All visas
B1
Visa on arrival
B1 is the shortest way into Indonesia and the simplest. Thirty days from the stamp, one extension of thirty more, and no sponsor to find. Most people arriving for a holiday come in on it without thinking about it — which is fine until the trip turns out to be longer than the visa.
- Stay
- 30 days
- Extension
- ×1 (60 total)
- Index
- B1
What it covers
- Holidays, visiting friends and family, transit through Indonesia
- Conferences, seminars and business meetings you attend rather than work at
- Buying it on arrival at the airport, or online as an e-VoA before you fly
- One extension of 30 days, filed inside the country before the stamp expires
Where it stops
- No employment, paid or unpaid, for any Indonesian company
- No income from an Indonesian source
- Only one extension — after 60 days you leave or switch to another visa
- Extending is not automatic: it is filed at an immigration office and takes days, not minutes
Questions people ask
- Can I extend a visa on arrival more than once?
- No. B1 extends exactly once, for another 30 days, giving 60 in total. If you need longer than that, the honest move is to enter on a C1 tourist visa instead, or to leave and come back.
- Should I buy it at the airport or online?
- Either works. The e-VoA is filed before you fly and saves the queue on arrival; the airport counter is there if you did not. The permit itself is identical.
- What happens if I overstay?
- Indonesia charges a fine for every day past the expiry date, and a long overstay can end in deportation and a re-entry ban. Start an extension well before the last week, not on the final day.
Not sure this is the right one?
Tell us where you are and how long you want to stay. An agent reads the case and names the visa that actually fits — before you pay for anything.
Start an applicationImmigration rules change, and the figures above are the ones current when this page was written. Your agent confirms today's requirements before anything is filed.