Short stay to provide industrial-development instruction
Indonesia
Indonesia sits in South-Eastern Asia. Its immigration system runs 116 distinct routes — led by work, investment and talent & merit, each set out in official law. All 116 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 116across 19 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 116 of 116cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Work20 of the 116 routes — see them under Work below
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Jakarta
- Population
- 285,721,236
- Official language
- Indonesian
- Currency
- IDR
- Time zone
- 3 zones
Immigration routes
All 116 routes, grouped by purpose — 116 of 116 cite an official government source directly.
Work
20 routes
Short stay for corporate audit, quality control or inspection
Short stay for a foreign-worker competency test
Short stay to provide after-sales service
Short stay to install or repair machinery
Repeated visits for corporate audit, quality control or inspection
Temporary residence for authorised employment
Temporary residence for authorised employment in a Special Economic Zone
Temporary residence to work as a domestic assistant to a foreign diplomat
Temporary residence to work at a trade or economic office
Temporary residence to work as an expert for the Indonesian government
Temporary residence to work as a digital expert
Temporary residence for authorised executive employment
Temporary residence to work as a commissioner
Temporary residence to work as a director
Temporary residence to work as a deputy director
Temporary residence to work as a general manager
Temporary residence to work as a manager
Temporary residence to work as a supervisor
Temporary residence to work as vessel, floating-installation or offshore crew
Investment
10 routes
Short stay for pre-investment activity
Repeated visits for pre-investment activity
Temporary residence for investment activity
Temporary residence for an investor
Five- or ten-year residence for an individual establishing a company
Long-term residence through qualifying capital-market placement
Long-term residence for qualifying company branch or subsidiary investment
Residence for investment in a Special Economic Zone
Long-term residence for qualifying investment in Nusantara
Long-term residence as a qualifying parent-company representative
Business & self-employment
1 route
Long-term residence for a qualifying world figure establishing a company
Talent & merit
10 routes
Short stay as a speaker or resource person at a business event
Short stay for film making or production
Short stay for journalism or media activity
Short stay as a content creator
Short stay for a talent or arts performance
Repeated visits for film making or production
Temporary residence to undertake research
Long-term residence as a government-invited expert
Long-term residence for qualifying special-expertise collaboration
Long-term residence as a government-invited world figure
Study
10 routes
Short internship placement
Short academic internship
Short competency-based internship
Short course or study visit
Short Indonesian-language training
Temporary residence for education
Temporary residence for primary or secondary education
Temporary residence for higher education
Temporary residence for education in a Special Economic Zone
Temporary residence for a student exchange
Family
10 routes
Family reunification temporary residence
Family residence as the foreign spouse of an Indonesian citizen
Family residence as the spouse of a temporary- or permanent-stay permit holder
Family residence as a child of a lawful foreign-Indonesian marriage
Family residence as a foreign stepchild in a lawful foreign-Indonesian marriage
Family residence as the child of a temporary- or permanent-stay permit holder
Family residence as a child with an Indonesian parent
Family residence as the parent of an Indonesian child
Family residence as the parent of a temporary- or permanent-stay permit holder
Family residence as a child joining a sibling who holds a temporary- or permanent-stay permit
Independent means
3 routes
Long-term second-home residence
Five-year second-home residence for an elderly applicant
One-year second-home residence for an elderly applicant
Digital nomad
1 route
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Residence-based status
5 routes
Direct permanent stay permit for the special in-country cases published by Immigration
Permanent resident status for the categories specified by Indonesia's Immigration Law
In-country conversion from an eligible temporary stay permit to a permanent stay permit
Transitional stay permission bridging an eligible change between existing and new stay permits
In-country conversion from an eligible visit stay permit to a temporary stay permit
Free movement
1 route
Visa-exempt tourism, business or short medical activity for eligible nationalities
Youth mobility
2 routes
One-year residence for a working holiday under a reciprocal arrangement
Working-holiday residence for an eligible Australian citizen
Cultural, religious & volunteer
8 routes
Short stay to undertake religious preaching
Short stay for social activities
Short stay for arts or cultural performance
Short stay to perform music
Short stay as crew supporting a music performance
Short religious training
Repeated visits for arts or cultural activities
Temporary residence to work as clergy
Short stay & visit
9 routes
Visa on arrival for tourism, business or short medical activity
Single-entry tourism visit
Short stay to promote products or services
Short stay to promote products or services under index C11A
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Single-entry visit for non-employment business activity
Multiple-entry tourism visits
Multiple-entry visits for non-employment business activity
Arrival visit for tourism
Humanitarian protection
2 routes
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Indonesia's operational framework for handling refugees from abroad
Ancestry & return
9 routes
For a former Indonesian citizen seeking repatriation, or for a person descended from a former Indonesian citizen.
For a foreign national who qualifies for repatriation to Indonesia under the five-year Golden Visa track.
For a foreign national who is a descendant of a former Indonesian citizen and seeks long-term residence in Indonesia.
For a foreign national who qualifies for repatriation to Indonesia and has at least USD 2,000 in personal or sponsor funds over the previous three months.
For a foreign national who qualifies for repatriation to Indonesia and has at least USD 2,000 in personal or sponsor funds over the previous three months.
For a foreign national who qualifies for repatriation to Indonesia under the Global Citizen of Indonesia scheme.
For a foreign national who qualifies for repatriation to Indonesia and holds special expertise recognised under the Global Citizen of Indonesia scheme.
For a foreign national who is a descendant of a former Indonesian citizen and seeks permanent residence in Indonesia.
For a foreign national who is a descendant of a former Indonesian citizen and holds special expertise recognised under the Global Citizen of Indonesia scheme.
Medical treatment
3 routes
Short stay for medical treatment
Repeated visits for medical treatment
Temporary residence for medical treatment
Sports
4 routes
Short stay for sports activities
Short stay as an athlete
Short stay as a sports official
Repeated visits for sports activities
Transit
3 routes
Visa-exempt entry as aircraft or vessel crew
Visa-exempt entry as vessel crew in Indonesian waters
Short stay to join a vessel or aircraft as crew
Other & special
5 routes
Visa-exempt short entry for an eligible government assignment
Visa on arrival for an eligible government assignment
Short stay for a government assignment
Repeated visits for a government assignment
Arrival visit for an eligible government assignment
Official sources
- Official e-Visa IndonesiaGovernment
- [NSO] BPS- Statistics IndonesiaGovernment
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