calendar extension and change-reporting duties from the actual issue dates. Within the company-to-visa sequence file, the responsible officer should preserve application, billing, payment, and queries as evidence for the decision to retain official receipts.

Maintain immigration status when the company or founder's facts change

A founder's immigration file can be affected by a passport replacement, residential change, share transfer, capital adjustment, director or commissioner change, sponsor-account change, company name or address amendment, altered activity, or a shift from investor oversight to operational employment. The corporate team should notify immigration advisers before the notarial or OSS change is completed so the stay-permit impact can be sequenced rather than discovered during renewal. For the company-to-visa sequence, the immediate acceptance point is to use actual expiry dates against the documented visa, ITAS, travel, and family dependencies.

Maintain a single calendar for visa validity, ITAS, re-entry permission where applicable, passport validity, family permits, company reporting, corporate amendments, and planned travel. Keep the sponsor's credentials and recovery channels under company control. If the founder exits the company or changes status, complete the relevant immigration closure or conversion, revoke corporate authority and system access where appropriate, and preserve evidence that the old sponsor relationship ended correctly. Within the company-to-visa sequence file, the responsible officer should preserve sponsor, authority, access, and records as evidence for the decision to close the old status.