Indonesia Visa Guide.

Indonesia cut its visa-free list to a short group of countries under Presidential Regulation 95 of 2024, then added six more in 2026 (Permen Imigrasi 10 of 2026). The list now covers the ASEAN countries plus Colombia, Hong Kong, Suriname, and, newly added, Türkiye, Brazil, Peru, Kazakhstan, Macau and Belarus. If you're on it you get 30 days at no cost, with nothing to arrange in advance.

The catch is that it's rigid. The 30 days cannot be extended and cannot be converted to any other visa once you're in the country. If there's any chance you'll want to stay longer, take the Visa on Arrival instead, which can be extended.

This is the visa most visitors use. It gives you 30 days for tourism, family visits, business meetings or transit, and covers 87 nationalities including most Western passports.

You can pay Rp 500,000 by cash or card at the airport counter on landing, or apply ahead as an e-VOA at evisa.imigrasi.go.id: register, upload your passport page and a photo, pay by card, and download the approval. The e-VOA is valid 90 days from issue to enter, and your 30-day stay starts when you land.

You can extend once for another 30 days (60 total) at a local immigration office. Since June 2025 the extension needs an in-person visit for biometrics, so start it about a week before your 30 days run out. If there's even a chance you'll stay past 30 days, take the VOA rather than visa-free entry: you can extend a VOA, but visa-free can't be extended at all.

When 60 days isn't enough but you don't need to work, this single-entry visit visa is the usual answer. It gives you 60 days, and you can extend it twice, 60 days at a time, for up to 180 days in the country.

Many long-stay travelers and digital nomads use the C1 because they don't meet the E33G's US$60,000 income bar; it's the simpler route for a few months in the country. The tourism version can be applied for by yourself online at evisa.imigrasi.go.id with no sponsor, while the socio-cultural variant, used for family or cultural stays, needs an Indonesian guarantor.

The E33G, officially the Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh, lets you live in Indonesia for a year while working remotely for a company or clients based outside Indonesia. You cannot work for Indonesian companies or take local clients on it.

You need to show income of US$60,000 a year (about US$5,000 a month) and a bank balance of at least US$2,000. No health insurance is required, and family members can be included.

You apply entirely online at evisa.imigrasi.go.id and approval usually takes about five working days. The official page lets you renew the stay permit online each year and sets no maximum, so it isn't capped at a single year. Note that spending more than 183 days in Indonesia will often make you an Indonesian tax resident, depending on your circumstances and the current tax rules.

If you're married to an Indonesian citizen, the E31A spouse visa (the Visa Keluarga Suami/Istri WNI) is the one that lets you live here. You choose a one or two-year stay, and it renews online.

Your Indonesian spouse is the guarantor and applies on your behalf through their evisa.imigrasi.go.id account, with your marriage certificate, passport and a bank statement showing at least US$2,000. Processing takes about five working days.

After two consecutive years on the spouse KITAS, you can upgrade to a KITAP (permanent stay permit), valid five years and renewable indefinitely, which ends the yearly renewal cycle. The official KITAP fee is Rp 11,000,000 (about US$690).

Despite its name, this isn't only for retirees. It's aimed at anyone with the assets to show who wants to base themselves in Indonesia long term without a job or sponsor. It runs for up to five years, renewable to a maximum of ten years in the country, allows multiple entries, and can lead to permanent residency (KITAP) after about three years.

You qualify by proving means rather than income: US$130,000 held in an Indonesian state bank in your own name, or ownership of Indonesian property worth at least US$1 million, in place within 90 days of arriving. You can't earn Indonesian income on it, though remote work for a foreign employer is fine.

The retirement visa (E33F, the "Second Home Visa for the Elderly") gives a one-year stay that renews annually and can lead to permanent residency (KITAP) over time.

You don't have to be formally retired. What you actually show is the income: a pension or other income of at least US$3,000 a month, plus a recent bank statement, health insurance and an Indonesian address. The immigration page states no explicit age, but the visa is aimed at older applicants and agents generally apply a minimum age of 55. It needs a local sponsor, so most people arrange it through an agency.

The Work KITAS is for foreigners taking a job with an Indonesian company. It runs a year and is renewable, but it's employer-driven: a registered Indonesian company must sponsor you and hold RPTKA approval from the Ministry of Manpower.

Because it's sponsor-gated and involves several government steps, the employer and their agent handle it rather than you applying solo. Budget US$2,500 to US$4,000 all-in for a one-year permit.