Only a short list of countries can enter Indonesia without a visa. If yours isn't on it, the visa on arrival takes a few minutes online. Here's who qualifies, what it costs and what to fill in before you fly.
Visa-free travel in Indonesia is open to a short list of countries: the ASEAN members, plus Hong Kong, Macau, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Everyone else, including travelers from Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, needs a visa. For a holiday, that usually means the visa on arrival: IDR 500,000, valid 30 days, extendable once.
Why the confusion? Until June 2023, 169 countries could visit Indonesia visa-free. Then the government suspended the exemption for 159 of them. Plenty of websites still repeat the old list (this page did too, before this update), so if you read "no visa needed" somewhere, check when it was written.
The current list is short enough to read in one go:
The last six on that list were added in Indonesia's most recent update, which tells you something: it changes. Check the official immigration website (imigrasi.go.id) before you book.
If you do qualify, the rules are strict:
If you're French, British, German, American, Canadian or Australian, this is your section. Around 90 nationalities can get Indonesia's visa on arrival, and there are two ways to do it. Same price, same rights:
The cost is IDR 500,000. You get 30 days, and you can extend once for another 30 days at an immigration office, so 60 days in total.
Our advice: do it online. Picture landing in Denpasar after a night flight, with a queue already forming at the payment counter. With the e-VOA approved, you skip that step.
One warning. Search "Indonesia e-visa" and you'll find lookalike sites that charge more for the same thing. The only official address is evisa.imigrasi.go.id.
| Visa-free | Visa on arrival (e-VOA) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | ASEAN countries and the short list above | Around 90 nationalities, including Europe, the US, Canada and Australia |
| Cost | Free | IDR 500,000 |
| Length of stay | 30 days | 30 days |
| Extension | Not possible | Once, for 30 more days |
| How to get it | Nothing to apply for | Online before you fly, or at the airport |
Staying longer than 60 days, or traveling for work? You'll need a different visa, applied for before you arrive through the official e-visa website or an Indonesian embassy.
Yes. These nationalities aren't on the visa-free list, so you need the visa on arrival, either online beforehand (e-VOA) or at the airport.
No. The visa-free stay is 30 days, with no extension and no conversion to another visa.
No. The IDR 150,000 levy is a separate payment for visitors to Bali, on top of any visa.
With the formalities sorted, here's where the real planning starts:
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