A new visa is being introduced by Indonesia.
Foreigners can stay for five or 10 years with the new visa.
The applicants need to have at least $130,000 in their bank accounts.
A new visa is being introduced by Indonesia to attract wealthy foreigners.
The country is trying to get more tourists to stay for longer. The new "second home" visa will be in effect from December 25 this year.
The applicants have to be able to bring at least two billion Indonesian rupiahs with them and the funds have to be deposited in Indonesian state-owned banks.
At the launch of the visa on Tuesday, the acting Director General of Immigration stated that the goal was to attract foreign tourists to come to the island.
The press statement said that the visa hopes to bring in people who could contribute to the Indonesian economy.
New Zealand and Portugal have recently introduced "digital nomad visas" to allow remote workers to work overseas after the Pandemic struck.
Over a dozen other countries have launched similar programs.
The digital nomad lifestyle is growing in popularity as more and more people choose to work from home.
According to a report, more than 15 million Americans are digital nomads.
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