Visas & health checks

e-VOA before you fly, then one 30-day extension online. Simplest and cheapest route.

Visit visa through an agent, extended twice. Good for surf seasons, family visits and scouting.

Remote worker KITAS if you have a foreign contract, Second Home visa if you are self-funded.

Work or investor KITAS with a company sponsor. Only these let you earn inside Indonesia.

Holidays up to 60 days total.

• IDR 500,000 paid at the airport counter or online as e-VOA before you fly.
• Extendable once for another 30 days — apply 7–14 days before it expires.
• Passport must be valid 6+ months with a return or onward ticket.
• No work of any kind, including remote work for a foreign employer in theory.

Anyone who wants to skip the payment queue.

• Apply at evisa.imigrasi.go.id a few days before departure; you get a QR by email.
• Extension is done online from the same account — no immigration office visit for the first extension in most cases.
• Save the QR offline; airport wifi is unreliable at 2am.

ASEAN passport holders.

• Free, 30 days, cannot be extended or converted.
• Everyone else should take the VOA even if a website says otherwise.

Longer stays, remote workers, repeat visitors, family visits.

• Applied for before arrival through a sponsor or agent; IDR 2–4M depending on the agent.
• 60 days on entry, extendable twice inside Indonesia for up to 180 days total.
• Still not a work permit for local employment — no Indonesian clients or salary.

Employed by or contracting to a company outside Indonesia.

• Requires proof of USD 60,000 annual income, 12 months of bank statements and a foreign employment contract.
• Income earned abroad, so no Indonesian tax on that income while you stay under the residency threshold.
• Multiple-entry, so you can leave and return.

Working for an Indonesian company or holding shares in a PT PMA.

• Work KITAS needs a company sponsor, RPTKA approval and a DKP-TKA levy of USD 100 per month.
• Investor KITAS needs a minimum shareholding in a PT PMA (typically IDR 1bn+) and allows no salaried role.
• Both convert to a KITAP after several consecutive years.

Age 60+ with pension income.

• Needs proof of pension (commonly USD 1,500+/month), rented accommodation and local health insurance.
• You must employ an Indonesian domestic helper as part of the conditions.

Self-funded long stays with no work requirement.

• Requires proof of funds of IDR 2bn (about USD 130,000) held in a state bank, or ownership of qualifying property.
• No sponsor needed and no local employment allowed.

Tell the clinic it is for a KITAS or stay permit (surat keterangan sehat untuk KITAS) so they issue the correct stamped certificate rather than a generic fitness note.

• BIMC Kuta and BIMC Nusa Dua — English-speaking, fast turnaround, most expensive.
• Siloam Hospitals Sunset Road and Kasih Ibu Denpasar — full lab on site, mid price.
• Puskesmas (government community clinic) in your kecamatan — cheapest, mostly Indonesian-speaking, often what agents use.

• Height, weight, blood pressure and a short doctor consultation.
• Blood draw for infectious-disease screening and a urine sample for the drug test.
• Chest X-ray for tuberculosis on most work and retirement permits.
• Fasting is usually not required unless the package includes blood sugar or cholesterol.

• Passport plus a photocopy of the photo page and current visa.
• Two or four 4x6 red-background photos — bring extras, immigration asks again later.
• Your sponsor letter or agent reference number if you have one.
• Cash or card; some Puskesmas are cash only.