Passport - check the expiry date
Important – check your passport's expiry date
To enter Indonesia, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from your date of arrival.
Example: If you land on 1 October, your passport must be valid until at least 1 April the following year.
Accommodation documents for Bali
Most people use e-VOA (Visa On Arrival).
For stays longer than 30 days or for specific purposes (e.g. if you are travelling as a performing artist), other visas are required. You can find links to these further down the page.
Before entering Indonesia, you need to fill in the All Indonesia digital arrival declaration.
Here, several of the tasks and declarations that were previously done separately are gathered, including:
* personal and passport details
* flight and accommodation information
customs declaration
health declaration
* quarantine-related tasks
When your tax return is complete you will receive a QR code. It is a good idea to save a screenshot of the QR code on your mobile phone so that you can easily access it upon arrival.
So you do not need to fill in a separate e-CD/customs declaration when arriving by air in Bali.
The notification is to be completed no earlier than 72 hours Before departure.
Arrival Notification here Do you choose "Foreign Visitor")
All tourists pay an environmental fee of IDR 150,000 per person.
The fee can be paid digitally before the journey or upon arrival.
2. All Indonesia (Notification of arrival including health declaration) >
Important things to consider!
All these steps are taken digital.
Save QR codes and other confirmations to your phone – screenshots are a good backup. You'll then have them handy even if the connection is patchy on arrival.
You will need to show them at various checkpoints at the airport in Bali.
Bali airport has several different queues and checkpoints, which can feel a bit overwhelming on arrival. With your preparations done at home, though, it's all very straightforward.
1. Immigration – go straight to the e-gates
When you arrive at immigration you will see different queues and groups of people.
If you have already arranged your visa/e-VOA before the trip, you do not need to queue to buy a visa on arrival.
Go instead directly to the automatic e-gates/passport control. There you scan your passport and go through immigration. This is therefore the first stop.
The green automatic passport control gates / e-gates
It can be a bit confusing because there are often people queueing before these. Many of them need to arrange visas or other things on site. If you know that you already have everything sorted, you don't automatically need to join that queue just because others are doing so.
Tax-free
After immigration, you pass through the duty-free area.
Here you just walk through or stop and shop if you want.
3. Collect your luggage
After duty-free, you will come to the baggage reclaim belts. Collect your bags and then proceed towards the exit/customs.
4. All Indonesia - have your QR code ready
You have now reached the final control where you show/scan your All Indonesia QR code.
Here too you can see people standing at various stations or in groups. It is often travellers who have not completed the declaration before departure and therefore need help or to fill it in on the spot.
Are you travelling together as a family or group?
When filling out All Indonesia, one person can be registered as the Lead Traveller and add other travellers in the same group. You can then receive a joint QR code for the group. This does not mean anything has gone wrong; the Lead Traveller simply holds the group's registration.
Short version – remember the order
- LANDING
- IMMIGRATION - If you have your e-VOA ready → go straight to the e-gates and scan your passport
- TAXFREE BAGGAGE - Collect your bags
- ALL INDONESIA QR CODE - Have the QR code/screenshot ready for the final check
WELCOME TO BALI!
Visa options for Bali
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Visa
Visa On Arrival
Entry visa valid for 30 days, with the option to extend once for an additional 30 days.
B1 - Tourist Electronic Visa on Arrival >
Single Journey Visa
C7C - Talent Performance Visa >
C10 - Event Participant Visa >
C22B - Company Internship Visa >
Multiple Entry Visa
KITAS
Visa Extension
Single Journey Visa
C1 - Single storey extension >
Multiple Entry Visa:
D1 - Multiple entry extension >
D2 - Multiple entry extension >
KITAS
Leading a retreat in Bali - what visa do you need?
Are you planning to lead, organise or guide a retreat in Bali?
Then it is important to have the right visa for the activities you will be carrying out in Indonesia. Which visa is relevant depends, among other things, on what you are actually going to do, whether you get paid and how long you are going to stay.
Working KITAS – if you are going to work and get paid
If you are going to work for and receive remuneration from an Indonesian company, you generally need a Working KITAS.
A Working KITAS can normally be issued for 6 months or 1 year and gives you the right to work in Indonesia within the position and job description specified in your permit.
The application requires sponsorship and documentation from an Indonesian employer or an Indonesian company, including an employment contract and other company and employment documents.
You may only carry out the work specified in the job description set out in your licence.
C7C – for certain short-term professional activities
For certain short-term professional activities, a C7C Single Entry General Art Performer Visa (B211) may be an option.
This category may include invited professionals such as yoga instructors, chefs and photographers participating in events or similar activities in Indonesia.
The visa is valid for a stay of up to 30 days and cannot be extended. You must also be outside Indonesia when you apply.
With a C7C, you can receive benefits such as accommodation, food and transport.
However, you must not:
* undertake paid work in Indonesia
* sell goods or services
* work under an employment relationship for a person or a company in Indonesia
* stay for longer than 30 days
* travel abroad and then return on the same visa
To put it simply:
Are you going to work for and receive remuneration from an Indonesian company?
→ Then a Working KITAS may be required.
Are you invited for a short professional activity, staying for a maximum of 30 days and not performing any paid work in Indonesia?
→ Then C7C could be an alternative, depending on exactly what you are going to do.
Are you travelling solely as a guest or retreat participant and will not be working, teaching or guiding?
Then some form of visitor visa may be relevant instead.
Important for you who lead retreats
Indonesian immigration rules make a distinction between visiting the country as a tourist or retreat participant and actively working, teaching, guiding or providing professional services.
Under the terms of the C7C, you are not permitted to undertake paid work in Indonesia. There are also restrictions regarding selling services, as well as marketing or advertising the retreat business while you are in Indonesia.
Visa and immigration regulations can change, and the right visa depends on the individual arrangement.