Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

Indonesian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Indonesia and 41 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

57 countries ask holders of the Indonesian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Indonesia without one: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain and 52 others.

The reverse holds for 36 countries: holders of the Indonesian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Indonesia (Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Cape Verde and 31 others).

79 countries ask holders of the Indonesian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 45 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Indonesia.

34 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Indonesia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Indonesia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Malaysia (4).

The United States refused 27% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Indonesia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 91 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 105 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Indonesia refused 5.2% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 65th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Indonesian passport

By continent, the Indonesian passport is visa-free in 17 countries in Asia, 11 countries in the Americas, 8 countries in Africa, 4 countries in Oceania and 3 countries in Europe. The longest visa-free stays for Indonesian citizens are allowed in Peru (180 days), Fiji (120 days), Barbados (90 days), Chile (90 days), Colombia (90 days) and Ecuador (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Indonesian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 22 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Indonesian citizens enter Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia and 35 others. Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Indonesia’s neighbours

Timor-Leste and Malaysia admit Indonesian citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Papua New Guinea (ETA for up to 60 days).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Malaysian passport ranks 6th (161 destinations), the passport of Timor-Leste ranks 102nd (86 destinations) and the Papua New Guinean passport ranks 116th (73 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 16 can enter visa-free, 82 get a visa on arrival and 100 need an e-Visa for Indonesia.