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Planning your trip to Bali? On this page you will find all you need to know about General Travel Requirements in relation to Customs, Tourist Tax, Passport, and some essential tips.

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• The passport must be in good condition. Ripped or very run down passports might get refused. There are travelers who were denied entry into Indonesia and were sent back, because the passport was in bad condition

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• The form can be filled in 72h before your arrival. Not earlier.
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The new tourist tax is effective since 14th February 2024 (Tourist Levy for INTERNATIONAL visitors)

• The Fee is IDR 150,000 per person (ca. USD 10 and AUD 15)
• The tourist tax (levy) is a local tax that the Bali administration is going to implement, it is only related to Bali and not to Indonesia

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If you can't get a flight to Bali, or if it is too expensive for you, you can look into the option to book a flight to Jakarta and then take a domestic flight on the same day to Bali. Airlines such as Citilink, Batik Air, Air Asia, Lion Air, and Garuda are flying to Bali several times a day. Ticket price one way: 50-150USD.

If you choose to travel to Jakarta first, tt's good to at least have 3 or 4h difference between your arrival in Jakarta and the next flight to Bali. Because you would have to go through immigration, pick up your luggage and then go to the terminal for to catch your domestic flight. 

Don't bring more than the equivalent value of IDR 100,000,000 cash into the country (ca. AUD 10,000). Otherwise you have to declare and pay taxes.

NO. All requirements have been lifted.

As of 9th of June 2023, travelers do NOT need to show proof of vaccination anymore. However the Indonesian government "suggests" to be fully vaccinated.

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Govt lifts remaining COVID restrictions

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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, saying that most of the country's population already has antibodies against the disease.

"There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movements," the President told a news conference, noting that the decision was taken based on the latest infection figures.

Before the announcement, most mobility restrictions had already been removed for recipients of at least one booster vaccine shot, but authorities still required masks to be worn indoors and use of a COVID tracker app when entering most public spaces.

Jokowi urged Indonesians to remain vigilant against the virus, including continuing to wear a mask indoors and when in a crowd.

At one point Indonesia had Asia's highest rate of infections, but daily cases have fallen to below 1,000 most days in the past week, with hospitalisations and deaths relatively low.

The world's fourth-most populous country has recorded more than 6.7 million cases overall, with 160,583 fatalities.

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Nearly 75 percent of Indonesians over the age of 6, or 174.7 million people, have received two vaccine shots and about 68.5 million have had at least one booster injection, according to Health Ministry data.

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Check the Latest Foreign Travel Rules for Indonesia

The government has issued updated provisions regarding the terms and documents required for overseas travellers who come to Indonesia.

Here’s the list of 15 international arrival points by air for indonesia:.

•  Soekarno Hatta Airport, Banten
•  Juanda Airport, East Java
•  Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali
•  Hang Nadim Airport, Riau Islands
•  Sam Ratulangi Airport, North Sulawesi
•  Zainuddin Abdul Madjid Airport, West Nusa Tenggara
•  Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, South Sulawesi
•  Kualanamu Airport, North Sumatra
•  Yogyakarta Airport, DIY
•  Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Aceh
•  Minangkabau Airport, West Sumatra
•  Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepingan Airport, East Kalimantan
•  Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport, Riau
•  Kertajati Airport, West Java
•  Sentani Airport, Papua
•  Aruk, West Kalimantan
•  Entikong, West Kalimantan
•  Nanga Badau, West Kalimantan
•  Motaain, East Nusa Tenggara
•  Motamasin, East Nusa Tenggara
•  Wini, East Nusa Tenggara
•  Skouw, Papua
•  Sota, Papua

There has been no change to the foreigners who can enter Indonesia, who are:

• Those who are in accordance with the provisions regarding immigration regulated by the Law and Human Rights Ministry;
• Those who are In accordance with a bilateral agreement scheme, such as the travel corridor arrangement (TCA); and/or
• Those who have special consideration or permission in writing from a ministry or institution.
• Foreigners who hold diplomatic visas and service visas related to official/state visits of foreign officials at ministerial level and above

The obligation to show proof of vaccination is excluded for:

• Travellers under 18 years old
• Travellers with special health conditions or comorbid diseases that mean they are unable to receive vaccines. These people must attach a doctor’s certificate from a government hospital of the country of departure stating that the person concerned has not and/or cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccine
• Travellers who have finished COVID-19 isolation or treatment and have been declared inactive in transmitting the virus but have not been able to get the second dose of vaccination. These people must attach a doctor’s certificate from a government hospital of the country of departure or the ministry that carries out government affairs in the health sector in the country of departure which states that the person concerned is no longer actively transmitting COVID-19
• Foreigners holding diplomatic visas and service visas related to official or state visits of foreign officials at ministerial level and above and foreigners who enter Indonesia under the Travel Corridor Arrangement scheme, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity while still implementing strict health protocols
• Foreigners who have not received the vaccine and intend to travel domestically in order to continue their journey on an international flight out of Indonesia. These people do not have to show proof of vaccination as long as they do not leave the airport area during transit for their onward international flight. They must also have been permitted by the local Port Health Office to travel domestically in order to continue the journey with international flights out of Indonesia and show the schedule of flight tickets departing Indonesia for direct transit from the city of departure to the international airport in the territory of Indonesia with the final destination to the destination country.

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Traveler's COVID-19 vaccination status

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Not required

Not required for vaccinated visitors

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Not required in public spaces and enclosed environments.

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Most visitors from the United States, regardless of vaccination status, can enter Indonesia.

Can I travel to Indonesia if I am vaccinated?

Fully vaccinated visitors from the United States can enter Indonesia without restrictions.

Can I travel to Indonesia without being vaccinated?

Unvaccinated visitors from the United States can enter Indonesia without restrictions.

Do I need a COVID test to enter Indonesia?

Visitors from the United States are not required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test or antigen result upon entering Indonesia.

Can I travel to Indonesia without quarantine?

Travelers from the United States are not required to quarantine.

Do I need to wear a mask in Indonesia?

Mask usage in Indonesia is not required in public spaces and enclosed environments.

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Do Not travel to:

• The provinces of Central Papua (Papua Tengah) and Highland Papua (Papua Pegunungan) due to civil unrest.

Terrorists continue plotting possible attacks in Indonesia. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting police stations, places of worship, hotels, bars, nightclubs, markets/shopping malls, and restaurants.

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• Follow the Department of State Facebook  and Twitter .  Follow the U.S. Embassy Jakarta on Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter .
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• Prepare a contingency plan for emergency situations. Review the  Traveler’s Checklist .

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia on Friday, December 30, removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, since most of the country’s population already has antibodies against the disease, President Joko Widodo said.

“There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movements,” the president told a news conference, noting that the decision was taken based on the latest infection figures.

Before the announcement, most mobility restrictions had already been removed for recipients of at least one booster vaccine shot, but authorities still required masks to be worn indoors and use of a COVID tracker app when entering most public spaces.

Jokowi, as the president is known, urged Indonesians to remain vigilant against the virus, including continuing to wear a mask indoors and when in a crowd.

At one point Indonesia had Asia’s highest rate of infections, but daily cases have fallen to below 1,000 most days in the past week, with hospitalizations and deaths relatively low.

The world’s fourth-most populous country has recorded more than 6.7 million cases overall, with 160,583 fatalities.

Nearly 75% of Indonesians over the age of 6, or 174.7 million people, have received two vaccine shots and about 68.5 million have had at least one booster injection, according to health ministry data. – Rappler.com

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President Joko Widodo noted that this decision was taken based on the country's latest infection figures.

Effective Friday (30 December 2022), Indonesia has lifted all remaining COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and movements.

Speaking at a press conference on that day, and cited by  Jakarta Post, President Joko Widodo noted that this decision was taken based on the country's latest infection figures.

Most of the population also already has antibodies against the disease, he further noted. 

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Starting from 9 November 2021, Here Are the Newest Regulations regarding International Travel to Indonesia!

Due to the increase in the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants (Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma) in various countries in the world, including Indonesia, Head of the COVID-19 Task Force, Ganip Warsito, issued an Addendum to the Circular of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Number 8 of 2021 regarding International Travel Health Protocols During the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. This regulation, which was signed on July 4, will come into effect on July 6, 2021.

“The purpose of this Circular Addendum is to implement stricter health protocols for international travellers, with the aim of monitoring, controlling, and evaluating in order to prevent an increase in the transmission of COVID-19, including the new SARS-CoV-2 virus variant as well as the potential for the development of other new variants," said Ganip in his press statement, Sunday (04/07/2021) virtually.

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, fully supports the Java-Bali Emergency Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) policy, including the international flight arrangements and extended quarantine.

“We also call for the closing of all destinations and postponement of all tourism and creative economic events in all parts of Indonesia. We understand that this must be a bitter situation for all tourism and creative economy industries and players, but the COVID-19 data shows an emergency so we cannot take any more serious risks, and must prioritize health,” Sandiaga said on Saturday, July 3rd, 2021.

Furthermore, since 2 November 2021, the Indonesian government has imposed new regulations regarding international travel to Indonesia. The regulations are expected to be able to revitalize the country’s tourism.

The following is the contents of the Addendum Circular of COVID-19 Task Force No. 20 of 2021 regarding International Travel Health Protocol During the Times of COVID-19:*

1. All international travelers must prepare for these documents before the departure:

    a) A certificate of a full-dose or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccination which administered at least 14 days before arrival

    b) Negative PCR result which taken for at least 3x24 hours before arrival

    c) Download and register to PeduliLindungi app to verify and claim your e-PCR and e-HAC documents

    d) Register to e-CD (Electronic Custom Declaration)

    e) Provide the proof of your 5-days quarantine or 3-days quarantine hotel booking

    f) Immigration documents

    g) Travel insurance

2. Upon arrival, all international travelers will be subjected to a thermal scan. If the body temperature is below 38°C, they can proceed to the next step. If the body temperature exceeds 38°C, a further medical examination will be done immediately. If all health requirements are good, proceed to the next step. If not, travelers will be referred to the nearest hospital.

3. International travelers are required to undergo mandatory quarantine for 5 x 24 hours for those who have only received single-dose vaccination or 3 x 24 hours for those who have received full-dose of vaccination. The requirements are as follows:

For Indonesian citizens within the category of migrant workers, students that have finished education, and civil servants on duty, the quarantine facilities provided by the Indonesia government are free of charge.

For Indonesian citizens (not on the criteria for the previous points) and foreigners in self-funded quarantine accommodation (hotels/inns) recommended by the COVID-19 Task Force and have met the terms and conditions of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association and the Ministry of Health.

4. Four days after self-quarantine from the date of arrival, another RT-PCR test will be conducted. If the test shows a negative result, after 5 days or 3 days of quarantine, you will be declared for completing quarantine. Meanwhile, if the RT-PCR test shows positive result then you will have to undergo the following procedures:

Treatment in centralized isolation facilities for asymptomatic people and people with mild symptoms.

Treatment at a referral hospital for people with moderate and severe symptoms.

*This article was made as an update for the information listed in the past article and has been updated to the newest regulation due to the emergence of SARS-COV-2 B.1.1.529 in South Africa and some other countries in the world. The latest update of travel regulation is implemented according to the Circular of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Number 12 of 2022 concerning Health Protocol for International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic , which has been in effect from 8 March 2022. You can visit here to check on the latest requirements. For further information regarding the government's regulation related to COVID-19, refer to this link.

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Indonesia: Update On Indonesia Travel Policies During Covid-19

The Indonesian Covid-19 Task Force ( Satuan Tugas Penanganan Covid-19 ) has announed new policies for domestic and international travel effective as of March 8, 2022. The following is a summary of key points.

You can find more information on the latest travel policies here .

All travelers must comply with the health protocols set forth by the Indonesian Covid-19 Task Force:

• Use a three-ply cloth mask or a medical mask that covers the nose, mouth and chin;
• Change masks regularly every four hours and dispose of old masks in provided places;
• Wash hands regularly using water and soap or hand sanitizer, especially after touching objects touched by other people;
• Maintain a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from other people and avoid crowds;
• Not allowed to speak on the telephone or face to face while on public transportation (land, rail, sea, river, lake, and air); and
• Not allowed to eat or drink during flights that are less than two hours long, except for individuals who must take medicine for their health and safety.

The following is a summary of the newest travel policies:

International Travel Through Entry Points in Bali, Batam and Bintan

Entry Points

• Bali: I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport and Tanjung Benoa Harbor
• Batam: Hang Nadim International Airport and Batam Harbor
• Bintan: Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport, Bintan Harbor and Tanjung Pinang Harbor

Proof of Vaccination Requirement

Travelers must provide a card/certificate (physical/digital) evidencing they have received a second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to their departure. The card/certificate must be verified on the website of the Ministry of Health or e-HAC (Indonesian Electronic Health Alert Card).

Covid-19 Testing Requirement

• Pre-Departure: Travelers are required to provide a negative RT-PCR test result taken within 2x24 hours before departure time in their origin country/region.
• Post-Arrival: Travelers are required to take a RT-PCR test upon arrival and are prohibited to leave their accomodation before the result is released. If the result is negative, travelers are allowed to continue their activities as usual. If the result is positive, travelers must be isolated or treated. On the third day after arrival , travelers are required to take a second RT-PCR test and may only continue their activities if the result is negative.

Quarantine Requirement

International travelers entering Indonesia through Bali, Batam and Bintan are not required to be quarantined.

International Travel

• Airports: Soekarno-Hatta in Banten; Juanda in East Java; Sam Ratulangi in North Sulawesi; and Zainuddin Abdul Madjid in West Nusa Tenggara.
• Harbor: Nunukan in North Borneo.
• Cross-Border Posts: Aruk in West Borneo; Entikong in West Borneo; and Motaain in East Nusa Tenggara.

Travelers must provide a card/certificate (physical/digital) evidencing they have received a second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to their departure. Unvaccinated travelers shall be vaccinated in quarantine/supervision facilities upon arrival after receiving a second negative RT-PCR result.

• Pre-Departure: Travelers are required to provide negative RT-PCR test result taken within 2x24 hours before departure time in their origin country/region.
• Post-Arrival: Travelers are required to take a RT-PCR test upon arrival . Quarantined travelers shall take a second RT-PCR test on the sixth day of quarantine . Travelers who are only supervised and not quarantined shall independently take a second RT-PCR test on the third day after their arrival .

Travelers who have received only the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine must be quarantined for 7x24 hours . Travelers who have received a second or third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine shall be supervised for 1x24 hours . For travelers under the age of 18, the quarantine/supervision requirement shall follow the applicable requirement for their parents/caretakers/companions.

• Exemption from providing proof of vaccination for: Foreign travelers holding diplomatic/service visa; foreign travelers entering Indonesia through a Travel Corridor Arrangement scheme; unvaccinated foreign travelers planning to leave Indonesia through domestic transit as long as they do not leave the airport area; travelers under the age of 18; and travelers ineligible to receive Covid-19 vaccine for health reasons.
• Dispensation (approval of application for exemption) for quarantine or supervision requirement may be given to: Indonesian travelers with an urgent situation provided that the result of the RT-PCR test taken upon arrival is negative; foreign travelers in their capacity as head of foreign representative office on duty in Indonesia and their families.
• Dispensation of quarantine or supervision with the implementation of the travel bubble system and/or strict health protocols may be given to foreign travelers who meet one of the following criteria: Holders of diplomatic/service visa; foreign officials at ministerial level or above and their entourages making official/state visit; travelers entering Indonesia through a Travel Corridor Arrangement; delegations of G20 member countries; and respected and prominent travelers.

Domestic Travel

Travelers who have received a second or third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine are not required to provide RT-PCR or rapid test antigen test result. Travelers who have only received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and travelers who are unvaccinated for health reasons are required to provide a negative RT-PCR test result taken within 3x24 hours before departure or a rapid antigen test taken within 1x24 hours before departure.

Domestic travelers are not required to be quarantined .

Travelers using pioneer mode of transportation ( moda transportasi perintis ) to, from, and between remote and underdeveloped areas are exempted from all travel requirements; and travelers using land transportation modes within one urban agglomeration area are exempted from Covid-19 testing requirement.

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Update On Indonesia Travel Policies During Covid-19.

September 9, 2022 by Balaram Adhikari

(September 6, 2022) Indonesia’s Covid-19 Task Force ( Satuan Tugas Penanganan Covid-19 ) has announced new policies for domestic and international travel effective as of August 25, 2022.

The following is a summary of key points. You can find more information on the latest travel policies  here .

All travelers must comply with the  health protocols  set forth by the Covid-19 Task Force:

1. Use a three-ply cloth mask or a medical mask that covers the nose, mouth and chin;

2. Change masks regularly every four hours and dispose of old masks in provided places;

3. Wash hands regularly using water and soap or hand sanitizer, especially after touching objects touched by other people;

4. Maintain a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from other people and avoid crowds;

5. Not allowed to speak on the telephone or face to face while on public transportation (land, rail, sea, river, lake, and air); and

6. Not allowed to eat or drink during flights that are less than two hours long, except for individuals who must take medicine for their health and safety.

The following is a summary of the newest travel policies:

International Travel

1. Visit Visa Exemption  for Tourism  and  VOA for Tourism

A Visit Visa Exemption for Tourism may be granted to nationals of all member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Pursuant to MOLHR Circular Letter Number IMI-0603.GR.01.01 of 2022 regarding Ease of Immigration to Support Sustainable Tourism During the 2019 Corona Virus Disease Pandemic, the number of countries whose citizens are eligible for a VOA for Tourism was increased from 60 to 72. The countries that were added are:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foreigners must show a passport with at least six months of remaining validity, a return ticket or a ticket to continue their journey to another country, and proof of payment for the VOA for tourism (IDR 500,000).

The Visit Visa Exemption for Tourism and VOA for tourism will be granted at immigration checkpoints including airport entry points as listed below (except for Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport in Riau Islands), border post immigration checkpoints as listed below (in addition to Tunon Taka, North Kalimantan), and the following harbor checkpoints:

• Benoa, Bali;
• Bandar Bentan Telani Lagoi, Riau Islands;
• Bandar Seri Udana Lobam, Riau Islands;
• Batam Centre, Riau Islands;
• Citra Tri Tunas, Riau Islands;
• Marina Teluk Senimba, Riau Islands;
• Nongsa Terminal Bahari, Riau Islands;
• Sekupang, Riau Islands;
• Sri Bintan Pura, Riau Islands;
• Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands; and
• Dumai, Riau.

2 .  Entry Points

• Soekarno-Hatta, Banten;
• Juanda, East Java;
• Ngurah Rai, Bali;
• Hang Nadim, Riau Islands;
• Raja Haji Fisabilillah, Riau Islands;
• Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi;
• Zainuddin Abdul Madjid, West Nusa Tenggara;
• Kualanamu, North Sumatra;
• Sultan Hasanuddin, South Sulawesi;
• Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta;
• Sultan Iskandar Muda, Aceh;
• Minangkabau, West Sumatra;
• Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, South Sumatra;
• Adisumarmo, Central Java;
• Syamsuddin Noor, South Kalimantan;
• Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman, Sepinggan, East Kalimantan; and
• Sultan Syarif Kasim II, Riau.
• All international harbors in Indonesia are open as entry points for international travelers with recommendation from the Directorate General of Sea Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation.
• Aruk, West Kalimantan;
• Entikong, West Kalimantan;
• Nanga Badau, West Kalimantan;
• Motaain, East Nusa Tenggara;
• Motamasin, East Nusa Tenggara;
• Wini, East Nusa Tenggara;
• Skouw, Papua; and
• viii. Sota, Papua.

3.  Proof of Vaccination Requirement

Travelers must provide a card/certificate (physical/digital) evidencing that they have received a  second dose of  a  Covid-19 vaccine  at least 14 days prior to their departure. Especially for travelers with foreign citizenship, the vaccination card/certificate to be provided must be in English, in addition to the language of the country of origin if other than English.

Unvaccinated travelers with Indonesian citizenship shall be vaccinated at international travel entry points upon arrival after undergoing a symptoms check, or at the quarantine location after receiving a negative result for a RT-PCR test taken on the fourth day of quarantine. Unvaccinated travelers with foreign citizenship who are already in Indonesia and will travel, either domestically or internationally, are required to receive a vaccination in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.

4.  Covid-19 Testing Requirement

a. Pre-Departure: Travelers are not required to provide a negative RT-PCR test result taken before departure in their origin country/region.

b. Post-Arrival: Travelers with Covid-19 symptoms or a body temperature above 37.5 degrees Celcius are required to take a RT-PCR test upon arrival. Quarantined travelers (see below for the quarantine requirements) are also required to take a RT-PCR test on the fourth day of quarantine.

5.  Quarantine Requirement

Provided that no Covid-19 symptoms are detected upon arrival or a negative RT-PCR test result is obtained, travelers having received a second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 14 days prior to their departure  are not required to be quarantined . Travelers who have received only the  first dose of  a  Covid-19 vaccine   or are unvaccinated  must be quarantined for  5 x24 hours .

For travelers under the age of 18, the quarantine/supervision requirement will follow the applicable requirement for their parents/caretakers/companions. Unvaccinated travelers with special health conditions or comorbidities may resume travel provided they have a doctor’s letter from a government hospital in their departure country stating that the person has not and/or is not able to be vaccinated.

6.  Exemptions

a. The following are exempted from the requirement to provide proof of vaccination:

i. Foreign travelers holding diplomatic/service visa entering Indonesia through a Travel Corridor Arrangement scheme;

ii. Unvaccinated foreign travelers planning to leave Indonesia through domestic transit as long as they do not leave the airport area;

iii. Travelers under the age of 18;

iv. Travelers who have been isolated or treated for Covid-19 and declared inactive in transmitting Covid-19; and

v. Travelers ineligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine for health reasons.

b. Provided that no Covid-19 symptoms are detected or a negative RT-PCR test result is obtained, unvaccinated Indonesian travelers (have not received a second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine) are eligible to apply for a dispensation from quarantine requirements. Dispensations will be provided selectively, with a limited quota, to applicants that can show they have an urgent condition (i.e., life-threatening health condition or grieving the death of a main family member). Dispensation requests must be submitted at least three days prior to arrival and the dispensation shall apply individually.

Domestic Travel

1. Proof of Vaccination  Requirement

Travelers above the age of 18 must have received a third (booster) dose of vaccine. Foreign travelers above the age of 18 entering Indonesia from abroad must have received at least a second dose of vaccine. As confirmed by the Covid-19 Task Force, “foreign travelers above the age of 18 entering Indonesia from abroad” refers to non-Indonesian travelers who do not have a stay permit.

2.  Quarantine Requirement

Domestic travelers are  not required to be quarantined .

3.  Exemptions

• Travelers aged 6-17 travelling from outside of Indonesia are exempted from the vaccination requirement;
• Travelers under the age of 6 are exempted from the vaccination requirement, but must be accompanied by another traveler who has fulfilled the vaccination requirement;
• Travelers with special health conditions or comorbidities which make them unable to receive a vaccination are exempted from the vaccination and Covid-19 testing requirements if they present a doctor’s letter from a government hospital stating that the person has not and/or is not able to be vaccinated;
• Travelers using a pioneer mode of transportation ( moda transportasi perintis ) are exempted from all travel requirements, including in border areas, underdeveloped, frontier and outermost areas ( wilayah tertinggal, terdepan, terluar ), and on limited sea voyages.

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Stephen Igor Warokka , Partner, SSEK

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Here’s something for everyone to celebrate! Indonesia travel restrictions will be revised on May 18, 2022, to provide greater convenience to all inbound fully vaccinated visitors. Here’s everything you need to know about traveling to Indonesia, including entry requirements and current COVID-19 protocols.

Indonesia entry requirements

Only fully vaccinated people are eligible for quarantine-free travel (i.e. have received more than two doses of the vaccine). Tourists under the age of 12 must adhere to the same Indonesia travel regulations as the adult(s) accompanying them. Before being allowed to enter Indonesia, all foreign visitors must have a passport valid for at least six months and a valid e-Visa.

Most tourists will require a valid e-Visa to gain entry. Citizens of a few countries, however, are eligible for a Special Visa on Arrival, which allows them to stay in Indonesia for 30 days with the option to extend it for another 30. A return or onward flight ticket; COVID-19 insurance; Rp 500,000 processing fee; and other relevant health documents will be required of those who choose to do so.

Travelers from ASEAN countries can also enter through the Visa Exemption Facility, which allows them to visit Indonesia without a visa for up to 30 days.

Travelers will, however, need to bring a printed or digital proof of vaccination with them to show when asked.

Remember to download the PeduliLindugi mobile application and register your COVID-19 vaccination certificate here before your trip to Indonesia. Your vaccination certificate will then appear on your application, allowing you to enter many of Indonesia’s indoor public spaces.

Arrival in Indonesia

Travelers will be subjected to temperature checks upon arrival in Indonesia, with those found unfit being required to take a PCR test. This will apply to all visitors arriving in Indonesia through common entry points such as Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, the resort islands of Bintan and Batam, and land borders in West Kalimantan and East Nusa Tenggara. This page contains a complete list of entry points.

Those who test positive or are not fully vaccinated will be required to spend an additional five days in a government-approved hotel. After five days, or if they test negative during a second PCR test on the fourth day of quarantine — whichever comes first — these travelers will be released.

During your stay

In recent news, Indonesia has joined other Southeast Asian countries like Singapore and Malaysia in relaxing its mask mandate. Mask-wearing will now be optional for most places but will remain compulsory for crowded outdoor areas, indoor activities, and public transport. Those with underlying health conditions or cold symptoms and the elderly are still strongly encouraged to wear masks.

Travellers will also be required to use the PeduliLindungi app for contact tracing and for access to places of interest like shopping malls and tourist attractions. Social distancing should also be maintained at all times.

You now have all the necessary info to kickstart your travels and visit Indonesia! If you need some tips on what to do there, click here to get some ideas about the myriad of activities before booking your flights to Jakarta, Bali, Ubud, or other places in Indonesia.

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Before you fly to Indonesia, remember your passport needs to have six months validity and two blank pages otherwise you may be refused entry into the country. Officially you are also required to have proof of your return flight for departing Indonesia, although this is rarely requested to be seen by immigration officials.

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Most visitors to Indonesia can get a visa on arrival. You can apply for this online to save you time queuing up in the airport when you arrive. Visit the official Indonesian Immigration site to apply and pay for the evisa. You can apply for 30 days or 60 days. You’ll need a photo of your passport’s data page and a passport photo of yourself to upload to the site.

You will receive an email with a link to a PDF which is your evisa. Make sure you keep a screengrab of the evisa on your phone. Don’t rely on having an internet connection in the airport to download or open it.

When you approach passport control, you may be asked by staff if you have an evisa or a B213 (this the formal name of the tourism visa on arrival). This is because they are checking to make sure you have an evisa or a visa on arrival before you get to the immigration officer. (If you don’t have either, you need to go to the visa on arrival queue and pay for the visa.

At passport control, you may need to show your evisa screengrab as well to the officer.

Indonesian Customs Declaration Form – Submit Online

Once you pass through immigration, you will also be required to fill in an electronic customs declaration form. This has replaced the previous paper forms. You can save time by filling in the customs declaration form online before you leave home up to 3 days before your flight. See the official Indonesian customs site to fill in the customs declaration. Remember to screengrab the QR code it will show you as your receipt. You then show that to customs officers to be scanned before you pass through into the Arrivals area. If you don’t fill in the form online before you leave home, you can simply do it on your phone before you go through customs – there is wifi provided to access and submit the customs form.

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You’re entitled to a visa-free entry if you’re a citizen of one of these countries:

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Otherwise you buy a visa on arrival in Indonesia or apply online as noted above. It’s around 500,000 IND for a 30 day visa but the cost is dependent on your nationality.

You can use USD, EUR, GBP, JPY and other major currencies in cash to pay as well as Indonesian Rupiah. You can’t use a credit or debit card to pay at the airport visa on arrival counter. You can of course use a credit card to pay for the visa if you apply online.

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World Central Kitchen, led by a humanitarian chef, has fed crisis zones for years

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José Andrés unloads food packages delivered by World Central Kitchen in Kherson, Ukraine in November 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption

José Andrés unloads food packages delivered by World Central Kitchen in Kherson, Ukraine in November 2022.

The aid group World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that it is pausing its efforts to feed Palestinians in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed by an Israeli strike.

The nonprofit said in a statement that the team was hit while leaving a warehouse where they had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza by sea, a route that World Central Kitchen helped establish just last month.

The organization said the convoy had been traveling in a deconflicted zone, in armored cars branded with their logo and after coordinating movements with Israel's military, which now says it will conduct an investigation of the incident "at the highest levels." Erin Gore, the CEO of World Central Kitchen, called it a "targeted attack."

"This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war," she said.

The U.S.-based organization, which was founded by celebrity chef José Andrés and his wife Patricia in 2010, delivers food to people on the front lines of natural and humanitarian disasters around the world.

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It has been working on the ground in the region since Hamas - led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and killed more than 1,200 people, according to the Israeli government. Israeli's military response in Gaza has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, displaced an estimated 1.7 million and left the territory on the brink of famine .

WCK said last week that it had provided some 42 million meals to people in Gaza over 175 days, calling the situation there "the most dire we've ever seen or experienced in our 15 year history."

"More and more people, particularly children, are dying of starvation," Gore and Andrés said in a joint statement. "We've known for months that famine is imminent and the situation is getting worse."

With food scarce and malnutrition rising , international experts have warned that some 30% of Gaza's population is already facing " catastrophic" levels of hunger and that northern Gaza could officially see famine anytime between now and May.

World Central Kitchen isn't the only organization working to get food into Gaza, where aid deliveries are severely limited by Israeli border restrictions, logistical challenges and ongoing fighting. But it has played a major role in the humanitarian response, including sending two shipments of hundreds of tons of food to Gaza by sea.

The second such shipment — stocked with shelf-stable items like rice, canned vegetables and proteins, as well as dates in honor of Ramadan — left Cyprus on Saturday . The Cypriot foreign ministry said Tuesday that some 100 tons of aid had been unloaded in Gaza before WCK announced it was pausing its operations in the enclave, and the remaining 240 tons would be returned to Cyprus, according to the Associated Press .

Just days ago, WCK vowed it would keep pushing to get food into Gaza "until there is substantial aid getting in via land." Now those plans are up in the air — it says it will be "making decisions about the future of our work soon."

In the meantime, here's what else to know about the organization:

WCK brings food to the front lines of disasters

People line up for food prepared by a World Central Kitchen worker in Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine in December 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption

People line up for food prepared by a World Central Kitchen worker in Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine in December 2022.

Andrés is a Spanish-American chef known for his numerous U.S. restaurants, PBS travel series and humanitarian work of over a decade.

He traveled to Haiti after it was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in 2010, cooking for displaced people in camps — an ad hoc relief mission that helped set World Central Kitchen in motion.

WCK has responded to a long list of natural and man-made disasters ever since, working with local partners on the ground.

It served more than 20,000 meals in the Houston area after Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and another 3.7 million across Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria , for which Andrés was named the James Beard humanitarian of the year in 2018 (seven years after winning its "outstanding chef" award).

He told NPR that same year that he expected to see more chefs getting involved in disaster response, since "restaurant people" are particularly well suited to managing chaos.

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"What we are very good at is understanding the problem and adapting," he said. "And so a problem becomes an opportunity ... We're practical. We're efficient. And we can do it quicker, faster and better than anybody."

The organization has grown substantially over the years and expanded its efforts to focus not only on disaster response but resilience training and longer-term community needs, including opening a culinary school in Port-au-Prince several years after the earthquake that started it.

It has fed survivors of major wildfires in California and Hawaii , federal workers in D.C. during the 2019 government shutdown and stranded cruise ship passengers during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic , throughout which it provided food for front line workers and other vulnerable groups in the U.S. as well as Spain, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic.

It delivered hot meals and fresh produce to a Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood after 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket , and distributed food after the Uvalde school shooting in Texas.

More recently, WCK provided more than 20 million meals to people impacted by the dual earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last April. And it has responded to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine by providing millions of meals to people there , first in hard-hit population centers and neighboring countries, and increasingly in more remote and vulnerable areas.

This is not the first time WCK has lost workers in a conflict zone

Workers hug on Tuesday after recovering the bodies of World Central Kitchen staff who were killed by Israeli air strikes in Rafah, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption

Workers hug on Tuesday after recovering the bodies of World Central Kitchen staff who were killed by Israeli air strikes in Rafah, Gaza.

World Central Kitchen has lost workers before.

Several team members have been killed in Ukraine in recent years, according to the organization.

It said in June that a 60-year-old volunteer named Igor was killed when Russian shelling hit his apartment building in Kharkiv, and that two other volunteers, Sardor and Viktoria, had been killed in a strike in Chuhuiv the previous July. (The group only identified them by their first names.)

Andrés told NPR's Morning Edition in December that WCK had lost a total of six people in Ukraine.

"As a cook, as a chef, when I founded this organization, I never expected that this will happen," he said. "And I almost wanted to pull World Central Kitchen immediately out of Ukraine. But the locals told me: 'José, You cannot leave. We need you. We need your organization.'"

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Gaza food crisis is nothing like anything chef josé andrés had seen before.

While conflict zones are inherently dangerous, the organization has also faced criticism over its safety record in the past.

In December, Bloomberg published a story alleging — among other accusations — that Andrés looked the other way on matters of staff safety, including demanding that staff send a food truck into parts of Turkey that local officials had declared "no-gos" due to landslides.

Andrés told NPR that disaster and war zones come with risks, and the organization doesn't "push anybody to go."

"Obviously, it's people that maybe they don't feel safe doing this job, but then they shouldn't be in these kind of humanitarian situations," he added. "But from there to say that José Andrés puts people in danger — I'd never be able to tell anybody to do what I'm not willing to do on my own."

The organization has won awards and faced upheaval

World Central Kitchen brought food to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in September 2019, one of many natural disasters to which it's responded. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

World Central Kitchen brought food to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in September 2019, one of many natural disasters to which it's responded.

WCK has earned plenty of accolades for its work over the years, but has also recently weathered a string of scandals.

Andrés was awarded the 2015 National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama and has twice been named one of TIME's most influential people, among them. A handful of Democratic lawmakers nominated WCK and Andrés himself for the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year.

The nonprofit — which operates on non-governmental contributions — has grown exponentially since its founding. It brought in more than $500 million in contributions and grants in 2022, which the New York Times reports was a fourfold increase from the year before.

While WCK gets perfect scores on watchdog sites like Charity Navigator and Charity Watch, there have been some concerns and criticisms raised recently about where exactly that money is going — including from within the organization itself.

A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to chef José Andrés was destroyed by a missile

WCK announced last June that as it was spending some $2 million a day in Ukraine, it "learned of suspected instances of fraud" and commissioned a law firm to investigate. It ultimately confirmed instances of fraud that amounted to several million dollars, which the organization called "unacceptable, but still represents a tiny percentage of the $432 million we spent feeding people impacted by war."

It acknowledged it could have invested more in its internal operations to discover "bad actors," and said it was making changes among personnel and partners in both Ukraine and Turkey as a result — as well as implementing additional safeguards to combat fraud, like an anonymous tip line.

The organization has also grown in size, now counting thousands of volunteers and 94 employees, according to 2022 filings .

Humanitarian leaders are condemning the strike

United Nations staff members gather Tuesday around a World Central Kitchen car that was hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah in Gaza. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

United Nations staff members gather Tuesday around a World Central Kitchen car that was hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah in Gaza.

WCK said the seven workers killed in the Israeli strike included a Palestinian and citizens of Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom and Canada — with one a dual citizen of the U.S.

U.S. and foreign leaders as well as international organizations are offering their condolences and condemnations, and calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli military strike.

Philippe Lazzarini , the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) — which has lost at least 176 employees in Gaza — said the organization provides "much needed food assistance to a starving population."

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He said humanitarian workers are #NotATarget, a hashtag that other human rights groups and public officials are using in their posts about the attack.

Andrés wrote on X that he is heartbroken and grieving for the loved ones of those killed, whom he described as "people ... angels."

"The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing," he said. "It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon. No more innocent lives lost. Peace starts with our shared humanity. It needs to start now."

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