Indonesia Visas for Digital Nomads

• Stay: 30 days, extendable once in Indonesia for another 30 days.
• Cost: about IDR 500,000. A fee increase has been proposed but not confirmed.
• Who: citizens of around 97 countries, including the US, UK, EU, Canada and Australia.
• How: buy the e-VoA online before you fly to use the e-gates and skip the queue, or pay at the airport.

Extensions can be done online, but you may still need to visit an immigration office for photos and fingerprints. Agents handle this for a fee.

The C1 (formerly the B211A) is the visa most nomads use for a long season in Bali.

• Stay: 60 days, extendable twice for 60 days each, up to 180 days in total.
• Entry: single entry. Leaving Indonesia ends the visa.
• How: apply online before you travel. Many people use an agent, especially for extensions, which need an immigration office visit.
• Purpose: tourism, visiting family, and meetings. It doesn’t allow work in Indonesia.

For people who come and go, the D1 multiple-entry visit visa is valid for one or two years, with stays of up to 60 days per visit. It suits nomads who spend a few weeks in Bali several times a year, but you have to leave every 60 days.

Indonesia’s digital nomad visa, launched in 2024, is a one-year limited stay permit (KITAS) for remote workers.

• Income: at least $60,000 a year, from employment with a company outside Indonesia.
• Savings: a bank balance of at least $2,000 over the last three months.
• Other requirements: a passport valid for at least six months, an employment contract, a CV, health insurance, and a return or onward ticket.
• Cost: a government fee of about IDR 7 million (about $430) for a year, with agent fees on top if you use one.
• Work: for employers outside Indonesia only. It doesn’t allow work for Indonesian clients.

You apply online, receive the e-visa, and activate the KITAS on arrival. You then register your address and report changes to immigration. The E33G has been less widely used than the C1 because of its income bar and its unsettled tax position (see taxes and money).

The second home visa gives five or ten years of residence to people who can show funds of IDR 2 billion (about $125,000), kept in an Indonesian bank, or who own qualifying property. There is no sponsor, and it can lead to permanent residence. It doesn’t allow work in Indonesia.

• All Indonesia: every arriving visitor fills in the free All Indonesia arrival declaration online, which combines immigration, customs and health questions.
• Bali tourist levy: every foreign visitor to Bali pays a one-off IDR 150,000 per trip, online through the official Love Bali site or app, or on arrival.

Visit visas and the visa on arrival are for tourism and visits only. Working for Indonesian employers or clients, or running a business that trades in Indonesia, needs a work permit (KITAS with an IMTA) or a company setup. The E33G covers remote work for foreign employers. Immigration in Bali has deported foreigners for working illegally, including running unlicensed businesses, teaching and guiding.

Overstaying costs IDR 1 million a day, paid before you leave. Longer overstays lead to detention, deportation and an entry ban. Track your dates, and start extensions at least a week before they are due.