Do Icelandic citizens need a visa for Indonesia?
Yes. Iceland is one of the 97 countries whose citizens can use the visa on arrival, and it is issued online as the eVOA. The fee is IDR 500,000, the stay is 30 days, with one extension for another 30.
The requirements are the standard ones: a passport valid for at least six months on the date of entry, blank pages, and a return or onward ticket with a fixed date. Schengen and EEA membership make no difference to Indonesian rules.
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.
One Icelandic peculiarity to note now: your name goes into the form in basic Latin, and the patronymic goes in the surname field. The Indonesian system does not accept Icelandic letters, so you copy the spelling out of the machine-readable zone of your own passport. There is more on this below.
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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
A patronymic where the form expects a surname
Iceland is the one country in Europe that largely has no family names. It has patronymics: Jón Þórsson, Anna Jónsdóttir. Father and daughter carry different "surnames"; so do husband and wife.
The Indonesian visa system assumes everyone has a surname and that families share it. Two problems follow.
First, mismatches with the passport. Your passport puts the patronymic in the surname field, and that is where it goes on the eVOA form — not in the given-name field. The visa is checked against the passport automatically.
Second, Icelandic letters. Þ, Ð, Æ, Ö and accented vowels are not accepted. Do not invent a substitution: open the machine-readable zone of your own passport — the two lines of capitals at the bottom of the photo page — and copy your name from there, character for character. It has already been rendered into basic Latin to an international standard.
The same spelling should appear on your tickets and hotel bookings, since those are presented alongside the visa.
Who helps an Icelander on Bali
The situation here is fundamentally different from that of other Europeans, and it is worth understanding before the trip rather than after.
Iceland has no representation on Bali. Its diplomatic network is among the most compact in Europe — embassies in roughly seventeen capitals, none of them in Southeast Asia; the nearest are Beijing, Tokyo and New Delhi. In Indonesia, Iceland is represented by an honorary consul in Jakarta.
The EU consular protection directive does not cover Icelanders — Iceland is not in the Union, so citing it at another country's consulate achieves nothing.
What does apply is Article 31 of the 1962 Helsinki Treaty on Nordic co-operation:
"An official in the foreign service of one Contracting Party who is serving outside the Nordic countries shall, in so far as is compatible with his official duties and where there is no objection from the country in which he is stationed, also render assistance to the nationals of another Nordic country if that country lacks representation in the place in question."
The parties are Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. On Bali that translates into a specific address: the honorary consulates of Sweden, Norway and Finland at the Segara Village Hotel, Jl. Segara Ayu, Sanur, +62 361 282 223 — all three in one building.
If you lose your passport: police report, then the consulate in Sanur, then Icelandic consular services through it. The emergency document is issued by the Icelandic side, and that takes more than a day — plan for it.
A few more things to keep in mind
Insurance. The European Health Insurance Card does not work in Indonesia. You need a policy that covers medical evacuation: evacuation from Bali means a flight to Singapore or further, and it costs tens of thousands of euros.
Rupiah only. Payments inside Indonesia are made in the local currency alone — a central bank requirement.
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 Iceland
There is no direct flight from Keflavík to Bali and there cannot be one — the distance makes it a two-stop route. The usual shape is Reykjavík → a European hub (Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Frankfurt) → a Middle Eastern or Asian hub → Denpasar. The journey takes 24 to 30 hours.
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.
