Visa policy of Indonesia

Most visitors to Indonesia may obtain a visa on arrival in 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 at least six months, as well as a valid return or onward ticket. Passports with validity of more than three months may be accepted in special cases or for business travel.

At the port of entry, immigration officers will ask passengers to present an arrival card and may ask for supporting documents such as hotel reservations and proof of sufficient funds.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

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

Citizens of the following 17 countries may enter Indonesia without a visa, for a maximum stay of 30 days:[1][2]

In addition, permanent residents of Singapore are eligible to enter Batam, Bintan and Karimun for a maximum stay of 4 days without a visa.[3][1]

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

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:[4]

Visa on arrival

The Directorate General of Immigration also publishes a list of countries whose nationals are eligible to obtain a visa on arrival (VoA/e-VoA) to Indonesia,[5] Despite its name, it can also be applied for online prior to arrival in Indonesia via its eVisa portal.[6]

Citizens of the following countries may apply for a visa on arrival. This visa costs Rp500,000, and is valid for a maximum stay of 30 days. The visa can be extended once inside Indonesia for another 30 days at designated offices for an extra Rp500,000.[7]

N - Already exempt from visa requirement.[2][5]

Citizens of a country eligible for a visa on arrival may obtain it at any of the designated border crossings, comprising 16 airports, 95 seaports and 11 cross-border land posts.[8]

Non-ordinary 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):[9][10]

D - Diplomatic passports only.
1 – 14 days

Indonesia signed visa exemption agreements with Algeria, Eswatini, Gambia, Nepal, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia and Syria for diplomatic and service passports. These agreements are yet to be ratified.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Transit without a visa

Passengers transiting through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and not changing terminals, or those transiting through Ngurah Rai International Airport and not staying after 2 AM, do not need a transit visa if transiting for up to 8 hours.[2]

Visa required

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.

Approval required (Calling visa)

The Calling Visa applies to nationals of countries considered to have certain vulnerabilities or risks related to ideology, politics, economy, society, culture, security, or immigration. Due to these factors, citizens from these countries must obtain special approval from Directorate General of Immigration in Jakarta before applying a visa. 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.[2][20]


History of visa policy reforms

  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.[24][25] For a visa waiver to enter into force Indonesian law stipulating mandatory reciprocity must be changed.[26] 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.[27]
  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.[28]
  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.[29]
  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.[30]
  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 is 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. 174 countries that can enjoy visa-waiver policy to Indonesia.[31][32][33][34]
  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.[35]
  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.[36]
  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.[37]
  10. In December 2023, Minister for Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno announced that the ministry is working to resume visa-free entry for nationals of 20 countries with "high spender" tourists, including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United States and United Kingdom.[38]
  11. The Jokowi administration signed the Presidential Regulation 95/2024 on 29 August 2024, which resumed visa-free access to tourists from Colombia, Hong Kong, and Suriname, as well as granting visa-free entry to Batam, Bintan and Karimun in the Riau Islands for Singapore permanent resident holders up to four days.[39][40][41]
  12. The Directorate General of Immigration announced on 2 July 2025 that it is resuming visa-free entry for tourists from Brazil and Turkey. The regulations are set to take into effect on the next day.[42][43]

Visitor statistics

This section is an excerpt from Tourism in Indonesia § Statistics.[edit]
Yearly tourist arrivals in millions[44][45]

Source: Statistics Indonesia[46][47]

Country 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
 Malaysia 2,639,749 2,278,281 1,901,242 1,212,574 480,723 980,118 2,980,753 2,503,344 1,238,276
 Australia 1,754,791 1,671,222 1,431,177 655,370 3,196 256,291 1,386,803 1,301,478 1,188,449
 Singapore 1,526,438 1,408,015 1,414,447 736,797 18,704 280,492 1,934,445 1,768,744 1,512,813
 China 1,344,074 1,198,582 787,924 169,378 54,713 239,768 2,072,079 2,139,161 1,972,405
 Timor-Leste 1,009,181 776,294 728,586 703,780 819,488 994,590 1,178,381 1,762,442 960,026
 India 734,490 710,688 606,439 281,814 6,670 111,724 657,300 595,636 485,314
 South Korea 496,862 436,054 347,185 122,226 9,497 75,562 388,316 358,885 378,769
 United Kingdom 412,902 392,133 335,209 170,881 5,177 69,997 397,624 392,112 361,197
 United States 412,115 418,196 392,310 188,764 21,962 91,782 457,832 387,856 331,132
 Japan 380,079 338,934 251,866 73,913 5,952 92,228 519,623 530,573 538,334
 France 367,904 346,337 273,682 134,541 3,776 43,438 283,814 287,917 268,989
 Germany 287,596 281,397 263,534 128,634 3,429 46,361 277,653 274,166 260,586
 Netherlands 251,941 314,211 250,201 115,052 12,229 53,495 215,287 209,978 205,844
 Philippines 246,728 239,714 209,458 78,436 9,375 50,413 260,980 217,874 162,726
 Russia 219,162 180,215 161,323 75,578 8,392 67,491 158,943 125,728 110,529
 Taiwan 204,704 183,341 155,150 25,750 1,398 35,680 207,490 208,317 211,489
 New Zealand 181,081 159,229 116,603 44,125 482 19,947 149,010 128,366 106,914
 Saudi Arabia 156,318 135,643 107,684 47,472 2,053 31,906 157,512 165,912 166,111
Papua New Guinea 156,138 124,492 76,471 22,509 31,703 20,975 78,433 142,648 141,299
Italy 146,360 131,149 104,393 47,415 2,339 13,260 91,229 94,288 90,022
Spain 140,245 142,247 106,581 51,563 3,255 11,829 83,373 85,560 81,690
Hong Kong 131,140 56,302 13,885 7,086 2,432 2,625 50,324 91,182 98,272
 Thailand 112,137 119,664 111,786 61,128 3,992 21,303 136,699 124,153 106,510
 Canada 97,558 87,889 83,696 36,042 1,242 23,200 103,616 97,908 96,139
Vietnam 87,398 106,630 121,879 68,067 2,008 19,608 96,024 75,816 77,466
Poland 68,100 53,907 41,988 18,401 752 9,055 41,637 31,437 32,704
Turkey 66,902 50,051 30,433 14,424 1,122 6,038 23,883 20,861 34,433
 Switzerland 60,616 58,205 48,459 23,192 782 8,362 57,484 60,293 61,191
Myanmar 57,147 49,255 40,920 22,637 3,093 12,669 46,381 28,612 48,133
Belgium 55,493 52,826 42,888 21,120 798 5,902 46,780 50,050 48,477
Denmark 44,309 42,141 39,555 20,913 557 10,533 45,090 46,825 43,721
Portugal 41,193 37,350 32,029 14,393 476 6,245 35,434 36,804 33,223
Ireland 39,607 38,676 34,466 16,003 291 5,167 28,602 28,742 29,400
Sweden 38,719 40,297 37,481 19,885 3,516 17,600 56,402 50,381 51,417
South Africa 36,548 33,135 31,872 13,267 572 15,142 47,657 41,962 38,073
Pakistan 36,348 23,150 14,264 5,247 974 4,110 14,663 13,448 11,424
Brazil 34,497 32,031 29,497 14,855 952 5,945 30,232 26,503 32,403
Austria 34,095 39,041 34,984 17,708 2,103 4,858 28,476 29,492 27,208
Brunei 31,797 19,796 13,518 4,798 144 2,701 19,278 17,279 23,455
Ukraine 30,688 27,672 22,204 11,428 3,044 16,491 35,537 26,697 32,964
Czech Republic 27,209 22,741 18,388 7,607 496 6,178 23,941 22,848 20,125
Romania 27,191 27,030 25,031 9,896 510 4,320 18,650 14,092 18,787
Kazakhstan 24,424 19,403 8,198 2,282 378 3,735 9,781 7,955 7,219
Norway 23,721 22,170 19,577 10,069 336 5,072 23,886 24,906 22,838
Egypt 22,030 19,719 16,832 7,326 611 4,337 21,354 18,075 20,345
Hungary 21,042 19,234 16,689 6,384 218 3,664 14,218 13,434 12,600
Bangladesh 19,329 12,674 9,373 9,593 1,001 12,866 59,777 56,564 56,503
Morocco 17,382 16,771 11,241 3,663 182 1,707 11,371 7,920 11,122
Mexico 16,725 16,244 14,341 5,092 135 2,375 13,663 12,418 11,497
Oman 16,663 13,655 9,315 2,980 89 3,612 24,051 25,704 18,615
Colombia 16,045 14,669 14,572 3,992 96 1,324 6,304 5,445 5,051
  Nepal 15,836 9,660 5,897 2,225 61 3,918 18,977 14,968 12,821
Finland 14,382 14,859 12,345 5,480 240 6,376 22,665 27,127 24,447
Argentina 13,214 11,771 10,322 3,528 114 3,066 9,994 11,468 15,280
Greece 13,029 11,356 9,531 5,324 385 2,047 9,705 7,713 9,896
Sri Lanka 12,998 10,178 7,393 3,447 620 4,300 28,907 32,508 35,669
Slovakia 11,910 9,147 7,503 3,046 152 2,203 9,359 9,058 9,264
United Arab Emirates 11,293 9,120 8,537 5,456 384 1,093 9,065 7,100 8,387
Tunisia 11,216 10,424 8,563 3,170 75 645 4,335 3,867 6,922
Cambodia 10,949 10,497 12,611 4,945 228 2,227 13,843 8,875 6,506
Chile 10,712 10,690 9,170 2,330 91 2,615 10,029 11,008 10,049
Uzbekistan 10,480 8,130 5,283 1,393 68 1,586 3,756 3,548 4,057
Belarus 10,455 8,953 7,700 3,276 617 3,092 6,644 4,821 4,576
Bulgaria 10,303 9,631 7,233 2,488 211 2,575 7,652 8,405 8,695
Lithuania 9,816 8,794 9,436 4,091 204 3,038 9,180 8,497 8,550
Mongolia 9,708 4,850 2,323 706 12 1,483 4,260 3,679 2,414
Jordan 9,466 7,632 6,140 2,516 167 1,027 6,571 6,228 6,773
Iran 9,438 9,230 7,177 3,073 300 1,354 10,440 11,415 16,301
Yemen 7,761 6,739 5,936 3,208 758 2,094 9,221 10,008 8,453
Algeria 7,453 5,316 2,990 915 89 792 5,000 4,214 4,341
Estonia 6,744 6,114 5,757 2,124 230 3,099 6,644 7,719 7,569
Slovenia 6,632 6,602 3,987 1,347 66 986 4,747 4,472 5,264
Kenya 6,098 4,308 2,798 946 65 429 2,845 3,020 3,785
Iraq 5,679 4,956 2,820 1,180 127 817 2,933 2,356 2,167
Serbia 5,471 5,045 3,727 1,417 128 1,287 5,600 3,991 7,054
Latvia 5,406 5,125 5,959 2,478 329 1,860 5,278 4,213 3,932
Croatia 5,177 5,217 3,981 1,860 392 1,388 5,257 4,115 6,620
Lebanon 4,577 4,017 3,425 1,777 165 684 6,066 5,228 6,115
Total 15,386,646 13,902,420 11,677,825 5,889,031 1,557,530 4,052,923 16,106,954 15,810,305 14,039,799

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Indonesia.

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