Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

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Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Indonesia by the authorities of other states.

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The cover of a biometric Indonesian passport

As of September 2024, Indonesian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 76 countries and territories, ranking the Indonesian passport 65th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

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Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens holding ordinary passports
  Indonesia
  Visa not required
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required

Visa requirements

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Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

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Countries Conditions of access Notes
 Abkhazia Visa required[297]
 Kosovo Visa required[298]
  • No visa needed for holders of a Schengen residency permit.
 Northern Cyprus Visa not required[299]
 Palestine Visa not required[300]
 South Ossetia Visa not required[301]
 Taiwan (Republic of China) Visa required[302]
  • Online Application for Travel Authorization Certificate (TAC) available for Indonesian passport holders if:
    • holding visa/residence permit/permanent residence certificate issued by USA/Canada/South Korea/UK/Schengen Convention countries, which may be valid or has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival
    • holding electronic visa issued by Australia/New Zealand, that is still valid by the date of arrival
    • holding Japanese visa/visa waiver together with proof of record of entering Japan or confirmed onward ticket to Japan
    • holding South Korean visa together with proof of record of entering South Korea.
    • holding visa/residence permit issued by Taiwan (ROC) which has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival; holders of entry visas bearing the remark FL (migrant worker), X (others), or P with “Special permission from MOFA” (visa and eVisa for “Project for Simplifying Visa Regulations for High-end Group Tourists from Southeast Asian Countries (Project Kuan-Hong)” ever issued), as well as holders of Taiwan (ROC) resident cards with stated purpose of residence being migrant worker (移工), are not eligible for a TAC
 Transnistria Visa not required[303]
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Dependent and autonomous territories

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Non-ordinary passports

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Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens holding diplomatic or service passports based on bilateral agreements
  Indonesia
  Visa-free for holders of both diplomatic and service passports
  Visa-free for holders of diplomatic passports only

Holders of Indonesian diplomatic or official / service passports may enter the following countries without a visa for 30 days (unless otherwise stated):

D - Diplomatic passports only.
1 - 90 days
2 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
3 - 60 days
4 - 30 days within any 180-day period.
5 - 14 days

Visa exemption due to having other visas

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Although a visa is generally needed by Indonesian citizens who hold ordinary passports, some countries apply visa waivers providing the Indonesian passport holders are also in possession of a visa or residence permit for certain countries (mainly USA / Canada / UK / Schengen / Australia/New Zealand). Some countries who apply such rules are these:

  1.  Albania: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa ("C" or "D") or valid residence permit in any Schengen member states or previously used multiple-entry visa or residence permit of UK or USA, stay is within the validity term of the visa or the residence permit.[348][349]
  2.  Andorra: No formal visa required but multiple-entry Schengen visa is required.[350]
  3.  Anguilla: Requires valid visa issued by U.K. Please read additional information.[351]
  4.  Antigua and Barbuda: Requires a valid visa issued by USA/Canada/Schengen states/UK and payment of appropriate fees.[352][353]
  5.  Argentina: ETA available for holders of US B2 visa or Schengen C visa (with at least 3 months' validity left) at a fee of 50 USD and for a stay of up to 90 days.[11]
  6.  Belize: Visa on arrival for holder of valid multiple entry USA visa.[354]
  7.  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Requires valid multiple-entry visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen or EU countries for stay up to 15 days.[37]
  8.  British Virgin Islands: Requires visa issued by Canada, USA or United Kingdom valid for a minimum of 6 months on arrival. They must travel as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 6 months.
  9.  Bulgaria: Valid Schengen visa required or valid visas and residence permits issued by Romania, Cyprus and Croatia.[355]
  10.  Costa Rica: Requires valid visa from EU Member State, Canada, Japan, Korea (Rep. of) or USA, for a max.stay of 90 days.[351]
  11.  Cyprus: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa ("C" or "D") or valid residence permit in any Schengen member states or valid multiple-entry visas and residence permits issued by Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia.[356]
  12.  Dominican Republic: Requires visa issued by Canada, USA or any EU Member State for a max. stay of 30 days. Fee: USD 10.-. Extension possible.[351]
  13.  Georgia: Requires valid visa/residence permit (min. 6 months from expire date) for Canada, the US, UK, a Schengen Member State, Overseas/Dependant Territories of GB & Northern Ireland, Middle East GCC, Japan, South Korea, Australia, or New Zealand for nationals of Indonesia.[357]
  14.  Honduras: Requires valid visa for Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State for nationals of Indonesia.[351]
  15.  Kosovo: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa and stay up to 15 days.[358]
  16.  Mexico: Requires permanent residency in Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States (B1/B2 visa also accepted) or the Schengen countries.[359][360]
  17.  Montenegro: Requires visa issued by a Schengen Member State or U.S.A., or not longer than the expiry of the visa, if the validity of the visa is less than 7 days.[361]
  18.  North Macedonia: Requires permanent residence permit of any EU or Schengen member states or a multiple entry Schengen visa (C). In case of possession of multiple entry Schengen type C visa, validity of the visa must be at least 5 days than the planned stay in North Macedonia.[362]
  19.  Panama: Requires visa issued by USA/UK/Canada/Australia/any member countries of the EU, which has been used at least once to enter those countries AND must buy tourist card that is of 30 USD on arrival.[363]
  20.  Romania: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa ("C" or "D") or valid residence permit in any Schengen member states or permanent residence permits issued by the UK or Ireland (the validity of which is of 5 years or more) or valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia.[364]
  21.  São Tomé and Príncipe: Requires visa issued by USA or a Schengen Member state together with a passport valid for a minimum of 3 months from the arrival date for a maximum stay of 15 days.
  22.  Saudi Arabia: Passengers and first-degree family members of passengers with a tourist or business visa issued by USA, United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State traveling as tourists can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 90 days. The visa must have been used at least once and should have an entry stamp of the issuing country. Passengers are allowed a total stay of 90 days within a period of 12 months.[224]
  23.  South Korea: Requires valid visa of USA/Canada/Australia/New Zealand and is travelling between one of those countries to/from a third country and hold a confirmed onward ticket departing within 30 days.[351]
  24.  Taiwan: Online Application for Travel Authorization Certificate (TAC) available for Indonesian passport holders who hold visa/residence permit/permanent residence certificate issued by the USA/Canada/South Korea/UK/Schengen Convention countries, which may be valid or has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival, or valid electronic visa issued by Australia/New Zealand by the time of arrival, Japanese visa/visa waiver together with proof of record of entering Japan or confirmed onward ticket to Japan, or South Korean visa together with proof of record of entering South Korea. TAC is also available to those who have a visa/residence permit issued by Taiwan (ROC) which has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival; holders of entry visas bearing the remark FL (migrant worker), X (others), or P with “Special permission from MOFA” (visa and eVisa for “Project for Simplifying Visa Regulations for High-end Group Tourists from Southeast Asian Countries (Project Kuan-Hong)” ever issued), as well as holders of Taiwan (ROC) resident cards with stated purpose of residence being migrant worker (移工), are not eligible for a TAC.[302][365]
  25.  Turks and Caicos Islands: Requires visa for Canada, United Kingdom or the USA.[351]

APEC Business Travel Card

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  Full members of the scheme
  Transitional members (United States, Canada)

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:[366]

1 - Up to 180 days
2 - Up to 90 days
3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days
4 - Up to 60 days

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:[367]

  • No need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by Canada and United States)
  • Undertake legitimate business in participating economies
  • Expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members

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America

24 August 2015: During a meeting with the Vice President of Panama, Isabel Saint Malo at the East Asia-Latin America Cooperation in San José, Costa Rica, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi formally requested Panama to provide a visa on arrival facility to Indonesians.[368]

30 September 2015: In a bilateral meeting with the foreign minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz Massieu in the United Nations headquarters in New York, Retno Marsudi requested Mexico to give reciprocal treatment for a visa waiver policy for Indonesians to visit Mexico.[369]

26 October 2015: In response to Indonesia's recent policy to abolish visa requirements for American citizens, the United States government plans to extend non-immigrant visas' validity issued to nationals of Indonesia to up to 10 years.[370]

22 May 2018: Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi on her meeting with her Argentine counterpart, Jorge Faurie in Buenos Aires requests Argentina to ease visa application procedure for Indonesian citizens wanting to visit the South American nation.[371]

Asia
  • May 2024: Indonesian Embassy Seoul (KBRI Seoul) will discuss plans to enable visa free travel to South Korea for Indonesian passport holders.[372]
  • March 2015: The government of Indonesia plans to pursue a reciprocal visa-waiver agreement with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.[373][374][375][376] 5 August 2015: During her visit to the 48th AMM in Kuala Lumpur, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and the foreign minister of South Korea, Yun Byung-se discussed further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to South Korea. Negotiation for the same agreements also discussed with her Russian counterpart, foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov for further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to Russia.[377][378][379][380][381] 21 October 2015: In the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting between Indonesia and Mongolia in Jakarta, Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, A.M. Fachir and Mongolia State Secretary/Acting Foreign Affairs Vice Minister, Damba Gankhuyag are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.[382] 24 October 2015: On the sidelines meeting of the Ocean Rim Association in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passport of both countries.[383][384] 8 June 2016: The Taiwan government plans to extend its visa exemption scheme to Indonesian passport holders, as well as visa simplification to the rest 7 ASEAN nations. Visitors from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam will be granted entry privileges such as visa waivers, landing visas or e-visas, according to the report. Visitors from three others ASEAN member nations, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand already enjoy visa exemptions for stays of up to 30 days in Taiwan.[385][386][387] 19 February 2019: At Investment Summit 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Rina Soemarno requests that Bangladesh grants Indonesian passport holder visa-free access to the country based on reciprocity.[388]
    Europe
    April 2015: Delegation of Indonesia and parliament of Romania has raised a possibility of waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service, and ordinary passports of both countries.[389][390]

    10 July 2015: Foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and European Commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans are planning to have a mutual reciprocal visa waiver arrangements for holders of ordinary passport of Indonesia and the European Union.[391][392][393][394][395] During her meeting with Federica Mogherini at 48th AMM that was held in Kuala Lumpur early August 2015, Minister Retno Marsudi requested support from the European Union counterpart for abolishing Schengen visa requirements for Indonesian citizens.[381]

    July 27, 2015: During his visit in Indonesia, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron and the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service and ordinary passport of Indonesia.[396][397][398][399][400]

    31 July 2015: Indonesian Ambassador to Bulgaria and Albania and Bulgarian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs have raised possibility of waiving visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.[401]

    26 August 2015: In an interview to Indonesian media on 26 August 2015, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mikhail Y Galuzin told that his government is ready to waive visa requirements to ordinary passport of Indonesia. Date of implementation is not determined yet because talks and negotiations are still on going.[402]

    28 September 2015: In the 70th UN General Assembly in New York, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi requested support from her French and German counterparts to secure visa-free access to the Schengen Area for Indonesian citizens. Foreign minister of France, Laurent Fabius and foreign minister of Germany, Frank Walter Steinmeier are committed to support Indonesia's request by the time this issue is discussed at the EU Commission. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania also give their support for Indonesia to get a visa-free access to Schengen Area.[403][404][405]

    5 November 2015: On the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Luxembourg, the European Commission has reportedly included Indonesia in a list of countries proposed for review by the European Council. Indonesia's proposal will be submitted to the council early next year. European Council then will ask three main entities (Frontex, Europol and EASO) to study and review Indonesia's eligibility. If the study results are positive then the Council and the European Commission will propose a new regulation regarding the status change of Indonesia to get visa-free Schengen.[406][407][408]

    27 April 2016: During his visit in Indonesia, the president of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić and the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.[409]

    17 May 2017: President Grybauskaite, during her state visit to Indonesia, expressed Lithuania's readiness to support the negotiations on CEPA and the free-visa policy for EU member states as such cooperation will help to generate a revenue of €2.5 billion.[410]

    23 November 2018: Vice Chairman of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Ahmad Muzani requests Bosnia and Herzegovina to grant Indonesian passport holder visa-free travel to the Balkan nation.[411]

    Non-visa restrictions

    Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

    Blank passport pages

    Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[412] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

    Vaccination

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    Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

    Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[413] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[414]

    Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[415][416]

    Passport validity length

    Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

    However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[417][418] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[419]

    Some countries, such as Japan,[420] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[421] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

    In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[422] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[423] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[424] Philippines,[425] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[426]

    Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

    Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

    Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

    Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

    Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[427] and South Africa.

    Maximum passport age

    Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.[428] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.[429]

    Criminal record

    Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[430] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

    Persona non grata

    The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[431]

    Israeli stamps

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    Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)

    Kuwait,[432] Lebanon,[433] Libya,[434] and Yemen[435] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

    To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]

    Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

    Biometrics

    Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[436]

    Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[437][438] Argentina,[439] Brunei, Cambodia,[440] China,[441] Ethiopia,[442] Ghana, Guinea,[443] India, Japan,[444][445] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[446] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[447] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[448] Singapore, South Korea,[449] Taiwan, Thailand,[450] Uganda,[451] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

    Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),[452][453][454] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[455]

    Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[456] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[457][458]

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