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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.
Indonesia already teamed up with VFS Global last month to offer visa-on-arrival with expedited immigration clearance and meet & greet for a hefty fee (read more here).
You can access Indonesia’s page for e-VOA here.
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:
- Australia
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Republic of Korea
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Timor Leste
- Turkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom;
- United States of America
Indonesia Immigration Announcement:
Visa-on-Arrival with expedited immigration clearance:
Indonesia Now Sells Visa-On-Arrival & Express Immigration Online
My Bali Entry Experience in May:
Entering Indonesia Through Bali In May 2022
Sebastian’s Reporting from Bali:
Bali Airport Has Become A Nightmare With Up To Five Hours Immigration Lineups!
Back Home After One Week In Bali, What Was All The Buzz About!?
Conclusion
Many nationals didn’t require any visas to enter Indonesia before the pandemic.
It would be the right time for Indonesia to remove this VOA and e-VOA, which are nothing more than a cash grab from the country’s government.
I doubt that this speeds up the immigration clearance at the airport because the actual immigration and not the VOA counter, where you buy the sticker, is the bottleneck.
Terms of Indonesia eVOA:
- www.molina.imigrasi.go.id is a government portal run by the Directorate General of Immigration Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
- e-VOA is a single-entry visa which is valid for 30 days stay in Indonesia with the purpose of Tourism, Government Visit, Business Meeting, Goods Purchasing, or Transit only.
- The validity period of e-VOA is different from the period of stay in Indonesia. The validity period of e-VOA is 90 days, as stated on e-VOA. If foreigners holding e-VOA come to Indonesia after the 90 days period, they must apply for a new e-VOA, visa on arrival at the airport, or other types of visas.
- Holders of passports of these following countries are eligible to apply for e-VOA:
- Australia
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Republic of Korea
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Timor Leste
- Turkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom;
- United States of America
- Holders of travel document other than passport (Laissez Passer, Titre de voyage, Travel Document, Document of Identity, Certificate of Identity, Alien Passport, Alien Travel Document, Emergency Travel Document, Emergency Passport; or Temporary Passport) are not eligible to apply e-VOA.
- Foreigners holding e-VOA are allowed to land at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta and Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali.
- The e-VOA fee is IDR 500.000,00. Please note that every payment via Debit/Credit Card will incur additional fees according to the financial institution’s regulations.
- Each traveler must hold a separate e-VOA, including infants and children (even if children/infants are included in their parent passports).
- Foreigners who wish to enter Indonesia must hold a passport with an expiration date at least 6 (six) months from the date of arrival (In accordance with the article 22 (1) b Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation Number 44 of 2015).
- Once the e-VOA is processed, none of the information can be changed. The information on your e-VOA must be exactly the same as the information on your passport. Otherwise, your e-VOA will be invalid and there will be no refund. According to article 106 Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation Number 44 of 2015, Immigration Officer at the ports of entry reserves the right to deny entry into Indonesia to a foreigner who provide incorrect information in the visa application.
- The documents to request an e-VOA are as follows:
- 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.
- Before submitting e-VOA, you must create an Account by “Main Page > Apply > Register” (please note that each evoa must be submitted by the respective account) and perform:
- Fill in data and uploading documents;
- Receive verification email; and
- Activate the Account by clicking “activate” on the verification email which must be confirmed within one hour.
- After logging in to your account, you can apply for e-VOA by clicking “Main Page > Apply” and then perform:
- Data Filling:
- 1) Visa type,
- 2) Arrival information, and
- 3) Residence information in Indonesia;
- Payment; and
- Granting e-VOA.
- After completing the “payment confirmation” page, you must proceed with the payment within 120 minutes. Otherwise, the system will not accept payment, and you will need to create a new request.
- You can only make payment by Mastercard, Visa, and JCB credit card. The card is not required to be under your name. Kindly make sure that your card has a “3D Secure System” and is open to international transactions.
- After completing the payment process, your e-VOA will be available in your Account. Immigration Officers at the ports of entry can verify your e-VOA in their system. However, you are advised to keep your e-VOA with you either as a softcopy (on tablet pc, smartphone etc.) or as a hardcopy in case of any failure in the system.
- You only need to do the Account creation once. If you forgot your password you can select “Main Page > Forgot Password”.
- Kindly inform the e-VOA Support Desk (livechat at www.imigrasi.go.id or sending email to visa@imigrasi.go.id or humas@imigrasi.go.id) should you encounter any suspended or unsuccessful transactions during the request procedure. Please do not create a new request or make a new payment unless otherwise advised. The Ministry will not be responsible for additional payments and no refund will be granted in case of such unfinished transactions.
- There are numerous websites which claim to assist users in receiving Indonesian e-VOA in return for a service charge. These websites are not endorsed by or associated with the Indonesian government. Therefore, we cannot be held responsible for any misuse of information or failure of service on their side.
