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Visa policy of Indonesia

Summary

Most visitors to Indonesia may obtain a visa on arrival to Indonesia, unless they are a citizen of one of the visa-exempt countries. However, some countries must obtain a visa in advance from one of the Indonesian diplomatic missions before being allowed to enter Indonesia.

All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months as well as a valid return ticket.

Passport with validity of more than 3 months can be accepted in special cases or business travel.

The immigration officer at the port of entry may ask the passenger to produce any necessary documents (such as hotel reservation and proof of finance).

Visa policy map edit

 
Visa policy of Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Visa not required (30 days)
  e-VOA / Visa on arrival (30 days)
  Visa required
  Visas issued only with government approval

Visa exemption edit

The Directorate General of Immigration publishes a list of countries whose nationals are visa-exempt.[1]

Citizens of the following 10 countries may enter Indonesia without a visa, for a maximum stay of 30 days:[1][2]

Citizens of a visa-exempt country may enter Indonesia through any of the designated border crossings, comprising 15 airports, 91 seaports and 12 cross-border land posts.[1]

APEC Business Travel Card edit

Holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "IDN" code on the reverse, which indicates that it is valid for travel to Indonesia, can enter visa-free for business trips of up to 60 days.[2]

ABTCs are issued to citizens of:[3]

e-VOA / Visa on arrival edit

The Directorate General of Immigration also publishes a list of countries whose nationals are eligible to obtain a visa on arrival to Indonesia,[4] as well as an identical list of countries whose nationals are eligible to obtain an "Electronic Visa on Arrival" (e-VOA) prior to their arrival in Indonesia.[5]

Citizens of the following countries may apply for either an e-VOA[6] or a visa on arrival to Indonesia. These types of visas cost Rp500,000, and is valid for a maximum stay of 30 days, though the visa can be extended once inside Indonesia for another 30 days at designated entry points by paying another Rp500,000.[2][4][5]

* - Already exempt from visa requirement.[2][4]

Citizens of a country eligible for an e-VOA or a visa on arrival may obtain a visa at any of the designated border crossings, comprising 16 airports, 95 seaports and 11 cross-border land posts.[4][5]

Non-ordinary passports edit

 
  Indonesia
  Visa not required for diplomatic, official or service category passports

Holders of diplomatic or official / service category passports issued by the following countries are allowed to visit Indonesia without a visa for 30 days (unless otherwise stated):[7][8]

D - Diplomatic passports only.
1 - 14 days

Transit without a visa edit

Passengers transiting through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for less than 24 hours, or other airports for less than 8 hours, do not require a visa. However, those who are switching terminals in Soekarno-Hatta, or those transiting through Ngurah Rai International Airport require a visa unless they are from a visa-exempt jurisdiction.[2]

Approval required edit

Nationals who wish to obtain a multiple-entry visa, extend their visa (up to a maximum of five extensions) or who are not eligible for either visa-free entry or visa on arrival must apply for a visa in advance at an Indonesian embassy or consulate.

Calling visa edit

Citizens of the following countries require prior approval from the Directorate General of Immigration in Jakarta. Besides a visa, they must hold a reference letter issued by the Directorate General of Immigration, as well as the invitation letter used to apply for their Indonesian visa before travelling to Indonesia. This policy is called the Indonesian Calling Visa.[2][9]

As of 28 November 2023, the Directorate General of Immigration was evaluating a proposed removal of calling visa requirements for citizens of Guinea.[10]

History of visa policy reforms edit

  1. In March 2015, Indonesian authorities announced that from April 2015 visas would be waived for citizens of 30 other countries, namely Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Russia, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.[12][13] For a visa waiver to enter into force Indonesian law stipulating mandatory reciprocity must be changed.[14] In October 2015, the list was further extended by a new Presidential decree with another 45 countries.
  2. Indonesian Government expects additional US$1.3 billion revenue for the foreign-exchange reserves as a result of the visa waiver.[15]
  3. In May 2015, Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced that the visa-waiver will be extended to 60-70 countries as soon as the reciprocity clause was removed from the immigration law.[16]
  4. On June 12, 2015, the Indonesian Government announced that it formally waived visa requirements for the 45 countries listed above for 30 days but the visit permit cannot be extended or changed to other permits.[17]
  5. On September 19, 2015, Indonesian authorities release the name of 45 additional countries and regions that will be eligible for visa free travel to Indonesia by the end of September 2015, namely Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican City and Venezuela.[18]
  6. On December 21, 2015, Indonesian Maritime Coordinator Minister, Rizal Ramli announced that the visa-waiver policy would be extended to 84 additional countries by the end of 2015. The complete list are, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Paraguay, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Island, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, make it total of 174 countries that can enjoy visa-waiver policy to Indonesia.[19][20][21][22]
  7. President Joko Widodo signed a Presidential Decree on 2 March 2016 with regards to the revision of list of countries that were granted short-term visit visa-free facility. Out of 84 additional countries that were initially planned to be added, only 78 were passed. Citizens of Cameroon, Guinea, Montenegro, North Korea, Pakistan, and Somalia would continue to require a visa prior to visit Indonesia.[23]
  8. On 5 August 2020, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signed a visa exemption agreement with Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum allowing ordinary passport holders from Colombia to enter Indonesia visa-free for up to 30 days. It went into effect on September 15, 2020.[24]
  9. The visa waiver system was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visa free entry was restored for only ASEAN and Timor Leste citizens in 2023. Citizens of 92 countries can obtain an e-VOA or a visa on arrival, essentially reverting to the pre-2015 system.[25]

Visitor statistics edit

Most visitors arriving to Indonesia were from the following countries of nationality:

Source: Statistics Indonesia[26][27]

Country 2/2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
  Malaysia 369,289 1,901,242 1,212,574 480,723 980,118 2,980,753 2,503,344 1,238,276
  Australia 228,643 1,431,177 655,370 3,196 256,291 1,386,803 1,301,478 1,188,449
  Singapore 200,080 1,414,447 736,797 18,704 280,492 1,934,445 1,768,744 1,512,813
  China 186,964 787,924 169,378 54,713 239,768 2,072,079 2,139,161 1,972,405
  East Timor 98,501 728,586 703,780 819,488 994,590 1,178,381 1,762,442 960,026
  India 90,619 606,439 281,814 6,670 111,724 657,300 595,636 485,314
  South Korea 71,230 347,185 122,221 9,497 75,562 388,316 358,885 378,769
  United States 57,249 392,310 188,764 21,962 91,782 457,832 387,856 331,132
  United Kingdom 49,131 335,209 170,881 5,177 69,997 397,624 392,112 361,197
  Japan 44,290 251,866 73,913 5,952 92,228 519,623 530,573 538,334
  Netherlands 39,264 250,201 115,052 12,229 53,495 215,287 209,978 205,844
  Russia 35,403 161,323 75,578 8,392 67,491 158,943 125,728 110,529
  Philippines 34,910 209,458 78,436 9,375 50,413 260,980 217,874 162,726
  Taiwan 32,329 155,150 25,750 1,398 35,680 207,490 208,317 211,489
  Germany 32,041 263,534 128,634 3,429 46,361 277,653 274,166 260,586
  France 30,107 273,682 134,541 3,776 43,438 283,814 287,917 268,989
  Papua New Guinea 17,778 76,471 22,509 31,703 20,975 78,433 142,648 141,299
  Thailand 16,740 111,786 61,128 3,992 21,303 136,699 124,153 106,510
  Saudi Arabia 16,388 107,684 47,472 2,053 31,906 157,512 165,912 166,111
  Vietnam 16,132 121,879 68,067 2,008 19,608 96,024 75,816 77,466
  Canada 15,618 83,696 36,042 1,242 23,200 103,616 97,908 96,139
  New Zealand 13,910 116,603 44,125 482 19,947 149,010 128,366 106,914
  Spain 12,092 106,581 51,563 3,255 11,829 83,373 85,560 81,690
  Italy 9,993 104,393 47,415 2,339 13,260 91,229 94,288 90,022
  Sweden 7,959 37,481 19,885 3,516 17,600 56,402 50,381 51,417
  Poland 7,456 41,988 18,401 752 9,055 41,637 31,437 32,704
  Ukraine 7,237 22,204 11,428 3,044 16,491 35,537 26,697 32,964
  Myanmar 6,958 40,920 22,637 3,093 12,669 46,381 28,612 48,133
  Denmark 6,788 39,555 20,913 557 10,533 45,090 46,825 43,721
  Turkey 6,549 30,433 14,424 1,122 6,038 23,883 20,861 34,433
   Switzerland 5,443 48,459 23,192 782 8,362 57,484 60,293 61,191
  Austria 4,780 34,984 17,708 2,103 4,858 28,476 29,492 27,208
  Ireland 4,685 34,466 16,003 291 5,167 28,602 28,742 29,400
  Portugal 4,504 32,029 14,393 476 6,245 35,434 36,804 33,223
  Brazil 4,244 29,497 14,855 952 5,945 30,232 26,503 32,403
  Czech Republic 4,180 18,388 7,607 496 6,178 23,941 22,848 20,125
  Romania 4,002 25,031 9,896 510 4,320 18,650 14,092 18,787
  Belgium 3,979 42,888 21,120 798 5,902 46,780 50,050 48,477
  Norway 3,847 19,577 10,069 336 5,072 23,886 24,906 22,838
  Pakistan 3,646 14,264 5,247 974 4,110 14,663 13,448 11,424
  South Africa 3,573 31,872 13,267 572 15,142 47,657 41,962 38,073
  Finland 3,551 12,345 5,480 240 6,376 22,665 27,127 24,447
  Hong Kong 3,215 13,885 7,086 2,432 2,625 50,324 91,182 98,272
  Hungary 3,053 16,689 6,384 218 3,664 14,218 13,434 12,600
  Colombia 2,787 14,572 3,992 96 1,324 6,304 5,445 5,051
  Kazakhstan 2,648 8,198 2,282 378 3,735 9,781 7,955 7,219
  Egypt 2,519 16,832 7,326 611 4,337 21,354 18,075 20,345
  Argentina 2,321 10,322 3,528 114 3,066 9,994 11,468 15,280
  Bulgaria 2,231 7,233 2,488 211 2,575 7,652 8,405 8,695
  Mexico 2,137 14,341 5,092 135 2,375 13,663 12,418 11,497
  Estonia 2,012 5,757 2,124 230 3,099 6,644 7,719 7,569
  Chile 2,048 9,170 2,330 91 2,615 10,029 11,008 10,049
  Uzbekistan 1,933 5,283 1,393 68 1,586 3,756 3,548 4,057
  Brunei 1,906 13,518 4,798 144 2,701 19,278 17,279 23,455
  Belarus 1,896 7,700 3,276 617 3,092 6,644 4,821 4,576
  Oman 1,875 9,315 2,980 89 3,612 24,051 25,704 18,615
  Lithuania 1,773 9,436 4,091 204 3,038 9,180 8,497 8,550
  Bangladesh 1,648 9,373 9,593 1,001 12,866 59,777 56,564 56,503
  Greece 1,638 9,531 5,324 385 2,047 9,705 7,713 9,896
  Cambodia 1,496 12,611 4,945 228 2,227 13,843 8,875 6,506
  Slovakia 1,479 7,503 3,046 152 2,203 9,353 9,058 9,264
  Morocco 1,455 11,241 3,663 182 1,707 11,371 7,920 11,122
  Sri Lanka 1,415 7,393 3,447 620 4,300 28,907 29,669 35,669
  United Arab Emirates 1,232 8,537 5,456 384 1,093 9,065 7,100 8,387
  Mongolia 979 2,323 706 12 1,483 4,260 3,679 2,414
Total 1,963,783 11,677,825 5,889,031 1,557,530 4,052,923 16,106,954 15,810,305 14,039,799
Indonesian Tourism Statistics[28][29][30][31][32][33]
2000 5,064,217
2001 5,153,620
2002 5,033 400
2003 4,467,021
2004 5,321,165
2005 5,002,101
2006 4,871,351
2007 5,505,759
2008 6,429,027
2009 6,452,259
2010 7,002,944
2011 7,649,731
2012 8,044,462
2013 8,802,129
2014 9,435,411
2015 10,406,759
2016 11,519,275
2017 14,039,799
2018 15,810,305
2019 16,106,954
2020 4,052,923
2021 1,557,530
2022 5,889,031
2023 11,677,825

See also edit

 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Indonesia.

References edit

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External links edit

  • Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration
  • Official Indonesia e-VOA website
  • List of Indonesian diplomatic missions Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

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