Indonesia visas and residence permits
in 2026

We would advise against it. Visit visas expressly prohibit selling goods or services and receiving payment for work from individuals or companies in Indonesia. Remote work for a foreign employer does not appear among the activities these visas permit, and it is precisely that case the E33G index was introduced for in 2024. Enforcement has tightened noticeably through 2026, with targeted checks at coworking spaces and other places remote workers gather in Bali. If a breach is found, the outcome is cancellation of your permit, deportation and a re-entry ban rather than a fine.

Sometimes, but far from every route allows it. The onshore status change procedure does exist, and the application has to be filed at least 30 days before your current permit expires. The restrictions are firm. Stay permits issued under D1 and D12 do not convert into a limited stay permit, which is stated plainly in the official description of both visas. Permits from a visa on arrival or from visa-free entry cannot be changed into anything else at all. That is why the widespread promise of get a D12 now and move on to an investor permit without flying out sits at odds with the official rules. We check what is possible from your current index before any work begins.

It depends on the route, and this is another area where the market gets it wrong. Under the official requirements D1, D12 and Second Home are filed without a sponsor: Second Home relies on an immigration guarantee instead. The investor KITAS, by contrast, is sponsored by the PT PMA itself, and the work KITAS by the employer. The general rule is that limited and permanent stay permits must have a sponsor or an immigration guarantee in place for the whole time they are valid. So applying without help is formally possible on some routes only, and even there the work does not end with submission: translations, legalisation, government fees and attending biometric enrolment in person all remain.

Yes, on all four routes that grant resident status. A spouse, children under 18 and parents apply for a dependant permit under the E31 series, tied to your own status. For E33G holders this became possible in December 2025; before that, remote workers could not bring family at all. The dependant permit runs for the same period as the principal one and is renewed alongside it. One limitation matters: a dependant permit carries no right to work, which requires a route of your own. On the D1 and D12 visit visas each family member applies separately for the same visa.

The fine is IDR 1,000,000 for every day of overstay. Two details catch people out: there is no grace period, so the count starts on day one, and the amount is charged per person, children included. A family of four that stays ten days too long is not paying for ten days but for forty. Up to 60 days the matter is settled with the fine. Beyond 60 days it stops being an administrative issue: deportation follows, together with a re-entry ban that under the 2024 amendments to the immigration law can run to 10 years and be extended by the same period again.

The 183-day threshold over 12 months is widely quoted, but it is not the only test, and this is where most sites oversimplify. Alongside the day count, your actual place of residence and any signs of an intention to settle are taken into account. A tax authority regulation in force since December 2025 set those criteria out in more detail and linked immigration records to tax records. In practice, a long-term permit combined with a long lease can be read as intent well before day 184. A tax resident declares worldwide income on a progressive scale. It is worth modelling your position with a tax adviser before the move rather than after the first year.

Not every one of them. The move to permanent stay is open to employees, investors, clergy and elderly tourists after at least three continuous years in the country from the date the first permit was issued. The spouse of an Indonesian citizen applies after two years of marriage. E33G and Second Home do not appear on that list of qualifying routes. The investor path carries a higher threshold at this stage than at the previous one: a stake from IDR 15 billion for permanent status against IDR 10 billion for the limited one. The work KITAS has a ceiling of its own, six years in total with the same employer, so the move is worth planning in advance. Citizenship is a separate naturalisation procedure, and Indonesia does not recognise dual citizenship.

Yes, if you are applying for a KITAS. Since May 2025 attendance in person has been mandatory both on first issue and on every renewal: a photograph, fingerprints, a signature and a short conversation with an officer at the immigration office covering your address. The old arrangement, where an agent handled everything and the applicant never appeared, no longer works. Obtaining a KITAS entirely remotely is not possible today, and any promise to the contrary is worth treating as a warning sign. On the D1 and D12 visit visas no biometric enrolment is required; the stay permit is granted on entry.

Mechanically, yes: on the multiple-entry D1 and D12 visas the stay period restarts with each entry, so a day out of the country and back resets the counter. Legally it holds up only as long as what you actually do here matches the purpose of your visa. The problem starts where someone is in effect living and working in the country while formally remaining a visitor: the purpose of stay no longer matches the index, and a travel history made up of dozens of short hops speaks for itself under scrutiny. For settled living there are limited stay permits, and they cost less than repeated flights plus the risk attached.

Our fee for handling the application, plus everything that is paid to someone other than us. The prices in the cards above cover the support work. Government fees are counted separately, and on some routes so are mandatory payments to third parties: on the work KITAS that is the foreign worker levy of $1,200 a year, paid by the employer. Beyond payments there are asset requirements, which do not leave your pocket but do have to be in place: a deposit of $130,000 in your own account for Second Home, a stake of IDR 10 billion in a PT PMA for the investor KITAS, plus the cost of incorporating the company itself. We work out the full budget for your route before any work starts, so nothing surfaces halfway through.

No provider can guarantee that a visa will be granted. Every application is decided by an immigration officer, and the authority is entitled to request further documents or carry out checks that fall outside the standard processing time. Any promise of a guaranteed outcome should be treated with caution rather than read as a mark of quality. What proper support does is different: assess your case before submission, prepare a complete and accurate file, address the issues that most commonly lead to refusal, say plainly if the route does not fit you, and save you months on a resubmission.