Do German citizens need a visa for Indonesia?
Yes. The German passport is one of the strongest in the world, but it does not give visa-free entry to Indonesia. Germany is one of the 97 countries whose citizens can use the visa on arrival, and since 2023 that visa is issued online and called the eVOA.
The German Foreign Office puts the document requirement plainly: a passport valid for at least six months on the date of entry. The national ID card (Personalausweis) is not accepted — this is stated explicitly in the ministry’s advice. You also need a return or onward ticket with a fixed date.
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 German 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.
Dual nationals should pick one passport and stick to it. The visa is tied to the document number, so you have to enter and leave Indonesia on the same passport you gave us.
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
There is no nonstop flight from Germany
Start with what does not exist: no airline flies nonstop from Germany to Bali. Condor says so on its own website — "Condor fliegt aktuell nicht direkt nach Bali" — and sells the route as a connection. Lufthansa, KLM and the other European carriers do the same.
Three transfer routes actually work: the Gulf (Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi) from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg — roughly 6–7 hours to the hub and 9–10 hours onward, 17 to 22 hours in total; Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, pricier but an easier transfer and only 2.5 hours on the last leg; and Istanbul, usually cheapest and usually longest.
The practical consequence for your visa: get the eVOA before you leave Germany, not at the transfer airport. It arrives as a PDF, and in Doha or Dubai you may be asked to show it at the gate for the second flight.
Your phone, an Indonesian SIM and IMEI registration
The German Foreign Office gives this one line, and the consequences of getting it wrong are real: a phone brought in from abroad only works with a local SIM after its IMEI is registered. An unregistered handset is cut off from the network.
The rule sits in customs regulation PER-13/BC/2021, as amended by PER-7/BC/2023:
- Staying on roaming with your German SIM — nothing to register. Inbound roaming is explicitly exempt.
- Using an Indonesian SIM on a trip shorter than 90 days — the operator's shop registers the IMEI when you buy the SIM. Quick and free.
- Staying longer than 90 days — register through beacukai.go.id or the Mobile Bea Cukai app.
Two devices per person are exempt from duty, provided you register inside the airport customs area within the deadline and the device is worth under USD 500. Register late, after leaving the airport, and the exemption is gone: 10% import duty, 11% VAT and a further 10–20% income tax on the customs value.
Who helps a German on Bali
The embassy is in Jakarta. On Bali there is an honorary consulate in Sanur — Jl. Pantai Karang 17, Batujimbar, Denpasar 80228, Honorary Consul Robert Adrian Jantzen. By appointment, Monday to Friday 08:30–12:30, +62 361 288 535, sanur@hk-diplo.de. Its district covers Bali and Lombok.
An honorary consul is first-line help and a line to the embassy, not a full consulate — anything complicated still goes to Jakarta. As an EU citizen a German may also approach any other EU member state's mission where Germany is not represented, under Council Directive 2015/637 on consular protection; on Bali that is rarely needed, since Germany is represented here.
Prescription medication
Indonesia's drug laws are among the strictest in the world, and they catch ordinary European prescriptions as well as illegal substances — strong painkillers, some psychiatric and sleep medication, certain ADHD drugs.
Carry the medication in its original packaging, bring the prescription or a doctor's letter with a certified English translation — a German prescription means nothing to an Indonesian customs officer — and bring an amount proportionate to the length of your trip. A year's supply for a two-week holiday reads as importing for sale.
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.
Getting to Indonesia from Germany
There are no nonstop flights from Germany to Bali — Condor says so on its own website. Three transfer routes work: the Gulf (Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi) from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg, 17 to 22 hours in total; Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, pricier but an easier transfer; and Istanbul, usually cheapest and usually longest.
Get the eVOA before you leave Germany — you may be asked to show it at the gate for the second flight.
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.
