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Entry requirements and visa extension
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Citizens of Britain, Ireland, most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA
do not need a visa
to enter Indonesia if intending to stay for less than sixty days, and if entering and exiting via a designated gateway. There are currently around forty of these air and sea
gateways
into Indonesia, at which you can get a free, non-extendable sixty-day visa on arrival; "sixty days" includes the date of entry. You'll be fined US$20 for every day you
overstay your visa
, up to a maximum of fourteen days. After that you'll get blacklisted from Indonesia for two years. The best way to get yourself a
new sixty-day visa
is to leave the country for a few hours and then come straight back in through a designated port of entry (Singapore is the most popular for this).
If you want to stay more than two months, or are
entering via a non-designated gateway
, then you must get a visa from an Indonesian consulate
before travelling.
Tourist visas
are initially valid for four weeks, and cost US$25. They can be extended for up to six months at
immigration offices
(
kantor immigrasi)
in Indonesia, but this is never easy. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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