Bali Visa Guide: Entry Requirements by Country (2026)

Key Takeaways

• Most visitors to Bali need an electronic Visa on Arrival (e-VoA) at IDR 500,000 (~USD 32) for a 30-day stay, extendable once for another 30 days.
• Only 15 nationalities enter visa-free for 30 days — the 10 ASEAN states plus Colombia, Suriname, Hong Kong, Türkiye, and Brazil — with no extension allowed.
• A separate Bali Tourist Levy of IDR 150,000 (~USD 10) is mandatory for every foreign visitor, paid via the official Love Bali portal.
• Your passport must have at least 6 months validity from arrival and two blank pages, and you'll need an onward or return ticket at boarding.
• The All Indonesia Arrival Card must be submitted online within 3 days before arrival — missing it can delay airport clearance.

Most visitors to Bali in 2026 need an electronic Visa on Arrival (e-VoA) costing IDR 500,000 (~USD 32) for a 30-day stay, extendable once for another 30 days. Citizens of 15 countries — the 10 ASEAN states plus Colombia, Suriname, Hong Kong, Türkiye, and Brazil — enter visa-free for 30 days (no extension). Every foreign visitor also pays a separate IDR 150,000 Bali Tourist Levy and completes the All Indonesia Arrival Card within 3 days of arrival.

Picture this: you're at the check-in desk in Sydney, Mumbai, or London, and the agent flips through your passport and shakes her head. Your passport expires in five months and 28 days — two days short of Indonesia's six-month rule. You're not flying. It happens often enough that Bali-bound airlines now flag it before the gate, and immigration officers in Denpasar turn travellers around for the same reason every week.

Bali's entry system has changed more in the last two years than in the previous decade. The visa-exemption list shrank from 169 countries to 15, an electronic Visa on Arrival replaced the airport queue, a new tourist levy added a second pre-arrival payment, and an All Indonesia Arrival Card now bundles the customs and health forms.

This Bali visa guide works through the four entry routes by nationality, the documents you'll need before boarding, the total cost for a 30-day trip, and the long-stay options for anyone planning to stretch the visit beyond a month. Get these four pieces right and Bali clears you through immigration in under 20 minutes.

Which Bali Visa Do You Need? Entry Pathways by Country

Indonesia offers four main entry pathways into Bali, and the right one depends entirely on your passport, not your residency. A Singaporean living in London still travels on Singapore's visa-free rules; a US citizen living in Singapore still needs the e-VoA.

The four pathways are: visa exemption (free, 30 days, no extension), the electronic Visa on Arrival (paid, 30 days, one extension), the C1 / B211A Visit Visa (paid, 60 days, two extensions), and the long-stay KITAS visas for digital nomads, retirees and investors. Knowing which one applies to you is the single most important step of Bali entry requirements planning.

Visa-exempt countries — 15 nations, 30 days, non-extendable

Following Indonesia's Presidential Regulation No. 95 of 2024, the visa-exemption list dropped from 169 countries to a tight 15. Travellers from these countries clear immigration without paying anything beyond the tourist levy, but the 30-day stay cannot be extended or converted into another visa type. If you need a 31st day, you'll have to fly out and re-enter on an e-VoA.

The 15 visa-exempt countries are:

• ASEAN members: Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
• Strategic five: Colombia, Suriname, Hong Kong SAR (passport holders), Türkiye, Brazil

Note that many older articles still list Macau, Chile, or Peru as exempt — these were dropped in the 2024 revision. Always check your nationality against the current list on the official Indonesian e-Visa portal before booking.

e-Visa on Arrival countries — 90+ nations, 30 days, one extension

The e-VoA covers most premium-source markets for Bali tourism — the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, China, India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, South Africa, and most other European and developed-economy passports. If your country isn't on the visa-exempt list of 15 and isn't on the restricted list further down, you're almost certainly an e-VoA traveller.

The e-VoA allows a 30-day stay extendable online once for another 30 days, taking the maximum stay to 60 days. Beyond that you must leave the country.

Countries that need a C1 / B211A before flying

Nationalities not eligible for the e-VoA must apply for a C1 Visit Visa (sub-class B211A) at an Indonesian embassy or via the official portal before flying. This includes most African nations, several Central Asian republics, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and a handful of others. As of November 2025, a temporary processing hold also applies to a few nationalities — Sri Lankan applications, for instance, were paused before restarting in December 2025.

The C1 / B211A requires a sponsor letter from an Indonesian citizen or company, a 3-month bank statement showing at least USD 2,000, and a confirmed itinerary. Processing takes 5–10 working days.

The four pathways at a glance

Pathway	Stay length	Extendable?	Fee	Who it's for
Visa Exemption (A1)	30 days	No	Free	15 nations (10 ASEAN + 5)
e-Visa on Arrival (B1)	30 days + 30 day extension	Once (online)	IDR 500,000 (~USD 32)	90+ nations including USA, UK, Australia, EU, India, China
C1 / B211A Visit Visa	60 days + two 60-day extensions	Twice (in-country)	From IDR 1,500,000 (~USD 95)	Anyone wanting 60–180 days, plus restricted nationalities
KITAS / Long-stay (E33G, E33E)	1–10 years	Renewable	USD 100–1,500+	Digital nomads, retirees, investors, expat workers

How to Apply for the Bali e-VoA (and What It Costs)

The fastest Bali visa guide rule: apply online before you fly. The electronic Visa on Arrival is the same document and the same fee as the counter version at the airport, but the online route lets you walk straight to the auto-gates at Ngurah Rai International Airport instead of queueing at the manual VoA payment desk.

The official portal and avoiding scam sites

Only one portal is official: evisa.imigrasi.go.id, run by Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration. Dozens of lookalike sites with names like "indonesia-evoa.com" or "bali-visa-online.net" charge an extra USD 30–80 on top of the official IDR 500,000 fee for nothing more than form-filling. The official portal is in English, accepts Visa and Mastercard, and emails the approved e-VoA as a PDF within 24–48 hours in most cases.

Documents you'll upload

• Passport bio page scan (clear, all four corners visible, valid for at least 6 months from arrival)
• Recent passport-style photo on a plain background
• Confirmed onward or return flight ticket departing within 30 days
• Email address that you can access during your trip (the e-VoA PDF arrives here)
• A payment card (Visa, Mastercard, or American Express)

Total cost breakdown for a 30-day trip

• e-VoA visa fee: IDR 500,000 (~USD 32)
• Bali Tourist Levy: IDR 150,000 (~USD 10)
• Total mandatory entry cost: IDR 650,000 (~USD 42) per person
• Processing time: 24–48 hours for most applications; allow 5–7 days as a buffer
• Validity: 90 days from issue — you must enter Bali within this window

Auto-gates vs the manual VoA desk

If your passport is an electronic passport (most issued after 2010) and your e-VoA was approved before you flew, you can use the automated gates at Ngurah Rai. Scan your passport, scan the e-VoA QR code, look at the camera, and you're through in under a minute. The manual VoA payment counter is still open for arrivals who forgot to apply online — expect a 30–60 minute queue during the December and July peak weeks.

Passport, Photo and Onward-Travel Rules That Catch People Out

A valid e-VoA is necessary but not sufficient. Indonesian airlines have boarding-denial discretion, and Bali immigration officers can refuse entry even with an approved visa if the supporting documents don't add up. Three rules trip up more travellers than any other.

Six-month passport validity (counted from arrival)

Your passport must have at least six months of remaining validity from the date you land in Bali, not the date you fly home. A passport expiring on, say, 15 December is invalid for a 20 June arrival because it falls eight days short of the six-month threshold. Airlines now check this at check-in and routinely deny boarding rather than risk a fine for transporting an inadmissible passenger.

Two blank pages and an undamaged passport

Indonesian immigration requires at least two fully blank visa pages for entry and exit stamps. A water-damaged passport, a torn cover, or a heavily worn bio page can also trigger refusal — there have been documented cases of denied entry over a passport that had been through a washing machine, even with the photo and details still legible. If your passport looks rough, replace it before booking the trip.

Onward ticket and proof of funds

Immigration officers regularly ask for a confirmed onward or return flight ticket departing within the 30-day visa window. A one-way ticket without onward travel proof leads to either boarding denial at the origin airport or entry refusal in Denpasar. For the C1 / B211A Visit Visa, the standard requirement is a 3-month bank statement showing a balance of at least USD 2,000, though larger sums help if the visit is for a longer stretch.

For travellers who do clear immigration, the next step is enjoying what brought you to the island. Three of Bali's most-visited icons — perched on cliffs, draped across hillsides, and standing on tidal rocks — are the reason most readers are working through this visa paperwork in the first place.

The Bali Tourist Levy and All Indonesia Arrival Card — Two Steps People Skip

Two pre-arrival tasks sit outside the visa system and surprise travellers who think the e-VoA covers everything. The Bali Tourist Levy is a separate provincial fee, and the All Indonesia Arrival Card is a separate immigration form. Skipping either can add 30–90 minutes to your arrival, and in the levy's case, a tourism police spot-check at Uluwatu or Tanah Lot can mean paying it at a busy roadside counter instead of from your hotel pool.

What the Bali Tourist Levy is and why it exists

Introduced on 14 February 2024 under Bali Provincial Regulation No. 6 of 2023, the Bali Tourist Levy charges every foreign visitor IDR 150,000 (~USD 10) on entry. The fund supports cultural preservation, environmental protection, and tourism infrastructure across the island — the same priorities that protect the temples, beaches, and rice terraces you came to see. The levy applies to children and infants too, with no age exemption.

It is a one-time payment per entry to Bali province. If you side-trip to the Gili Islands (Lombok province) and return, you don't pay again. If you fly from Bali to Jakarta and come back, you do.

Paying through the official Love Bali portal

The only official platform is lovebali.baliprov.go.id. Several scam sites mirror the Love Bali branding and charge a USD 5–15 markup for the same form-fill. Pay before departure — the QR voucher arrives by email and on the app. If the portal fails (it does crash, particularly during peak weeks), counters at Ngurah Rai accept cashless payment in Indonesian Rupiah on arrival.

• Levy fee: IDR 150,000 per person, all ages
• Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, QRIS, bank transfer
• Frequency: Once per entry to Bali province
• Exempt: KITAS/KITAP residency-permit holders, diplomatic visas, student visas, Golden Visa holders (exemption must be applied for at least 5 days before arrival)
• Enforcement: Tourism police conduct random checks at major attractions — keep the QR voucher saved offline on your phone

The All Indonesia Arrival Card and electronic customs declaration

Indonesia bundled its old customs, health and immigration arrival forms into a single online system. You must submit the All Indonesia Arrival Card within three days before your flight lands. The form covers passport details, flight number, accommodation address, health declaration, and customs declaration. It generates a QR code you scan at the e-CD desk after immigration.

Forget it before you fly and you'll fill it out at the airport — usually on a slow Wi-Fi connection while a 200-person queue builds behind you. Filling it in the airport taxi after landing is not allowed; the QR code must exist before you cross the immigration line.

Staying Longer Than 30 Days — Extensions, B211A and Long-Stay Visas

The 30-day e-VoA is the right tool for a holiday but the wrong tool for a long Bali winter or a multi-month yoga teacher training. Indonesia now offers four clearly different paths beyond 30 days, and choosing the wrong one is the single most common reason expats and remote workers end up with overstay fines or rushed border runs.

Extending your e-VoA online

An approved e-VoA can be extended once for another 30 days, taking the total stay to 60 days. The extension is processed online for the e-VoA — applications must be filed before the original 30 days expire. Note that since June 2025, Immigration Circular Letter IMI-417 requires a single in-person visit to the local immigration office for biometric and photo capture during any extension. A licensed visa agent can handle the rest of the paperwork and book your appointment so you only visit once. The extension fee is roughly the same as the original — IDR 500,000.

The C1 / B211A Visit Visa for 60–180 days

If you know in advance that your trip will run beyond 60 days — a yoga teacher training, a long surf trip, a wedding-and-honeymoon-and-extended-family-tour stretched across the dry season — apply for the C1 Visit Visa (sub-class B211A) before you fly. It allows a 60-day initial stay extendable twice while you're in Indonesia, for a maximum stay of 180 days. The fee from IDR 1,500,000 (~USD 95) plus extension costs is higher than two back-to-back e-VoA trips, but you avoid the border-run flight to Singapore or Kuala Lumpur.

The E33G Digital Nomad Visa

Launched in 2024 and updated for 2026, the E33G visa is Indonesia's answer to the remote-work wave that built communities in Canggu, Ubud and Uluwatu. It gives a one-year stay with multiple entries, lets you legally work for a foreign employer (not an Indonesian one), and exempts the holder from Indonesian tax on foreign income. Eligibility requires a foreign employer or remote-work contract, proof of minimum annual income (USD 60,000), and a bank balance of at least USD 2,000 at application.

Second Home Visa for retirees and long-term stayers

The Second Home Visa offers a five- or ten-year stay for travellers over 60, retirees, and high-net-worth visitors who can show proof of funds (typically IDR 2 billion, around USD 130,000, held in an Indonesian bank or equivalent assets). It's the route favoured by long-term Bali residents in Sanur and Ubud, and it removes the recurring extension paperwork that comes with shorter visas. Travjoy's Bali experiences and the recommendations across the island are pre-vetted by local experts, so once your paperwork is sorted, the planning that follows can stay focused on the trip rather than the logistics.

Common Mistakes and Overstay Penalties

The Bali entry system is generous compared with many neighbouring countries, but enforcement is firm and the fines are sharp. The four mistakes below account for the majority of denied-boarding and overstay cases at Ngurah Rai.

Overstay — IDR 1,000,000 per day, plus deportation risk

Every day past your authorised stay costs IDR 1,000,000 (~USD 65), paid at the airport before you can leave. Stay more than 60 days past expiry and you risk detention, deportation at your own expense, and a re-entry ban that can run from six months to several years. Set a calendar reminder for the day before your visa expires — losing track of the date during a long holiday is the most common cause.

Working on a tourist visa

The e-VoA and visa-exemption permits cover tourism only. Remote work for a foreign employer sits in a grey zone that immigration has tightened on since 2024 — most travellers do it quietly, but if you're making content for an Indonesian audience, accepting payment from Indonesian clients, or doing anything that competes with local labour, you need a work visa. Deportation cases for "working illegally" have increased, with Canggu and Ubud the most-monitored areas.

Using a scam application portal

If a site charges more than IDR 500,000 for the e-VoA or asks for cryptocurrency, it isn't official. The only government portal for the visa is evisa.imigrasi.go.id and the only government portal for the tourist levy is lovebali.baliprov.go.id. Anything else either marks up the price or sells your passport data.

Mixing up the visa fee and the tourist levy

The IDR 500,000 e-VoA fee covers your visa. The IDR 150,000 Bali Tourist Levy is a separate provincial tax. Both are mandatory; paying one doesn't cover the other. Keep both QR vouchers on your phone — they sit on different servers and immigration officers check the visa, while tourism police occasionally check the levy.

Plan Your Bali Trip with Confidence

The Bali visa guide for 2026 comes down to four checks: your nationality decides the visa pathway, your trip length decides whether the e-VoA is enough or whether you need a C1, your passport must clear the six-month and undamaged-page rules, and the Tourist Levy plus Arrival Card sit alongside the visa as two separate but mandatory tasks. Get the paperwork done before you board and Bali clears you in under 20 minutes from auto-gate to baggage carousel.

Once the documents are sorted, the rest of the trip is the easy part. Start planning your Bali itinerary on Travjoy's Bali destination page, or browse the top 20 experiences across the island — from Nusa Penida day trips to Ubud rice-terrace walks, Uluwatu sunsets, and dinner cruises off Jimbaran. The visa work is the gate; what follows is the holiday.