VOA (visa on arrival) is currently 500,000 IDR, payable at the Bali airport and this gives you 30 days in Indonesia, well, 29 really, as they always count the day you arrive.  We have detailed the steps for you, and a few things to consider:

The VOA can be extended once only for a further 30 days, at an immigration office in Bali (not the airport), you can go yourself (three times).  You cannot transfer to any other visa with the VOA, you cannot extend a 2nd time (you can stay with renewal a maximum 60 days in Indonesia)

*You cannot renew the VOA until you have been in Indonesia for at least 10 days. 

*You will need to be dressed appropriately, there is a dress code.  

*You will need to hand over your original passport, and be without your passport for up to 2 weeks.

*You will need your paid flight ticket out of Indonesia printed (it needs an e-ticket number).

*You do need to check National Public Holidays, immigration sometimes closes for 1 week and will not process any visas during that time (if your passport is already at their office, they will not return it until the next working day)

Immigration offices in Bali are located in the following locations (you must go to the same location for each visit)

1. Nusa Dua (South Bali) – Jl. Taman Jimbaran no.1, Mumbul, Kuta Selatan, District Nusa Dua, Bali.

2. Renon (Denpasar, Southeast Bali) – Jl. D.I. Pandjaitan No.3, Dangin Puri Klod, Denpasar Timur, Bali. 

3. Singaraja (North Bali) – Jl. Seririt, Desa Pemaron, Singaraja, Kec. Buleleng, Bali. 

THE STEPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DOING IT YOURSELF SAVES YOU A LOT OF MONEY...IF YOU HAVE THE TIME

STEP 1. - PREPARE DOCUMENTS

Take photocopies of

1. your passport biodata page,

2. your passport page with your VOA sticker in it

3. Your flight ticket

STEP 2 - APPOINTMENT/TICKET

You can arrive early and take a ticket (get there at 8.00am) or you can make an appointment

You can make an appointment to visit an immigration office. You need to go at least 10 days prior (so 20 days after arriving in Bali) to the expiry of your visa (check public holidays for office closures).  You must visit an office a Minimum of 7 days prior to visa expiring (not open on weekends).

Ngurah Rai (Nusa Dua) - Reservation Immigration Appointment for VOA Renewal for an appointment the next working day (note, they only take about 50 a day, so get in quick

Denpasar (Renon) Visit Reservation Immigration Appointment for VOA renewal for an appointment the next working day.

Singaraja (North Bali) Visit their website for updated information, currently no appointment needed 

STEP 3. - FIRST VISIT

 Application Submission - Visit the in the morning before 12 noon (best to get there at 8.00am) and fill in a form PERDIM 23 (make sure you already have photocopies of your passport and your VOA visa stamp and your airline ticket). You have to hand over your passport.  Bring a black pen, they will not supply a pen for you.  

You can obtain the forms  at the counter when you enter. You can fill them in there. Fill it in with black pen only. Or you can download one here,  Fill in one form for each person (including children).

STEP 4.
They will give you a date and time to come back to have your fingerprints and photos taken.  You will be given a payment slip, you need to then go to a local bank or Post Office to pay for the extension.  

STEP 5.SECOND VISIT  

Photo and Fingerprint - Go back on the date as per the slip in the morning before 11am (photos will not be taken after 11am), best to get there at 8am, make sure you have dressed appropriately for a photo (no tank tops, no bare shoulders/neat hair). This takes the longest time, you will wait for a few hours (make sure you get a ticket for a photo). You must go on the date they give you, you cannot go the next day.

STEP 6. THIRD VISIT 

Passport Collection - Go back on the date as per the slip they have given you to collect your passport.  This time you can only go between 2pm and 3pm for passport collection.  Don’t worry too much, if you can't go on the exact date for passport collection, you can collect it the next working day.

OUR TIPS

Be prepared for a long wait, often the systems crash, you may be required to go back the next day if this happens, so don’t plan anything important for the next day.

Pack suitable clothing to wear - there is a dress code: no shorts, no tank tops, no midriff tops, no flip flops.

Get there early, they open at 8.00 am. Get a ticket from the machine when you walk in (next to the counter as you enter) - make sure you take 1 ticket per person, including children.

If you visit the Ngurah Rai immigration office, there is a photocopy place next door if you forgot to copy something - go out of the driveway, it's on the right.

Be aware some local banks do not allow you to pay the immigration fees, unless you show your passport (which is silly, as you gave it to Immigration), so make sure you have colour photocopies of your passport and show the bank the slip is from immigration and explain that they have your passport. 

When you finally collect your passport check your visa stamp before you leave immigration, sometimes they make a mistake.

Triple check public holidays, as Immigration will not give you back your passport on a public holiday, even if you have a flight.

Immigration Officers are very friendly and helpful, but have patience.

OUR BIGGEST TIP: Do not hand your passport over to an "agent" that does not have a physical office. Check Google Maps Street view to see their office, as many unsuspecting tourists have never seen their money or their passports again, by just trusting some instragram ad.  

You can get an agent to do it for you, this will mean only one visit to immigration for photo and fingerprints. 

We do not offer the VOA renewal service, we are too far from an Immigration Office to offer this Service at an affordable price

You will need to find a visa agent or do it yourself.  We do not refer to agents