Citizens from China, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand may now travel to Indonesia for stays under 30 days without applying for a visa beforehand.
The Asian nations are part of a list of 30 countries that will now be granted free visas upon arrival.
The new rules were formalised on June 9 when Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo signed the policy that had been announced a few months previously.
This brings the total number of countries who can enter Indonesia visa-free to 45.
Countries recently added include: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslavakia; the People’s Republic of China, South Korea and Japan; Qatar, the U.A.E., Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman; New Zealand and South Africa.
These 30 countries join Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Chile, Morocco, Peru, Vietnam, Ecuador, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, who were previously granted visa free access into Indonesia.
Perhaps the most noticeable absentee from the list is Australia, whom Indonesia currently has a uneasy relationship with, following the country’s decision to execute two Australian drug convicts earlier this year.
The visa free entries are applicable to the following entry points in Indonesia:
- Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta
- Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar, Bali
- Kualu Namu Airport, Medan
- Juanda Airport, Surabaya
- Hang Nadim Airport, Batam
- Port of Sekupang and Port of Batam Centre
- Port of Sri Bintan
- Port of Tanjung Uban
For more information, visit indonesia.go.id/en/
Clement Huang
