Do Danish citizens need a visa for Indonesia?
Yes. Denmark is one of the 97 countries whose citizens can use the visa on arrival. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends applying online in advance at evisa.imigrasi.go.id — it takes you through the border noticeably faster than applying on the spot.
The stay is 30 days, extendable at a local immigration office by another 30, so up to 60 in total. The passport has to be valid for more than six months from the date of entry.
What the e-VOA gives you
Point by point: how you apply, how long the visa itself is valid and how long you may actually stay.
- How it is issued. Entirely online, through the Indonesian immigration portal. You receive a PDF with a number and a QR code. Print it or keep it on your phone.
- Validity. 90 days from the date of issue. You can enter on any day inside that window, including the last one.
- Length of stay. 30 days, counted from the day you cross the border. The day you land counts as day one.
- Extension. Once, for another 30 days. The maximum on this visa is 60 days in one trip.
- Entries. Single. If you pop over to Singapore for a weekend, the visa is used up and you need a new one to come back.
❗ Planning more than 60 days? Do not rely on the e-VOA. Apply for a C1 tourist visa before you fly. You cannot switch from an e-VOA to a C1 inside Indonesia, you would have to leave the country and apply from abroad.
How the extension works
Start the extension about two weeks before your 30 days run out. Do not leave it to the last day. The application goes in online, then immigration gives you a date to come to the nearest office once, for a photo and fingerprints. The official extension fee is IDR 500,000.
We handle the paperwork and the appointment for you. If you already know you want the full 60 days, take the "e-VOA for 60 days" option in the price list below and stop thinking about it.
What documents you need
The list is short, and most of it is already on your phone.
- A colour scan or photo of the bio-data page of your passport. It has to be valid for at least 6 months on the day you enter Indonesia.
- A photo on a plain white background. A phone selfie is fine, no studio needed.
- The address where you will stay in Indonesia. A hotel booking is enough.
- A booking for a return or onward flight.
❗ Every child needs a separate visa, including infants. A child cannot travel on a parent's e-VOA.
Two things that catch Danish travellers out.
The six months are counted from the date printed in your passport. Indonesian officers do not care when it was issued or whether extra months were added to it years ago. Look at the expiry date on the photo page and count from there.
The condition of the passport matters. Indonesian authorities are strict about it, and a damaged or defaced document is grounds for refusal of entry. Danish guidance states this as a requirement, not a tip.
Send everything to our specialists in chat. If you have not booked the return flight yet, say so and we will help.
Price and processing time
All prices include the Indonesian government fee and our service charge. We accept cards issued by any bank in the world. The express option means your application goes in ahead of the queue within two business hours of payment.
Express service
An emergency passport gets you out, not in
One line in the Danish ministry's guidance can rearrange a whole trip. Denmark distinguishes two kinds of non-standard passport, and Indonesia treats them differently:
- An extended Danish passport (forlænget pas) is recognised for both entry and exit.
- A Danish emergency passport (nødpas) is recognised for exit only.
In practice: lose your passport on Bali, get an emergency document, and it will take you home — but it will not get you back into Indonesia. The "fly to Singapore and come back" manoeuvre does not work on an emergency passport, so do not build a visa run or a short hop around one.
Equally important: Indonesian authorities are strict about the condition of the document. A damaged or defaced passport is grounds for refusal of entry — Danish guidance states this as a requirement, not a tip. A passport that has been in water, or has a torn data page, gets replaced at home. Keep a copy separately from the original.
Travelling with children
Denmark is one of the few ministries to spell this out. A child travelling with one parent should carry written consent from the other parent or guardian; an unaccompanied minor needs the same documentation.
Indonesia does not always ask for it at the border, but airlines and transit countries ask regularly, and the document takes ten minutes to prepare at home. Draft it in English or have a certified translation — nobody at a desk in Doha or Dubai will read Danish.
What the Danish ministry says about Indonesia's regions
- Most of the country, Bali included — exercise caution and pay attention to personal security, primarily because of the terrorist threat.
- Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua and Central Papua — all non-essential travel is advised against: armed conflict, unrest, crime and a risk of kidnapping.
Three further points are put more bluntly in the Danish advice than in most: public healthcare outside the large cities is weak (private hospitals are in Jakarta and Denpasar), traffic is chaotic and only official taxis should be used, and ferries do not meet safety standards. On drugs: possession of any narcotic substance is punishable by up to the death penalty.
It is worth installing the ministry's Rejseklar app before you travel — it carries the embassy contacts and the current advice.
Where a Dane gets help on Bali
The ministry points to the Danish embassy in Jakarta, whose details sit in the Rejseklar app and on the embassy website.
Two further routes are easy to forget. As an EU citizen, a Dane may approach any other member state's mission where Denmark is not represented (Council Directive 2015/637). As a Nordic citizen, they may approach a Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic mission under Article 31 of the 1962 Helsinki Treaty. On Bali that is a real address: the honorary consulates of Sweden, Norway and Finland are all at the Segara Village Hotel, Jl. Segara Ayu, Sanur, on +62 361 282 223.
Your pre-flight checklist
Run through this the night before. These are exactly the things passport control will ask for.
- Passport valid at least 6 months from the date of entry, with two blank pages.
- The e-VOA saved on your phone and printed.
- The All Indonesia arrival card completed and its QR code saved.
- If you are flying to Bali, the tourist levy paid and its QR code saved.
What is the All Indonesia arrival card?
It is a free electronic form that every traveller arriving in Indonesia has to complete. It became compulsory on 1 October 2025 and replaced four separate documents at once: the immigration arrival card, the customs declaration, the quarantine declaration and the health pass.
You fill it in on the official site or in the All Indonesia app. The window is three days before arrival, and you can also do it on landing, though filling it in before you board is calmer. Once you submit it, a QR code arrives by email. That QR code is what you show at passport control.
❗ The arrival card is not a visa and does not replace one. You need both.
How much is the Bali tourist levy?
IDR 150,000 per person, about USD 9.50. It applies to everyone who does anything touristy on the island, children included, whatever the purpose of the trip.
You pay on the official site or in the Love Bali app. Cash is not accepted, only cards, bank transfer or QRIS. The levy is paid once per trip and any time before you leave Indonesia, but the sensible moment is before departure. Save the QR code you get by email: it is scanned as you walk out of the arrivals area at Ngurah Rai Airport or at Benoa seaport.
Landing in Jakarta and never going to Bali? Then you do not pay it.
What happens if you overstay
The fine is IDR 1,000,000 for every day beyond your permitted stay, and you pay it at the airport as you leave. A long overstay is a different matter and can end in detention, deportation and a ban on returning. Immigration does not accept "I lost track of the dates", so check the stamp in your passport on the day you arrive and set a reminder.
Staying longer than 60 days
Two visas cover almost every case.
The C1 tourist visa gives 60 days and can be extended twice without leaving the country, up to 180 days in total. It needs a local guarantor, and MyVisa.World acts as one.
The D1 multiple-entry visa is valid for 1, 2 or 5 years and gives 60 days on every entry, with no limit on how many times you come and go. It suits people who visit Indonesia several times a year.
Why apply through MyVisa.World
We are officially registered in Indonesia and work with the immigration service directly, without middlemen. Your application is checked by a person before it is submitted, so a blurred passport scan or a photo with a shadow on the face does not turn into a refusal a week later.
Standard processing is 2 days. If you are flying tomorrow, the express service submits your application ahead of the queue and the visa usually arrives within 2 hours. We accept cards issued by any bank in the world.
Write to our visa specialist in chat, send a copy of your passport and a photo, and we will take it from there.
