Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Indonesia by the authorities of other states.
As of May 2024, Indonesian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 78 countries and territories, ranking the Indonesian passport 67th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | ||
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Afghanistan | Visa required[2] | Due to safety concerns, the Indonesian government advises its citizens not to visit Afghanistan.[3] | |||
Albania | eVisa[4][5] |
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Algeria | Visa required[7] |
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Andorra | Visa required[9] |
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Angola | Visa not required[11] | 30 days | |||
Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required[12] | 30 days |
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Argentina | Visa required[13] |
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Armenia | eVisa[15][16] | 120 days |
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Australia | Online visa required[17][18] |
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Austria | Visa required[20] |
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Azerbaijan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[21][22] | 30 days |
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Bahamas | eVisa[23] | 3 months |
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Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[25] | 30 days | |||
Bangladesh | Free visa on arrival[26] | 30 days |
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Barbados | Visa not required[28] | 90 days | |||
Belarus | Visa not required[29] | 30 days |
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Belgium | Visa required[31] |
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Belize | Visa required[32] |
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Benin | eVisa[34][35] | 30 days | |||
Bhutan | eVisa[36][37] |
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Bolivia | Online Visa[38][39] | 30 days | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required[40] |
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Botswana | eVisa[42][43] | 3 months | |||
Brazil | Visa not required[44] | 30 days | |||
Brunei | Visa not required[45] | 14 days | |||
Bulgaria | Visa required[46] |
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Burkina Faso | eVisa[47][48] | ||||
Burundi | Visa on arrival[49] | 1 month | |||
Cambodia | Visa not required[50] | 30 days | |||
Cameroon | eVisa[51][52] | ||||
Canada | Visa required[53] |
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Cape Verde | Visa on arrival[55] | ||||
Central African Republic | Visa required[56] | ||||
Chad | Visa required[57] | ||||
Chile | Visa not required[58] | 90 days | |||
China | Visa required[59] |
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Colombia | Visa not required[61] | 90 days |
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Comoros | Visa on arrival[62] | 45 days | |||
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[63] | ||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[64][65] | 7 days | |||
Costa Rica | Visa required[66] |
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Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[68][69] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa required[70] |
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Cuba | Tourist Card required[71] | 90 days |
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Cyprus | Visa required[72] |
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Czech Republic | Visa required[73] |
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Denmark | Visa required[74] |
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Djibouti | eVisa[75][76] | 90 days | |||
Dominica | Visa not required[77] | 21 days | |||
Dominican Republic | Visa required[78] |
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Ecuador | Visa not required[80] | 90 days | |||
Egypt | Visa required[83] | ||||
El Salvador | Visa required[86] | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[87][88] |
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Eritrea | Visa required[89] | ||||
Estonia | Visa required[91] |
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Eswatini | Visa required[92] | ||||
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[93] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa not required[96] | 120 days | |||
Finland | Visa required[97] |
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France | Visa required[98] |
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Gabon | eVisa[99][100] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa required[101] |
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Georgia | eVisa[103][104] | 30 days |
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Germany | Visa required[106] |
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Ghana | Visa required[107] |
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Greece | Visa required[109] |
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Grenada | Visa required[110] | ||||
Guatemala | Visa required[111] | ||||
Guinea | eVisa[112][113] | 90 days | |||
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[114] | 90 days | |||
Guyana | Visa not required[115] | 30 days[116] | |||
Haiti | Visa not required[117] | 90 days | |||
Honduras | Visa required[118] | ||||
Hungary | Visa required[119] |
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Iceland | Visa required[120] |
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India | eVisa[121] | 30 days |
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Iran | Visa not required[124][125] | 15 days | |||
Iraq | Visa required[126] | As of July 2014, due to safety concerns, Indonesian government advises its citizens not to visit Iraq.[3] | |||
Ireland | Visa required[127] |
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Israel | Visa required[130] |
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Italy | Visa required[132] |
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Jamaica | Visa required[133] | ||||
Japan | Visa not required (conditional)[134] | 15 days | |||
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[138][139] |
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Kazakhstan | Visa not required[140] | 30 days | |||
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[141][142] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa not required[143] | 90 days |
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North Korea | Visa required[144] | ||||
South Korea | Visa required[145] |
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Kuwait | Visa required[146] | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[147][148] | 60 days |
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Laos | Visa not required[149] | 30 days | |||
Latvia | Visa required[150] |
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Lebanon | Visa required[151] |
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Lesotho | eVisa[152][153] | ||||
Liberia | Visa required[154] | ||||
Libya | eVisa[155][156] | As of March 2015, due to safety concerns, Indonesian government advises its citizens not to visit Libya.[157] | |||
Liechtenstein | Visa required[158] |
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Lithuania | Visa required[159] |
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Luxembourg | Visa required[160] |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival[161] | 60 days | |||
Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival[162][163] | 90 days | |||
Malaysia | Visa not required[164] | 30 days | |||
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[165] | 30 days | |||
Mali | Visa not required[166] | 30 days | |||
Malta | Visa required[167] |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival[168] | 90 days | |||
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[169] |
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Mauritius | Visa on arrival[170] | 60 days | |||
Mexico | Visa required[171] |
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Micronesia | Visa not required[173] | 30 days | |||
Moldova | Visa required[174] |
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Monaco | Visa required[176] | ||||
Mongolia | eVisa[177][178] | 30 days | |||
Montenegro | Visa required[179] |
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Morocco | Visa not required[181] | 90 days | |||
Mozambique | Visa not required[182][183] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | Visa not required[184] | 14 days | |||
Namibia | Visa not required[185][186] | 90 days | |||
Nauru | Visa required[187] | ||||
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[188][189] | 90 days | |||
Netherlands | Visa required[190] |
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New Zealand | Visa required[191] |
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Nicaragua | Visa on arrival[194] | 90 days | |||
Niger | Visa required[195] | ||||
Nigeria | eVisa[196][197] | 90 days | |||
North Macedonia | Visa required[198] |
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Norway | Visa required[199] |
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Oman | Visa not required / eVisa[200][201] | 14 days / 30 days | |||
Pakistan | ETA / Online Visa[202][203] | 30 days / 3 months | |||
Palau | Free visa on arrival[207] | 30 days | |||
Panama | Visa required[208] |
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Papua New Guinea | eVisa[210][211] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa required[212] | ||||
Peru | Visa not required[213] | 90 days | |||
Philippines | Visa not required[214] | 30 days | |||
Poland | Visa required[215] |
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Portugal | Visa required[216] |
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Qatar | Visa not required[217][218] | 30 days | |||
Romania | Visa required[219] |
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Russia | eVisa[221][222] | 16 days |
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Rwanda | Visa not required[224] | 90 days | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required[225] | 30 days | |||
Saint Lucia | Visa required[226] | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required[227] | 3 months | |||
Samoa | Visa not required[228] | 60 days | |||
San Marino | Visa required[229] | ||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | eVisa[230][231] | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Visa required[232] |
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Senegal | Visa required[235] | ||||
Serbia | Visa not required[236] | 30 days |
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Seychelles | Electronic Border System[238][239] | 3 months |
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Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival[240][241] | 3 months / 30 days | |||
Singapore | Visa not required[242] | 30 days | |||
Slovakia | Visa required[243] |
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Slovenia | Visa required[244] |
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Solomon Islands | Visa required[245] | ||||
Somalia | Visa on arrival[246] | ||||
South Africa | Visa required[247] |
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South Sudan | eVisa[249][250] |
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Spain | Visa required[251] |
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Sri Lanka | eVisa / Free Visa on arrival[252][253] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required[256] | ||||
Suriname | Visa not required[257][258] | 90 days | |||
Sweden | Visa required[261] |
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Switzerland | Visa required[262] |
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Syria | Visa required[263][262] | Due to safety concerns, Indonesian government advises its citizens not to visit Syria.[264] | |||
Tajikistan | Visa not required[265] | 30 days | |||
Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival[266][267] | 90 days | |||
Thailand | Visa not required[268] | 30 days | |||
Timor-Leste | Visa not required[269] | 30 days |
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Togo | eVisa[270][271] | 15 days | |||
Tonga | Visa required[272] | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required[273] | ||||
Tunisia | Visa not required[274][275] | 90 days |
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Turkey | Visa not required[276] | 30 days |
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Turkmenistan | Visa required[277] | ||||
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[278] | 1 month | |||
Uganda | eVisa[279][280] | 3 months |
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Ukraine | Visa required[282] | ||||
United Arab Emirates | Visa required[285] |
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United Kingdom | Visa required[287] | ||||
United States | Visa required[290] | ||||
Uruguay | Visa required[291] | ||||
Uzbekistan | Visa not required[292] | 30 days | |||
Vanuatu | Visa required[293] |
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Vatican City | Visa required[295] | ||||
Venezuela | Visa not required[296] | 90 days | |||
Vietnam | Visa not required[297] | 30 days | |||
Yemen | Visa required[298] | As of April 2016, due to safety concerns, Indonesian government advises its citizens not to visit Yemen.[299][300] | |||
Zambia | eVisa[301][302] | 90 days | |||
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival[303] | 30 days |
Countries | Conditions of access | Notes |
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Abkhazia | Visa required[304] | |
Kosovo | Visa required[305] | |
Northern Cyprus | Visa not required[306] | |
Palestine | Visa not required[307] | |
South Ossetia | Visa not required[308] | |
Taiwan (Republic of China) | Visa required[309] |
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Transnistria | Visa not required[310] |
Countries | Conditions of access | Notes |
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United Kingdom | ||
Anguilla | Visa required[311] | |
Ascension Island | Visa required[312] | |
Bermuda | Visa required[313] | |
British Virgin Islands | Visa required[314] | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Visa required[315] | Those visiting the Territory must have prior approval. Visiting yachts to the Outer Islands require a permit before arrival. |
Cayman Islands | Visa required[316] | |
Falkland Islands | Visa required[317] | |
Gibraltar | Visa required[318] | Visa requirement is waived for holders of Schengen family residency permits [319] |
Guernsey | Visa required[320] | |
Isle of Man | Visa required[321] | |
Jersey | Visa required[322] | |
Montserrat | eVisa[323] | Visa may be obtained online[324] |
Saint Helena | eVisa[325] | |
Turks and Caicos | Visa required[326] | |
Tristan da Cunha | Prior permission of the island Council required[327] | |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required[328][329] | |
China | ||
Hainan | Visa not required[330] | 30 days |
Hong Kong | Visa not required | 30 days[331] |
Macau | Visa not required | 30 days[332] |
Denmark | ||
Faroe Islands | Visa required[333] | |
Greenland | Visa required[334] | |
Netherlands | ||
Aruba | Visa required[335] | Visa requirement is waived for holders of Schengen residency permits |
Caribbean Netherlands | Visa required[336] | includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Visa requirement is waived for holders of Schengen residency permits |
Curaçao | Visa required[337] | Visa requirement is waived for holders of Schengen residency permits |
Sint Maarten | Visa required[338] | Visa requirement is waived for holders of Schengen residency permits |
France | ||
French Guiana | Visa required[339] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
French Polynesia | Visa required[341] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
French West Indies | Visa required[342] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy |
Mayotte | Visa required[343] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
New Caledonia | Visa required[344] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
Réunion | Visa required[345] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa required[346] | No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.[340] |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa required[346] | |
New Zealand | ||
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days, including diplomatic passport[347] |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days, including diplomatic passport[348] |
Tokelau | Visa required[349] | |
United States | ||
American Samoa | Visa required[350] | |
Guam | Visa required[351] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa required[352] | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required[353] | |
Puerto Rico | Visa required[354] |
Holders of Indonesian diplomatic or official / service passports may enter the following countries without a visa for 30 days (unless otherwise stated):
D - Diplomatic passports only.
1 - 90 days
2 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
3 - 60 days
4 - 30 days within any 180-day period.
5 - 14 days
Although a visa is generally needed by Indonesian citizens who hold ordinary passports, some countries apply visa waivers providing the Indonesian passport holders are also in possession of a visa or residence permit for certain countries (mainly USA / Canada / UK / Schengen / Australia/New Zealand). Some countries who apply such rules are these:
Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:[373]
1 - Up to 180 days
2 - Up to 90 days
3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days
4 - Up to 60 days
The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:[374]
24 August 2015: During a meeting with the Vice President of Panama, Isabel Saint Malo at the East Asia-Latin America Cooperation in San José, Costa Rica, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi formally requested Panama to provide a visa on arrival facility to Indonesians.[375] 30 September 2015: In a bilateral meeting with the foreign minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz Massieu in the United Nations headquarters in New York, Retno Marsudi requested Mexico to give reciprocal treatment for a visa waiver policy for Indonesians to visit Mexico.[376] 26 October 2015: In response to Indonesia's recent policy to abolish visa requirements for American citizens, the United States government plans to extend non-immigrant visas' validity issued to nationals of Indonesia to up to 10 years.[377] 22 May 2018: Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi on her meeting with her Argentine counterpart, Jorge Faurie in Buenos Aires requests Argentina to ease visa application procedure for Indonesian citizens wanting to visit the South American nation.[378] |
March 2015: The government of Indonesia plans to pursue a reciprocal visa-waiver agreement with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.[379][380][381][382]
5 August 2015: During her visit to the 48th AMM in Kuala Lumpur, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and the foreign minister of South Korea, Yun Byung-se discussed further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to South Korea. Negotiation for the same agreements also discussed with her Russian counterpart, foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov for further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to Russia.[383][384][385][386][387] 21 October 2015: In the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting between Indonesia and Mongolia in Jakarta, Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, A.M. Fachir and Mongolia State Secretary/Acting Foreign Affairs Vice Minister, Damba Gankhuyag are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.[388] 24 October 2015: On the sidelines meeting of the Ocean Rim Association in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passport of both countries.[389][390] 8 June 2016: The Taiwan government plans to extend its visa exemption scheme to Indonesian passport holders, as well as visa simplification to the rest 7 ASEAN nations. Visitors from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam will be granted entry privileges such as visa waivers, landing visas or e-visas, according to the report. Visitors from three others ASEAN member nations, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand already enjoy visa exemptions for stays of up to 30 days in Taiwan.[391][392][393] 19 February 2019: At Investment Summit 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Rina Soemarno requests that Bangladesh grants Indonesian passport holder visa-free access to the country based on reciprocity.[394] |
April 2015: Delegation of Indonesia and parliament of Romania has raised a possibility of waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service, and ordinary passports of both countries.[395][396]
10 July 2015: Foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and European Commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans are planning to have a mutual reciprocal visa waiver arrangements for holders of ordinary passport of Indonesia and the European Union.[397][398][399][400][401] During her meeting with Federica Mogherini at 48th AMM that was held in Kuala Lumpur early August 2015, Minister Retno Marsudi requested support from the European Union counterpart for abolishing Schengen visa requirements for Indonesian citizens.[387] July 27, 2015: During his visit in Indonesia, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron and the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service and ordinary passport of Indonesia.[402][403][404][405][406] 31 July 2015: Indonesian Ambassador to Bulgaria and Albania and Bulgarian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs have raised possibility of waiving visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.[407] 26 August 2015: In an interview to Indonesian media on 26 August 2015, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mikhail Y Galuzin told that his government is ready to waive visa requirements to ordinary passport of Indonesia. Date of implementation is not determined yet because talks and negotiations are still on going.[408] 28 September 2015: In the 70th UN General Assembly in New York, the foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi requested support from her French and German counterparts to secure visa-free access to the Schengen Area for Indonesian citizens. Foreign minister of France, Laurent Fabius and foreign minister of Germany, Frank Walter Steinmeier are committed to support Indonesia's request by the time this issue is discussed at the EU Commission. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania also give their support for Indonesia to get a visa-free access to Schengen Area.[409][410][411] 5 November 2015: On the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Luxembourg, the European Commission has reportedly included Indonesia in a list of countries proposed for review by the European Council. Indonesia's proposal will be submitted to the council early next year. European Council then will ask three main entities (Frontex, Europol and EASO) to study and review Indonesia's eligibility. If the study results are positive then the Council and the European Commission will propose a new regulation regarding the status change of Indonesia to get visa-free Schengen.[412][413][414] 27 April 2016: During his visit in Indonesia, the president of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić and the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.[415] 17 May 2017: President Grybauskaite, during her state visit to Indonesia, expressed Lithuania's readiness to support the negotiations on CEPA and the free-visa policy for EU member states as such cooperation will help to generate a revenue of €2.5 billion.[416] 23 November 2018: Vice Chairman of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Ahmad Muzani requests Bosnia and Herzegovina to grant Indonesian passport holder visa-free travel to the Balkan nation.[417] |
This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions. (edit | history) |
Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[418] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic |
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[419] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[420]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[421][422]
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[423][424] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[425]
Some countries, such as Japan,[426] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[427] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[428] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[429] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[430] Philippines,[431] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[432]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[433] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[434] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[435]
Kuwait,[436] Lebanon,[437] Libya,[438] Syria,[439] and Yemen[440] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
See also: Countries applying biometrics |
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[441]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[442][443] Argentina,[444] Brunei, Cambodia,[445] China,[446] Ethiopia,[447] Ghana, Guinea,[448] India, Japan,[449][450] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[451] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[452] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[453] Singapore, South Korea,[454] Taiwan, Thailand,[455] Uganda,[456] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[457][458][459] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[460]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[461] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[462][463]