IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE IN INDONESIA

TRAVELER'S DOCUMENT

PASSPORT

Visitors to Indonesia require a passport that valid at least 6 months commencing the arrival at the port of entry to obtain visa. In case you need to travel separated with your children, we recommend you to have separate passports. You can apply visa at the nearest Indonesian Embassy or consulate in your country.

VISA

Indonesian government has granted VOA (Visa on Arrival) to some countries. Those nationalities can obtain Indonesian visa upon arrival at the port of entries. Tourist visa that valid for 30 days shall cost you at US$ 25 and US$ 10 for visa that valid for 3 days. Tourist visa is not extendable except in force mejeur condition.  Should you have to stay longer than 30 days, you can exit to the nearest neighboring country to obtain new visa at the Indonesian Embassy or consulate. For your perusal, we have listed below the country that has been granted the facility, as well as the ports of entry that facilitate the VOA.

COUNTRY

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Maldives

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

The Netherland

New Zealand

Norway

Oman

People’s Republic of China

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Switzerland

Sweden

Suriname

Taiwan

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States of America

FREE VISA ON ARRIVAL

In exchange to free visa granted to Indonesians citizens, free visa has been granted to the following 11 COUNTRIES :

Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Hongkong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

Upon arrival at the airport, visitors to Indonesia with Free Visa facility can immediately proceed to the immigration clearance counter. Passport must be valid for at least six months starting the date of arrival. Also, onward or return tickets must be shown to the authority at the airport.

Citizens of other countries neither belong to the Visa on Arrival List nor to the Free Visa list are required to apply for Indonesian tourist visa either in their home countries or the transit country before entering Indonesia. Citizens of any other countries who might want to stay more than the normal tourist visa validity; 30 days, must also apply for an appropriate visa, cultural or business visit.

Currently, tourist visa last only for maximally 30 days period or 30 days shorter than the previous one. And the 30 days visa validity is calculated commencing the arrival as the 1^st day and the 30^th  day as the departure. So, visitors who stay over the 30^th shall pay a fine of US $ 20 per person per day.

Should you stay longer than what you have already planned for some reasons, you may consider flying to the nearest countries such as Singapore and East Timor and you may re-enter Indonesia in the same day.