INDONESIA
Entry Requirements & Visa Extension
Citizens of Britain, Ireland, most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada and the USA do not need a visa to enter Indonesia if intending
to stay for less than sixty days, and if entering and exiting
via a designated gateway.
There are currently around forty of these air and sea gateways
into Indonesia, at which you can get a free, non-extendable sixty-day
visa on arrival; "sixty days" includes the date of entry.
You'll be fined US$20 for every day you overstay your visa , up
to a maximum of fourteen days. After that you'll get blacklisted
from Indonesia for two years. The best way to get yourself a new
sixty-day visa is to leave the country for a few hours and then
come straight back in through a designated port of entry (Singapore
is the most popular for this).
If you want to stay more than two months, or are entering via
a non-designated gateway , then you must get a visa from an Indonesian
consulate before travelling. Tourist visas are initially valid
for four weeks, and cost US$25. They can be extended for up to
six months at immigration offices ( kantor immigrasi) in Indonesia,
but this is never easy.
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