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Use your e-VOA Within 90 Days After Issuance, and You can Stay for a Maximum of 60 Days After Arrival in Indonesia

Jakarta, February 20,2023 : Foreigners can apply for an Indonesia Electronic Visa on Arrival (e-VOA) before arriving in Indonesia. The holder must use the visa within 90 (ninety) days after issuance. Sub-coordinator of Public Relations of the Directorate General of Immigration, Achmad Nur Saleh, stressed that the validity of an e-VOA to enter Indonesia differs from the e-VOA stay permit validity.

“We discovered many misunderstandings in the community regarding whether the validity period of e-VOA is 90 days or 60 days. First, we underline that the 90-day visa validity is before foreigners enter Indonesia. It is the time limit when e-VOA is good to enter Indonesia after the date of issuance. Meanwhile, the validity period of an e-VOA stay permit is 30 days starting from the foreigner entering Indonesia and can be extended once for the next 30 days. Hence, the total is up to 60 days,” explained Achmad on Monday (20/02/2023).

Achmad gives an illustration: a foreigner outside Indonesia applied for an e-VOA (website: molina.imigrasi.go.id) on 20 February 2023 and was granted an e-VOA on the same day. So, the latest date the foreigner can enter Indonesia using the visa is 21 May 2023.

“Then, the e-VOA stay permit of 30 days is started from the time the officers at the Immigration Control (TPI) at the airports, seaports, or cross-border posts stamp an entry mark on the foreigner’s passport,” he said.

The e-VOA stay permit extension can be done online through the website molina.imigrasi.go.id. The procedure flow is similar to applying for a new e-VOA. Foreigners do not need to upload an Indonesian entry stamp because their data is already recorded in the immigration system. After verifying that all the information is valid, the foreigner will proceed to the payment page, where the foreigner can use a credit or debit card with the Visa, Mastercard, or JCB logo.

“If you have received an e-VOA stay permit extension in an electronic document, foreigners no longer need to come to the immigration office. So, save more time and energy. As long as there is a smartphone and internet connection, foreigners can extend their e-VOA stay permit anywhere, everywhere,” he concluded.

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Indonesia Introduces e-Visa-on-Arrival For Nationals Of 26 Countries

Jakarta (4/11). Indonesia, which was in hot water this summer for hours-long immigration lines at its Bali Airport, has launched a new e-VOA service to speed up the entry process.

Remember that visitors from Asean countries don’t need visas to enter Indonesia. This new e-VOA is only available if you enter Indonesia through Jakarta or Bali airports. The price of the e-VOA is 500,000 IDR ($32) + credit card fee.

You need the following information for the e-VOA application:

• Full biodata page of passport with at least 6 months validity from the date of your arrival to Indonesia (format JPG/JPEG/PNG with max. size of 200 Kb);
• Passport size photograph (format JPG/JPEG/PNG with max. size of 200 Kb);
• Email address; and
• A valid Mastercard, Visa, or JCB credit card.

Valid e-VOA purposes of entering Indonesia:

• Tourism
• Government Visits
• Business Meeting
• Goods Purchasing
• Transit

The e-Visa-on-Arrival eligible nationals:

1. Australia
2. Argentina
3. Brazil
4. Belgium
5. Canada
6. China
7. Denmark
8. France
9. Germany
10. India
11. Italy
12. Japan
13. Mexico
14. Netherlands
15. New Zealand
16. Republic of Korea
17. Russia
18. Saudi Arabia
19. South Africa
20. Spain
21. Switzerland
22. Timor Leste
23. Turkiye
24. Ukraine
25. United Kingdom;
26. United States of America

You can access Indonesia’s page for e-VOA : https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/

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Good News: Foreigners Can Now Attend Business Meetings with Visa on Arrival

JAKARTA (15/9) – Foreigners can now attend business meetings with a Visa on Arrival (VoA) or a Visitor Visa Exemption arrangement (VVE). It is stated in the Acting Director General of Immigration Circular Letter Number IMI-0700.GR.01.01 of 2022, dated 14 September 2022, which is effective on Thursday, 15 September 2022.

It also regulates the addition of 11 countries subject to VoA: Albania, Andorra, Chile, Ecuador, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Palestine, San Marino, Suriname, Uzbekistan, and the Vatican. Meanwhile, the subject of the VVE still consists of nine ASEAN member countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

“That’s right, in the latest circular letter, there are 11 additional VoA subject countries. There is also an addition to the activities permitted to use VVE and VoA. Among them are tourist visits; government duties; business talks; purchase of goods; meetings; or transit,” explained the Sub-Coordinator of Public Relations of the Directorate General of Immigration, Achmad Nur Saleh.

Achmad further explained that there was a change in the Immigration Border Control (IBC) which provided VVE and VoA.

“It must be noted that there is a change in the IBC list, which offers services for both VVE and VoA, especially the airports. There have been several additions to the IBC list. However, some airports previously provided VVE or VoA services, but now they are no longer on the IBC list. Some of them are Adisumarmo Airport – Surakarta; Raja Haji Fi Sabilillah – Tanjung Pinang; Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II – Palembang; Syamsuddin Noor – Banjarmasin.”

To obtain VVE or VoA, foreigners must show a nationality passport that is still valid for at least 6 (six) months, a return ticket or a one-way ticket to continue their journey to another country and VoA payment receipts.

“The VoA tariff is Rp500,000, the same for a stay permit extension. The stay permit originating from VoA can be extended only once for 30 days and carried out at the immigration office according to the area where the foreigner lives in Indonesia. Foreigners cannot convert the VoA’s stay permit to another type of stay permit,” concluded Achmad.

Sources : https://www.imigrasi.go.id/en/2022/09/19/kabar-gembira-orang-asing-kini-bisa-hadiri-pertemuan-bisnis-dengan-visa-on-arrival/