Fined for overstaying
Overstaying costs IDR 1,000,000 a day and can lead to deportation. Extend before day 30.
Do South Africans need a visa for Indonesia (Bali)?
Visa on arrivalfor South African passports
South Africans need a visa for Indonesia, but you can buy it on arrival or online before you fly (IDR 500,000).
Stay30 days, extendable once by 30 days
Visa on arrival or e-VOAIDR 500,000, about R500
Difficulty 2 of 5
Last checkedChecked17 Oct 2026
What you need
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How to do it
- Buy the e-VOA on evisa.imigrasi.go.id before you fly to skip the queue.
- Fill in the All Indonesia Arrival Card within 72 hours of landing.
- Pay the Bali levy online if Bali is on your trip.
- Need longer? Extend once before day 30.
Official site:
All Indonesia Arrival Card: Free. Fill it in online within 72 hours before you land.
Airlines decide whether you can board using a database called Timatic. Before you fly, check your route on the IATA Travel Centre.
What it costs in rand
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Visa on arrival or e-VOA | IDR 500,000, about R500 |
| Bali tourist levy (if you visit Bali) | IDR 150,000, about R170 |
| All Indonesia Arrival Card | Free |
Rand amounts use the exchange rate on 9 October 2026 (R16.53 to the US dollar, R18.50 to the euro, R21.87 to the pound) and are rounded. Work out your whole trip in the budget calculator.
Common problems and fixes
Paid an agent for the free arrival card
The arrival card is free on the official portal.
Plan your trip
Best timeApril to October (the dry season)
MoneyIndonesian rupiah (IDR)
Three trip ideas
Ubud
Rice terraces, temples and yoga.
Uluwatu
Clifftop temples and surf beaches.
Nusa Penida or the Gili Islands
Snorkelling and slow island days.
Good to know
- Traffic in south Bali is slow: stay near what you want to do.
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Sources and checks
Checked17 Oct 2026
Checked on 17 Oct 2026. The official page was silent on some details or couldn’t be opened from our checker, so those details are confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- officialElectronic visa on arrival (e-VOA) · Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia · no date shown
- secondaryIndonesia visa on arrival 2026: countries, fees and how to apply · Wego · published 4 May 2026
- secondaryAll Indonesia Arrival Card 2026 · Wego · published 8 Jun 2026
- dataPassport Index Data (visa matrix for 199 passports, updated 17 Feb 2026) · imorte, continuing the dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT licence) · published 17 Feb 2026
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