If you are going to live or visit Indonesia, please take the time to tell our Embassy in Jakarta or Consulate in Surabaya
about your trip. If you enroll in the
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, we can keep you up to date with important safety and security announcements. It will also help your friends and family get
in touch with you in an emergency.
U.S. Embassy Jakarta is located at Medan Merdeka Selatan 5, Jakarta 10110; telephone: (62)(21) 3435-9000; fax (62)(21) 385-7189. The most secure
international mail address is: U.S. Embassy Jakarta, DPO, AP 96520 USA. The
consular section of the Embassy can be reached by e-mail. Instructions on how to receive SMS emergency messages on your cell phone can be
found on the
Embassy's FAQ page.
U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya is at Jl. Citra Raya Niaga No. 2, Surabaya 60217; telephone: (62) (31) 297-5300; fax (62) (31) 567-4492, after-hours duty
officer (62) (811) 334-183. The consulate can also be reached by
e-mail.
The consulate should be the first point of contact for assistance to
U.S. citizens who are present or residing in the Indonesian
provinces of East Java, Nusa Tenggara Timor,
Nusa Tenggara Barat, all of Sulawesi and North and South Maluku.
There is a Consular Agency in Bali at Jalan Hayam Wuruk 310, Denpasar, Bali; telephone: (62) (361) 233-605; fax (62) (361)
222-426; or
BaliConsularAgency@state.gov. The U.S. Consulate in Surabaya is an alternate contact for U.S. citizens in Bali.
The American Presence Post in Medan, North
Sumatra, provides only emergency assistance to U.S. citizens and does
not offer
routine consular services. U.S. citizens needing
emergency consular assistance in Sumatra should call (62) (61)
451-9000.
ENTRY / EXIT REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. CITIZENS:
You will need a passport valid for at least six months following the
date of your arrival to Indonesia. The U.S. Embassy
cannot obtain entry permission for U.S. citizens
with expiring passports. If you arrive and your passport has less than
six
month's validity, Indonesian authorities will
require you to depart Indonesia immediately to obtain a new U.S.
passport elsewhere;
you will not be allowed to renew your passport
here and follow-up later with Indonesian authorities. Also, if your
passport
does not have the required six month's validity
remaining on your passport, you may be denied boarding at your point of
origin
or at a transit point en route. Generally, you
should expect to wait two weeks for a U.S. passport to be issued outside
of
the United States.
You are required to have a visa to enter
Indonesia, obtained either beforehand oron arrival. Tourist passport
holders traveling
for private purposes may apply for a 30-day
visitor visa on arrival at the airports in Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya,
Banda Aceh,
Medan, Padang, Pekanbaru, Manado, Biak, Ambon,
Balikpapan, Pontianak, Kupang, Batam, and South Sumatra.
Visas-on-Arrival are
also available at a limited number of seaports,
including the Batam and Bintan ferry terminals opposite Singapore, but
they
are unavailable at any land border crossing.
Visas-on-Arrival are only for private, temporary business or pleasure
visits.
Visas-on-Arrival are valid for 30 days and cost
U.S. $25. A Visa-on-Arrival may be extended one time only. An
onward/return
ticket is required to apply for a
Visa-on-Arrival at these ports of entry. The Indonesian Embassy website
indicates that Visas-on-Arrival
are unavailable to government travelers who want
to enter Indonesia on a diplomatic or official passport for an official
purpose
or mission.
Travel for other purposes requires the appropriate Indonesian visa
before arrival. For details on Visas-on-Arrival and other visa information please visit the
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia website.
If you are entering Indonesia through Bali, you
must have two fully blank passport pages in your passport. If you are
entering
through other ports of entry, you must have at
least one blank page. Indonesian immigration inspectors do not consider
amendment
pages in your passport as blank pages. If your
passport is nearly full, be sure to obtain extra blank passport pages
before
you travel - go to
How to Add Extra Pages to Your U.S. Passport. If you don't meet Indonesian entry criteria properly, you may be denied entry on the spot with no recourse and put on the
next available flight departing Indonesia.
Please be advised that Indonesian entry and visa
procedures may be inconsistently applied at different ports of entry,
and
when faced with making a decision, Indonesian
authorities usually make the more conservative, restrictive decision.
Entry
requirements are subject to change at the sole
discretion of the Indonesian authorities, a process over which the U.S.
government
has no control.
You may apply for a visa at the Indonesian
Embassy in Washington, D.C., or at an Indonesian consulate elsewhere in
the United
States. In some cases, you may also apply at
Indonesian embassies and consulates in other countries. If you are
traveling
overseas and wish to apply for an Indonesian
visa, you should inquire with the local Indonesian embassy in the
country where
you are currently traveling. For up-to-date
information, travelers may contact the
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia: 2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20036, phone: (202) 775-5200, or at
Indonesian Consulates in Los Angeles (213) 383-5126;
San Francisco (415) 474-9571;
Chicago (312) 920-1880;
New York (212) 879-0600; and
Houston (713) 785-1691. Visit the
Embassy of Indonesia website for the most current visa information.
Indonesia strictly enforces its immigration/visa
requirements. Travelers who overstay the date stamped in their
Visa-on-Arrival
are subject to a fine of 200,000 Rupiah,
approximately U.S. $22, per day, and other sanctions. Westerners,
including U.S.
citizens, have been jailed for visa violations
and/or overstays. Violators may also be subject to substantial fines
and/or
deportation from Indonesia for immigration and
visa violations. Immigration officials have also detained foreigners for
conducting
work, academic, or other non-tourist activities
while on visitor status. Even gratis volunteer work with local or
international
NGOs is not permitted on visitor status.
Penalties for such immigration/visa violations have included a prison
sentence of
up to five years and a fine of Rupiah 25
million. Travelers should contact an Indonesian consular office to
determine the
appropriate visa category before traveling to
Indonesia. Please consult the Criminal Penalties section below for
further information.
All airline passengers, including children,
diplomats, and officials, are subject to a departure tax, which must be
paid in
Rupiah, cash only. The international departure
tax as of August 2012 is 150,000 Rupiah in Jakarta and varies at other
international
airports. The domestic departure tax in Jakarta
is 40,000 Rupiah and also varies elsewhere.
The U.S. Department of State is unaware of any
HIV/AIDS entry restrictions for visitors to or foreign residents of
Indonesia.
The Indonesian Government screens incoming
passengers in response to reported outbreaks of pandemic illnesses.
These visas can be obtained from the following airports on arrival: