Indonesia — Tourist Visa & Visa on Arrival (30 Days)
Summary
- VoA / e-VOA
- 30 days per visit
- Extension
- Once, +30 days (60 total)
- C1 tourist e-visa
- 60 days, extendable to 180 total
- Yearly cap
- None set by Immigration
- Breach at
- Day 31 without an extension
- Authority
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi
Indonesia's Visa on Arrival and e-VOA grant 30 days, extendable once by 30 days for a 60-day maximum on that visit. The pre-arranged C1 tourist e-visa grants 60 days, extendable up to 180 days total for the stay. There is no annual or rolling cap on how much time you spend in Indonesia across visits — but each re-entry is a discretionary decision at the border, and the 183-day tax line is a different rule entirely.
Who it applies to
This matters most if you are:
- Visiting Bali, Jakarta or Lombok on a Visa on Arrival and unsure what day 31 means.
- A remote worker running back-to-back tourist stays and wondering whether there is a yearly ceiling.
- Deciding between a VoA at the airport and a C1 e-visa applied for before you fly.
- Holding a D2 business visa and confusing its rules with the tourist track.
The VoA and e-VOA apply to nationals of the countries on Immigration's Visa on Arrival subject list. Nationals of the countries on its separate visa-exemption (Bebas Visa Kunjungan) list, mostly Southeast Asian countries plus a few others, are given a visit stay permit at the border without a visa; Immigration's stay-permit page lists extensions only for visa and VoA holders. Nationals on neither list need a visa arranged in advance regardless of length of stay.
The rule — and why it exists
Indonesian immigration runs the tourist track on per-visit grants, not aggregate quotas:
- Visa on Arrival / e-VOA. The official eVisa FAQ states the stay as "up to 30 days (extendable)" and confirms you can extend it for another 30 days of stay. One extension only.
- C1 tourist visa. The Directorate General's C1 page sets the maximum stay at 60 days per entry, extendable up to a total of 180 days, with the visa itself valid for 90 days from issue.
- No aggregate cap. The official visa pages impose no rolling or calendar-year total on visit stays. What limits repeat visits in practice is the officer's decision at the border, not arithmetic.
Why it exists: Indonesia wants high-volume tourism with a short default window and a paid extension for people who want longer. The discretion at the border is the safety valve that replaces a statutory cap — which is why the honest answer to "how many times can I come back?" is "as many as officers keep letting you".
Counting the days
- 1Your stay is counted from the day you enter — the arrival day is day 1.
- 2A VoA or e-VOA gives you 30 days, so day 30 is your last legal day and day 31 is an overstay.
- 3If you extend, your permitted stay becomes 60 days from entry. Raise the limit on the counter to 60 so the app matches your grant.
- 4On a C1, start at 60 and raise the limit as each extension is granted, up to the 180-day ceiling for that stay.
- 5Leaving and re-entering starts a completely new grant — the counter resets per visit because the law does.
The counter ships conservatively at 30 rather than assuming an extension you may not get, which follows the same pattern as the D2 business-visa preset. Extensions are granted by immigration offices, not automatically, so track what you actually hold.
Examples
Example 1 — the standard beach month
Hannah lands in Denpasar on 3 March on an e-VOA. Day 1 is 3 March, so her last legal day is 1 April. She flies out on 30 March, comfortably inside the grant, and her counter resets for the next trip.
Example 2 — the extension
Tom enters on a VoA and applies for his extension on day 22. It is granted, taking his permitted stay to 60 days. He raises the per-visit limit in Bounded from 30 to 60 so the alarm now fires against the stay he actually holds rather than the one he arrived with.
Example 3 — the C1 long stay
Léa applies for a C1 before flying, enters on 1 June with a 60-day stay, and extends twice. Her permitted stay reaches 180 days total for that visit. She updates the limit each time an extension lands; the counter tracks the current grant, not the theoretical maximum.
Exceptions & edge cases
- Officer discretion on re-entry. No official page bars consecutive visits, but there is no entitlement to one either. The VoA itself requires a return or onward ticket, and frequent returns with no obvious visit purpose invite questions.
- The D2 business visa is a separate track. The C1 and VoA allow some business-related visits — attending meetings, conventions and exhibitions, and on a C1 negotiating or signing agreements — but not paid work. Bounded ships a separate Indonesia D2 business visa counter with its own rules.
- Extension timing. Apply several days before expiry. Offices can require an in-person appointment, and a rejected or late application leaves you overstaying.
- No paid work. Immigration's C1 page bars visit-stay holders from selling goods or services or receiving payment from individuals or companies in Indonesia. Indonesia has separate visa categories for other purposes.
- Tax residency runs on a different clock. More than 183 days in any 12 months makes you an Indonesian tax resident regardless of visa type — see Indonesia tax residency.
Common misconceptions
- "There is a 60-day limit per year." No such rule exists. The 30 and 60 figures are per-visit grants, not annual quotas.
- "The VoA can be extended repeatedly." Once only. For longer stays, apply for a C1 before you travel.
- "Indonesia has a Schengen-style rolling window." It does not. There is no 90/180 or equivalent for Indonesian tourist entries.
- "A visa run guarantees re-entry." It does not. The officer at the border decides every entry.
- "Staying under the visa limit keeps me out of Indonesian tax." Different rule. The tax test is 183 days in any 12 months, which several visa-compliant long stays can cross.
Frequently asked questions
30 days. Both the Visa on Arrival bought at the airport and the e-VOA applied for online grant a stay of up to 30 days, counted from the day of entry. It can be extended once, by a further 30 days, for a maximum of 60 days on that visit. Day 31 without an extension is an overstay.
Once. The VoA and e-VOA can each be extended a single time for 30 additional days, taking you to 60 days total for that visit. e-VOA holders apply online; holders of a non-electronic VoA apply at the immigration office nearest to where they are staying. Extensions can be filed from 14 days before your permit expires — apply several days ahead, not on the last day.
C1 is the single-entry tourist visa applied for before travel through the official e-visa portal. It grants a maximum stay of 60 days per entry, extendable up to a total of 180 days for that stay, and the visa itself is valid for 90 days from issue (meaning you must enter within that window). It is the right choice if you know in advance you want more than a month.
Raise the per-visit limit on the counter to match what you were actually granted. The preset ships with 30 because that is what a VoA grants by default — if your extension is approved, set the limit to 60. On a C1 set it to 60, and raise it as each extension is granted, up to 180.
Immigration's official visa pages set stay limits per arrival and state no annual or rolling cap — there is no Schengen-style window. But that does not make back-to-back visits safe: holding a visa does not guarantee admission, and the immigration officer at the border decides each entry.
Under Article 78 of Immigration Law No. 6/2011, an overstay of less than 60 days incurs an overstay charge. Not paying it, or overstaying by more than 60 days, leads to deportation and an entry ban. Because the grant is exactly 30 days, the practical advice is to set the alarm a week out and either extend or leave.
Once you are present in Indonesia for more than 183 days within any 12-month period — a separate rule with a separate counter. Two 60-day C1 stays plus extensions can put you within range of that line, so if you are spending long periods in Bali, track both. See the Indonesia tax residency article.
This rule is tracked automaticallyin
Bounded
- Automatically tracks your days for this rule
- Alerts you before you cross the limit
- Counts arrival and departure days correctly
- Runs alongside your other visa, tax, and residency rules
Sources
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — eVisa FAQ (Visa on Arrival / e-VOA)
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — Visa index C1 (tourism)
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — Visa index B1 (Visa on Arrival)
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — Visit stay permit (ITK) extensions
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — Visa-exemption (Bebas Visa Kunjungan) country list
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — Law No. 6/2011 on Immigration, Art. 78 (overstay)
- Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — official e-visa portal
Related rules
For information only. This page is a plain-English summary of publicly available rules, not tax, legal, or immigration advice. Rules change and depend on your personal circumstances — always confirm with the official source above and a qualified professional before acting.