INDONESIA: Five-Year Multiple-Entry Visitor Visas Now Available

July 20, 2016


Foreign nationals in Indonesia are now able to apply for a multiple-entry visitor visa (Visa Kunjungan) which is valid for five years. The extension from the current one year visa, to be extended to five, came into effect on the 28th June 2016.

Another change is that former Indonesian citizens and their families with multiple-entry visitor visas can now have their initial 60-day stay permit extended twice for 60 days each time, for a total stay of 180 days, before they have to leave the country and re-enter (under the same five-year multiple-entry visitor visa). 

New Validity Period for Visitor Visa

  • A multiple-entry visitor visa was previously issued with a maximum validity of one year. This has now been extended to five years.
  • The visitor visa (Visa Kunjungan) is intended for purposes other than business or tourism, such as visiting friends or relations or attending short study or training programmes.

Extending the Stay Permit of a Visitor Visa Holder

On arrival in Indonesia, a visitor visa holder is issued with a stay permit for a stay of up to 60 days.

  • Single-entry visitor visa holders can extend this stay permit up to four times, for 30 days each time, for a maximum total stay of 180 days. The latest amendment does not change this rule.
  • Most multiple-entry visitor visa holders cannot extend the stay permit, but can instead exit and re-enter the country for stays of up to 60 days each time, up to a (new) maximum of five years.
  • Since the introduction of the latest amendment, however, multiple-entry visitor visa holders who are former Indonesian citizens or their families are allowed to extend their stay permit twice for 60 days each time, for a maximum total stay of 180 days, before they have to exit and re-enter the country on the same multiple-entry visitor visa.

Existing and Pending Visitor Visas

  • Note that any applications for visitor visas which have already been submitted but where the visa not yet been issued, will be processed using the amended regulations.
  • Furthermore, previously issued visitor visas and stay permits will keep their issued validity, and will not be affected by the recent amendment.

It is important that people understand that all pending and future multiple-entry visitor visas will be valid for five years.

You should also be aware that multiple-entry visitor visa holders who are former Indonesian citizens, or their families, are now allowed to extend their stay permit twice for 60 days each time, for a maximum total stay of 180 days, before they have to exit and re-enter the country on the same five-year multiple-entry visitor visa.

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