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Visa & Immigration

Last verified August 15, 2026

Written for U.S. passport holders

Common Entry Types

Visa on Arrival (VoA) / e-VoA
As a U.S. citizen, you need a visa to enter Indonesia; there's no visa-free tourist entry. The Visa on Arrival (or its online version, the e-VoA) is the standard option, costing IDR 500,000 (about $35) and granting 30 days. You can extend it once, in person, for another 30 days (60 days total).
E33G Remote Worker visa
A dedicated visa (launched April 2024) for remote workers employed by or contracting with a company based outside Indonesia. Requires proof of at least $60,000/year in income and $2,000+ in savings over the last 3 months; explicitly does not allow working for or being paid by Indonesian entities.

Overstay Consequences

  • The overstay fine is roughly IDR 1,000,000 (about $65) per day.
  • Overstaying beyond the 60-day maximum (initial stay plus one extension) can lead to deportation and being blacklisted from future entry.

Renewal Path

  1. 1A VoA/e-VoA can be extended once, for 30 more days, at a local immigration office; as of mid-2025, this requires an in-person visit for biometric data.
  2. 2Beyond the 60-day combined maximum, you need to leave and, if eligible, re-apply, or transition to a different visa category like the E33G before your stay maxes out.

The Gotcha

Indonesia doesn't have a free visa-waiver tourist entry for U.S. citizens the way many popular destinations do; you're paying for and applying for a Visa on Arrival every time, even for a short trip. And the 60-day combined ceiling (30 + one 30-day extension) is a hard stop, not something you can casually push past the way a discretionary officer-granted stay might work elsewhere.

Sources

This page was drafted from the primary sources below. Rules change, so check the linked page directly before relying on any of this.