Updates Visa entry for Indonesia
What is New?
Visa
As of January 2026, there are 97 countries whose citizens can enter Indonesia using a VoA without having to apply for a visa before departure.
Visa on Arrival allows foreign nationals (FNs) to obtain entry permission immediately upon arrival at airports or international ports in Indonesia.
Tourist visas are only intended for tourists who are visiting Indonesia, NOT for expatriates intending to work and live for an extended period of time.
Visa On Arrival (VOA) system for citizens of 97 nations:
Details information and price for Visa Indonesia Click >>> Price for Indonesia Visa | Visa Requirement & Fee in March 2026
The visa on arrival facility is only available at the following international gateways:
Airports:
- Medan
- Pekanbaru
- Padang
- Soekarno Hatta Cengkareng – Jakarta
- Surabaya
- Ngurah Rai Denpasar (Bali)
- Manado
- Halim Perdana Kusuma in Jakarta
- Adisucipto in Yogyakarta
- Adisumarmo in Solo
- Selaparang in Mataram Lombok
- Sepinggan in Balikpapan Kalimantan
- Hasanudddin in Makasar
- Eltari in Kupang, Timor
- Makassar, Sulawesi
Seaports:
- Batam
- Tanjung Uban (Bintan)
- Belawan (Medan)
- Sibolga (Sumatra)
- Dumai
- Teluk Bayur (Padang, Sumatra)
- Padang Bai (Bali)
- Jayapura (Papua)
- Teluk Bayar in (Padang, Sumatra)
- Bitung, Tanjung Balaikarimun
- Tanjung Mas (Semarang)
- Tenau (Kupang)
- Pare Pare (Sulawesi)
- Bintang Pura (Tanjung Pinang)
Visa-free facility is granted to the citizens of 11 countries whose governments extend visa free facility to Indonesian nationals would continue to enjoy short visa-free stays.
Included in the 11 countries and administrative districts that are granted the 30-day visa-free facility are:
- Brunei Darussalam
- Chile
- Hongkong Special Administrative Region
- Macau Special Administrative Region
- Malaysia
- Morocco
- Peru
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Visitors with the visa-free facility will be able to proceed directly to the immigration clearance counter after deplaning. Passport must be valid for a minimum of six months from the date of arrival, onward or return tickets must be shown on arrival.
PASSPORT
Passports for your family members are issued by a passport office from your own country. While your government may allow children to follow on their mother’s passports, it is better to have separate passports for every family member, just in case separate travel is required.
In order to apply for any visa to Indonesia, your passport must be valid for at least six months. If your passport is nearing expiration, we recommend you renew it to the maximum time allowable before you begin procedures to apply for an Indonesian entry visa.
The current tourist visa policy cuts the length of stay for tourist visas from the previous 60 days to 30 days.
According to Indonesia’s bureaucracy, arriving tourists may be asked to produce the following documents:
- Fill up the Visa Application Form
- Attach the passport (must be valid for a minimum of six months from the date of arrival)
- Recent Photograph (4 x 6 CM) at least 2 months old.
- Roundtrip air ticket
CUSTOM REGULATIONS
- You must have at least 6 (six) months validity of passport to enter Indonesia.
- Visa On Arrival (VOA) can be obtained at the International Airports in major cities of Indonesia.
- According to customs regulations, one adult is allowed to bring into Indonesia a maximum of one liter of alcoholic beverages, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 1000 grams of tobacco, and reasonable amount of perfume.
- Photographic, video and filming equipment radios, typewriters, and cars are admitted provide they are recorded in your passport on entry and taken out of the country on departure.
- Narcotic, firearm and ammunition, TV set, and Chinese medicine are strictly prohibited. Fresh fruit, plants and animals must be passed by Quarantine Office.