There are three ways of entering Indonesia:
- Visa-free. Show your passport, get stamped, that’s it. Applies only to a few select countries, mostly in ASEAN.
- Visa on arrival. Pay on arrival, get a visa in your passport, get it stamped, that’s it. Most visitors fall in this category.
- Visa in advance. Obtain a visa at an Indonesian embassy before arrival.
However, you need to be aware that the regulations of Visa-free and Visa on arrival are applied onto particular entry points only. So if you are entering Indonesia via other entry points or ports, the visa is somehow required, either your National is into the category of visa-free or visa on arrival.
Indonesian Custom
The Indonesian Custom will allow you bringing certain goods into the entering points, such as 200 cigarettes or 100 gm tobacco’s products or 50 cigars, and certain reasonable quantity of perfume. There are some custom regulations regarding to the required arrival declaration, such money. If you are bringing money with the amount of more than 10 Million Rupiah, then you will have the arrival declare. Besides that, there are a list of prohibitions that cannot be brought when entering Indonesia, such as plants, fish, meat, fruit, pornography goods, gun and drugs. Indonesia applies a death penalty sentence for those caught with drugs.
Indonesia Immigration maintains its own website, but the following is based on data from the Indonesian Embassy in London, which seems to be the most comprehensive.
