Information about the Indonesia visa

Do I need an Indonesia visa? All travellers visiting Bali or another Indonesian island in 2024 or 2025 need a visa. Only travellers from certain Asian countries are exempted. If you are a UK national, you will need a visa to visit Indonesia. This also applies to travellers from UE countries and Switzerland. Minors must also have a valid visa to enter Indonesia.

What do I need to do to apply for my visa? In 2022, Indonesia introduced the so-called e-visa. This visa can be applied for online and is suitable to travel to all Indonesian islands, including the popular tourist destination of Bali. You can apply by filling out an online form and submitting a number of documents in digital format. Once granted, you will receive your visa by email in PDF format. Since you will need to show your visa on arrival in Indonesia, you will need to print it out. It is also possible to apply for the visa at the Indonesian embassy, or upon arrival at the airport. However, applying online is in most cases the simplest way to obtain your visa.

It is not longer possible to make a short stay without a visa
Until 2020, travellers from the UK and a number of other countries could travel to Indonesia and stay for up to 30 days without a visa. Since 2020, travellers from these countries are required to have a visa, even for a short stay. As the visa for Indonesia can now be applied for online, it is still very easy to visit islands such as Bali, Java or Lombok.

Validity and length of stay

The Indonesia visa that you can apply for on this website allows a tourist or business stay of up to 30 days. After arrival, the maximum stay can be extended once, up to a total of 60 days.

From the moment your visa application is approved, you have 90 days to travel to Indonesia. However, you can submit your visa application as long before departure as you want. If you apply for your visa more than 60 days before departure, your application will be put on hold, and automatically processed 60 days before your trip. This way, you can be sure that your visa will be valid during your trip. This also allows you to travel to Indonesia 60 days before and 30 days after the departure date you entered in the application form.

Requirements for using the visa

If you want to travel to Bali or any other part of Indonesia with a visa, you need to consider a number of requirements. To be eligible for the online visa, you must meet a series of requirements, both at the time of applying and throughout your whole stay in Indonesia. These requirements include:

• You must be a UK national or a national of a UE country. Travellers from Switzerland can also apply for the visa, as well as travellers from these countries.
• You must hold a regular passport, valid for at least 6 months at the time of departure from Indonesia. An emergency passport or residence permit cannot be used to apply for a visa.
• At the time of arrival in Indonesia, you must already be able to show a return or transit ticket.
• Your purpose of travel must be tourism. You may not be employed by an Indonesian employer or participate as a speaker at events in Indonesia. However, you may go to conventions or exhibitions as a visitor.
• You must be able to prove that you have sufficient financial resources to cover your entire stay in Indonesia.

Apply for the Indonesia visa

If you meet all the requirements, you can apply for the e-visa Indonesia online. The application process consists of three simple steps that can be completed fully online.

• Fill in the online form. First, you must fill in the online application form. Using the form, you will have to provide your contact details, passport details and some data related to your trip. Fill in the form carefully, so that the inspection of your visa application goes smoothly.
• Proceed with the payment. After filling in the application form, pay the fees for your Indonesia visa application. You can choose from several secure payment methods, including credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
• Upload the required documents online. Finally, you will be asked to provide a number of documents. This step can be easily completed online. Make sure you have a digital passport photo and a digital copy of your passport saved on the computer, laptop or smartphone that you will use to submit the application.

Once you have submitted your application, one of visa specialists at e-Visa.ie will check the form you have filled out and the documents you have provided. Is everything correct? Then your application will be forwarded to the immigration service in Indonesia, who will decide if your visa is granted or not. If your e-visa is granted, you will receive it by e-mail. You will then be able to download your visa, print it and take it with you on your trip to Indonesia.