Visa policy of Indonesia

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]

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]

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]}

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]

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.

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]

Yearly tourist arrivals in millions^[44][45]

Source: Statistics Indonesia^[46][47]

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Country	2/2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Malaysia	410,390	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
China	261,795	1,344,074	1,198,582	787,924	169,378	54,713	239,768	2,072,079	2,139,161	1,972,405
Australia	253,544	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	218,804	1,526,438	1,408,015	1,414,447	736,797	18,704	280,492	1,934,445	1,768,744	1,512,813
Timor-Leste	165,174	1,009,181	776,294	728,586	703,780	819,488	994,590	1,178,381	1,762,442	960,026
India	103,294	734,490	710,688	606,439	281,814	6,670	111,724	657,300	595,636	485,314
South Korea	85,683	496,862	436,054	347,185	122,226	9,497	75,562	388,316	358,885	378,769
United States	55,177	412,115	418,196	392,310	188,764	21,962	91,782	457,832	387,856	331,132
United Kingdom	53,613	412,902	392,133	335,209	170,881	5,177	69,997	397,624	392,112	361,197
Japan	53,348	380,079	338,934	251,866	73,913	5,952	92,228	519,623	530,573	538,334
Russia	48,086	219,162	180,215	161,323	75,578	8,392	67,491	158,943	125,728	110,529
Philippines	39,054	246,728	239,714	209,458	78,436	9,375	50,413	260,980	217,874	162,726
France	32,996	367,904	346,337	273,682	134,541	3,776	43,438	283,814	287,917	268,989
Germany	31,609	287,596	281,397	263,534	128,634	3,429	46,361	277,653	274,166	260,586
Papua New Guinea	31,211	156,138	124,492	76,471	22,509	31,703	20,975	78,433	142,648	141,299
Netherlands	27,096	251,941	314,211	250,201	115,052	12,229	53,495	215,287	209,978	205,844
New Zealand	19,078	181,081	159,229	116,603	44,125	482	19,947	149,010	128,366	106,914
Canada	17,397	97,558	87,889	83,696	36,042	1,242	23,200	103,616	97,908	96,139
Saudi Arabia	16,986	156,318	135,643	107,684	47,472	2,053	31,906	157,512	165,912	166,111
Vietnam	13,775	87,398	106,630	121,879	68,067	2,008	19,608	96,024	75,816	77,466
Thailand	13,346	112,137	119,664	111,786	61,128	3,992	21,303	136,699	124,153	106,510
Italy	11,631	146,360	131,149	104,393	47,415	2,339	13,260	91,229	94,288	90,022
Spain	11,377	140,245	142,247	106,581	51,563	3,255	11,829	83,373	85,560	81,690
Turkey	10,355	66,902	50,051	30,433	14,424	1,122	6,038	23,883	20,861	34,433
Poland	10,335	68,100	53,907	41,988	18,401	752	9,055	41,637	31,437	32,704
Myanmar	9,314	57,147	49,255	40,920	22,637	3,093	12,669	46,381	28,612	48,133
Kazakhstan	8,248	24,424	19,403	8,198	2,282	378	3,735	9,781	7,955	7,219
Ukraine	7,860	30,688	27,672	22,204	11,428	3,044	16,491	35,537	26,697	32,964
Sweden	7,068	38,719	40,297	37,481	19,885	3,516	17,600	56,402	50,381	51,417
Mongolia	6,830	9,708	4,850	2,323	706	12	1,483	4,260	3,679	2,414
Denmark	6,761	44,309	42,141	39,555	20,913	557	10,533	45,090	46,825	43,721
Pakistan	6,342	36,348	23,150	14,264	5,247	974	4,110	14,663	13,448	11,424
Switzerland	6,213	60,616	58,205	48,459	23,192	782	8,362	57,484	60,293	61,191
Czech Republic	5,789	27,209	22,741	18,388	7,607	496	6,178	23,941	22,848	20,125
Ireland	5,049	39,607	38,676	34,466	16,003	291	5,167	28,602	28,742	29,400
Portugal	4,947	41,193	37,350	32,029	14,393	476	6,245	35,434	36,804	33,223
Brunei	4,812	31,797	19,796	13,518	4,798	144	2,701	19,278	17,279	23,455
Brazil	4,561	34,497	32,031	29,497	14,855	952	5,945	30,232	26,503	32,403
Norway	4,357	23,721	22,170	19,577	10,069	336	5,072	23,886	24,906	22,838
Belgium	4,140	55,493	52,826	42,888	21,120	798	5,902	46,780	50,050	48,477
Austria	4,072	34,095	39,041	34,984	17,708	2,103	4,858	28,476	29,492	27,208
Uzbekistan	4,040	10,480	8,130	5,283	1,393	68	1,586	3,756	3,548	4,057
Romania	3,857	27,191	27,030	25,031	9,896	510	4,320	18,650	14,092	18,787
South Africa	3,773	36,548	33,135	31,872	13,267	572	15,142	47,657	41,962	38,073
Hungary	3,414	21,042	19,234	16,689	6,384	218	3,664	14,218	13,434	12,600
Bangladesh	3,194	19,329	12,674	9,373	9,593	1,001	12,866	59,777	56,564	56,503
Finland	2,951	14,382	14,859	12,345	5,480	240	6,376	22,665	27,127	24,447
Nepal	2,826	15,836	9,660	5,897	2,225	61	3,918	18,977	14,968	12,821
Oman	2,714	16,663	13,655	9,315	2,980	89	3,612	24,051	25,704	18,615
Colombia	2,678	16,045	14,669	14,572	3,992	96	1,324	6,304	5,445	5,051
Lithuania	2,594	9,816	8,794	9,436	4,091	204	3,038	9,180	8,497	8,550
Sri Lanka	2,398	12,998	10,178	7,393	3,447	620	4,300	28,907	32,508	35,669
Argentina	2,328	13,214	11,771	10,322	3,528	114	3,066	9,994	11,468	15,280
Slovakia	2,311	11,910	9,147	7,503	3,046	152	2,203	9,359	9,058	9,264
Belarus	2,301	10,455	8,953	7,700	3,276	617	3,092	6,644	4,821	4,576
Bulgaria	2,291	10,303	9,631	7,233	2,488	211	2,575	7,652	8,405	8,695
Chile	2,242	10,712	10,690	9,170	2,330	91	2,615	10,029	11,008	10,049
Egypt	2,208	22,030	19,719	16,832	7,326	611	4,337	21,354	18,075	20,345
Mexico	2,155	16,725	16,244	14,341	5,092	135	2,375	13,663	12,418	11,497
Estonia	2,067	6,744	6,114	5,757	2,124	230	3,099	6,644	7,719	7,569
Cambodia	1,844	10,949	10,497	12,611	4,945	228	2,227	13,843	8,875	6,506
Greece	1,547	13,029	11,356	9,531	5,324	385	2,047	9,705	7,713	9,896
Morocco	1,310	17,382	16,771	11,241	3,663	182	1,707	11,371	7,920	11,122
Latvia	1,215	5,406	5,125	5,959	2,478	329	1,860	5,278	4,213	3,932
Jordan	1,117	9,466	7,632	6,140	2,516	167	1,027	6,571	6,228	6,773
United Arab Emirates	980	11,293	9,120	8,537	5,456	384	1,093	9,065	7,100	8,387
Kenya	970	6,098	4,308	2,798	946	65	429	2,845	3,020	3,785
Iran	947	9,438	9,230	7,177	3,073	300	1,354	10,440	11,415	16,301
Croatia	870	5,177	5,217	3,981	1,860	392	1,388	5,257	4,115	6,620
Yemen	865	7,761	6,739	5,936	3,208	758	2,094	9,221	10,008	8,453
Serbia	798	5,471	5,045	3,727	1,417	128	1,287	5,600	3,991	7,054
Slovenia	758	6,632	6,602	3,987	1,347	66	986	4,747	4,472	5,264
Iraq	662	5,679	4,956	2,820	1,180	127	817	2,933	2,356	2,167
Tunisia	592	11,216	10,424	8,563	3,170	75	645	4,335	3,867	6,922
Algeria	469	7,453	5,316	2,990	915	89	792	5,000	4,214	4,341
Lebanon	390	4,577	4,017	3,425	1,777	165	684	6,066	5,228	6,115
Taiwan	No data	204,704	183,341	155,150	25,750	1,398	35,680	207,490	208,317	211,489
Hong Kong	No data	131,140	56,302	13,885	7,086	2,432	2,625	50,324	91,182	98,272
Total	2,348,110	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

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