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ToggleEvery KITAS category, the documents each one needs, who can sponsor you, what the government charges, how long it really takes, and the order you have to do it in. One page, no guesswork.
A KITAS — Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas, the Limited Stay Permit card — is what turns a foreigner from a visitor into a resident. It is what lets you sign a lease, open a bank account, register a vehicle, buy property under Hak Pakai, and stay in Indonesia past the 60-day tourist window without breaking the law.
The trouble is that there is no single set of "KITAS requirements." What immigration asks you for depends entirely on which index code your permit falls under. A work permit holder and a retiree submit almost nothing in common. This page lays out each category separately, so you can read only the section that applies to you and know exactly what to prepare.
These terms get used interchangeably in expat forums, and the confusion causes real mistakes. They describe separate stages of one process.
| Term | What it actually is | Where you get it |
|---|---|---|
| VITAS Visa Izin Tinggal Terbatas | The entry visa that authorises you to travel to Indonesia for the purpose of taking up residence. Valid 90 days from issue — this is the window to enter, not the length of your stay. | Applied for online at evisa.imigrasi.go.id, usually from outside Indonesia |
| ITAS Izin Tinggal Terbatas | The limited stay permit itself — your legal immigration status. Issued automatically at the immigration checkpoint when you enter on a VITAS. | Granted on arrival at the airport or seaport |
| KITAS | The physical or electronic card that evidences your ITAS. The card is what banks, notaries and landlords ask to see. | Collected at your local immigration office after biometrics |
| KITAP Izin Tinggal Tetap | The permanent stay permit, valid five years and renewable. A separate permit you graduate into after holding a KITAS for a qualifying period. | Applied for from inside Indonesia after eligibility is met |
Your visa validity and your stay validity are two different clocks. A VITAS that says "valid 90 days" does not give you a 90-day stay — it gives you 90 days to enter. Your one or two-year stay period starts counting from the date you actually arrive.
If you have applied before, or are reading an older guide, you will see codes like C312, C313, C314, C316 and C317. Those have been retired. Indonesian immigration migrated the whole limited-stay framework to E-series index codes, and the classification was consolidated again under the 2025 Ministerial Decree on visa classification.
The most significant simplification was on the work side. Foreign expert work visas that previously ran across twenty separate indexes, E23B through E23W, are now consolidated into a single E23 index. Two new indexes, E23U and E23V, were added for applicants sponsored by non-corporate bodies such as institutions and organisations. Two new investor indexes were also introduced: E28F for investors putting capital into the new capital Nusantara, and E28G for investors placed as head-office representatives at an Indonesian branch.
| Old code | Current index | Category |
|---|---|---|
C312 | E23 | Employment / foreign expert worker |
C313 / C314 | E28A | Investor, shareholder in an Indonesian company |
C316 | E33F | Retirement |
C317 | E31 series | Family reunification, spouse and dependants |
C318 | E30 series | Study and education |
The E-series migration came with live integration between the immigration system and the OSS business licensing platform. Your permit type now tells the system what activity it should expect to see. An E23 holder whose employer has not completed the RPTKA gets flagged. An E28A holder whose shareholding drops below the threshold gets flagged at renewal. Filing under a category that does not match your real activity is no longer a paperwork question — the systems cross-check each other automatically.
Twelve permit families cover almost every situation. Find yours here, then read the detailed section below.
| Index | Permit | Who it fits | Stay length | Sponsor required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
E23 | Work KITAS | Foreign experts employed by an Indonesian company | Up to 2 years | Yes — employer |
E25 | Executive Work KITAS | Directors, commissioners, general managers, supervisors | Up to 2 years | Yes — company |
E26 | Maritime Work KITAS | Crew on vessels, rigs and offshore installations | Up to 1 year | Yes — operator |
E27 | Religious Worker KITAS | Clergy and religious personnel | Up to 1 year | Yes — institution |
E28A | Investor KITAS | Shareholders in a PT PMA holding IDR 10bn+ personally | 1 or 2 years | Company you own shares in |
E28B–E28G | Golden Visa investor tiers | High-value investors, capital markets, branch offices, Nusantara | 5 or 10 years | No |
E29 | Researcher KITAS | Foreign researchers and scientists | Up to 1 year | Yes — host institution |
E30A / E30B | Student KITAS | Primary, secondary, and higher education students | Duration of study | Yes — school or university |
E31A | Spouse KITAS | Foreign spouse of an Indonesian citizen | 1 or 2 years | Yes — Indonesian spouse |
E31B–E31J | Dependant KITAS | Spouse, children, parents, siblings of a permit holder or citizen | 1 or 2 years | Yes — principal holder |
E32A–E32D | Ex-Indonesian citizen KITAS | Former citizens and their first- and second-degree relatives | 1 or 2 years | Varies by sub-index |
E33 | Second Home Visa | Self-funded long-stay residents | 5 or 10 years | No |
E33A / E33B | Special Skill Visa | Globally recognised talent, with or without a sponsor | 5 or 10 years | Depends on sub-index |
E33E | Silver Hair Visa | Retirees aged 55+ with a bank guarantee | 5 years | No |
E33F | Retirement KITAS | Retirees aged 55+ using a licensed local sponsor | 1 year, renewable | Yes — licensed agent |
E33G | Remote Worker KITAS | Employees of foreign companies working from Indonesia | 1 year, no extension | No |
E35 | Working Holiday KITAS | Young nationals of countries with a bilateral scheme | 1 year | Yes |
Before you look at your specific category, prepare this baseline set. Every application asks for it, and incomplete versions of these are the single most common reason a file stalls at intake.
Foreign-issued documents — marriage certificates, birth certificates, degree certificates, employment references, police clearances — generally need apostille or consular legalisation in the issuing country, followed by translation into Indonesian by a sworn translator registered in Indonesia. Start this before anything else. It routinely takes longer than the visa itself and cannot be rushed at the Indonesian end.
This is the largest category by volume and the one with the most moving parts, because it runs through the Ministry of Manpower before it ever reaches immigration.
Employees of an Indonesian PT or PT PMA
The E23 ties you to one employer, one job title and one work location. Changing any of the three restarts the process from the beginning. There is no legal right to earn income in Indonesia during the gap, which typically runs several weeks.
E25A commissioner · E25B director · E25D general manager · E25E manager · E25F supervisor
Choose the sub-index that matches the title in the deed. Applying as E25B when the deed names you a commissioner is a straightforward rejection.
Shareholders and directors of a PT PMA — successor to C313 and C314
Eligibility hinges on one number. You need personal shareholding of at least IDR 10 billion in the sponsoring Indonesian company, recorded in the shareholder deed and validated against OSS registration records in real time. This is separate from the company's minimum paid-up capital requirement, which was reduced to IDR 2.5 billion for a PT PMA under BKPM regulation.
The E28A covers managerial and strategic functions in your own company: setting direction, signing documents, hiring, organising operations. It does not cover operational or technical employee work, drawing an employee salary from the company, or trading outside the sponsoring entity's registered business classification. Performing employee-level operational tasks on an E28A can bring administrative fines reported up to IDR 500 million, deportation, and a re-entry ban.
After holding the permit consecutively for a minimum of three years with the same sponsor company, an E28A holder becomes eligible to apply for an Investor KITAP under a higher shareholding threshold.
Above the standard investor permit sits a set of longer-validity indexes aimed at larger capital commitments. Thresholds are assessed case by case and sit substantially higher than the E28A.
| Index | Purpose | Typical validity |
|---|---|---|
E28B | Investor establishing a company — Golden Visa tier | 5 or 10 years |
E28C | Capital markets investor — Golden Visa tier | 5 or 10 years |
E28D | Investor establishing a branch or subsidiary | 5 or 10 years |
E28E | Investor in a Special Economic Zone (KEK) | Up to 5 years |
E28F | Investor establishing a branch or subsidiary in Nusantara (IKN) | 5 or 10 years |
E28G | Investor placed as head-office representative at an Indonesian branch | 5 or 10 years |
A five-year stay is charged at IDR 13,000,000 plus IDR 500,000 for the stay permit and IDR 3,500,000 for the re-entry permit. A ten-year stay is charged at IDR 19,500,000 plus IDR 500,000 and IDR 5,000,000 respectively. No sponsor is required for this index; the applicant files directly through their own evisa.imigrasi.go.id account.
The E31 series replaced the old C317 designation and is subdivided by the sponsor's nationality and the exact family relationship. Choosing the wrong sub-index is one of the more common filing errors, because several of them look similar.
| Index | Relationship | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
E31A | Foreign spouse of an Indonesian citizen | Indonesian spouse |
E31B | Foreign spouse of a KITAS or KITAP holder | Principal permit holder |
E31C | Child of an Indonesian mother or father | Indonesian parent |
E31D / E31E / E31F | Child of a permit holder, by circumstance | Parent holding the permit |
E31G / E31H | Parent of an Indonesian citizen or permit holder | Child |
E31J | Sibling of an Indonesian citizen | Sibling |
Married to an Indonesian citizen
A spouse KITAS settles your residency, not your right to earn. Working locally on an E31A requires separate work authorisation layered on top, through the dual-activity reporting mechanism at the immigration office that issued your permit. Selling goods or services without it is treated as unauthorised employment.
After two years of marriage, an E31A holder can generally convert to a spouse KITAP, giving five years and removing the annual renewal cycle.
Two routes serve retirees, and they differ in one structural way: whether you need a sponsor or a bank deposit.
Annual permit with a licensed local sponsor
After five consecutive renewals the holder becomes eligible to apply for a Retirement KITAP.
Five years at once, no sponsor, bank guarantee instead
Under Article 62 of Permenkumham No. 22/2023 this is a no-guarantor category — you act as your own sponsor through the deposit. Family members can be brought as dependants. The permit is renewable for a further five years, giving a ten-year horizon.
The official E33E portal lists a minimum age of 55, while other elderly-residence provisions and several agent sources refer to 60. Confirm the live criterion for your specific index with immigration or a licensed consultant before committing funds.
Indonesia's digital nomad permit — introduced April 2024
The E33G replaced the social-visa workaround that remote workers relied on for years. Its defining condition is the origin of your income: you must be employed by, or contracted to, a company established outside Indonesia. The moment a local business pays you directly, the permit is breached — even if the payment is in US dollars.
The permit runs one strict year with no extension. Staying longer means exiting Indonesia, applying fresh from abroad, and re-entering within the 90-day visa window. Since December 2025 dependent permits have been available for family members of E33G holders, closing a gap that previously left remote workers unable to sponsor family.
Compliance checks have tightened noticeably. Immigration task forces in Bali have carried out inspections at coworking spaces and cross-checked public social media activity against permit category. A remote worker publicly promoting "my Bali business" is the kind of signal that triggers an audit. Keep your visible activity consistent with the permit you hold.
Sponsored by the enrolling institution, with validity tied to the length of the programme and renewal tied to continued enrolment.
| Index | Level | Core documents |
|---|---|---|
E30A | Primary and secondary education | Acceptance letter, institutional guarantee, parental consent, Ministry of Education study permit |
E30B | Higher education | University acceptance letter, institutional guarantee, previous qualifications, study permit |
E30E | Education within a Special Economic Zone | KEK institution letter and guarantee |
E30F | Student exchange programme | Exchange agreement and host institution guarantee |
| Index | Category | What it requires |
|---|---|---|
E26 | Crew on vessels, floating equipment and offshore installations | Operator sponsorship, seafarer documentation, contract covering work in Indonesian waters, territorial sea, continental shelf or EEZ |
E27 | Religious workers | Sponsorship and letter of assignment from a registered religious institution, plus Ministry of Religious Affairs recommendation |
E29 | Researchers | Host institution sponsorship and research permit. Government tariff for a one-year stay is IDR 6,000,000 |
E32A–E32D | Former Indonesian citizens and first- or second-degree relatives | Evidence of former citizenship or family link. Sub-indexes split by maximum stay of one or two years |
E33A / E33B | Special skill visa, with and without a guarantor | Documented international recognition in the relevant field |
E33C | Distinguished figures invited by the government | Government invitation |
E35 | Working holiday | Sponsorship, nationality of a country with a bilateral working holiday agreement, personal bank statements showing USD 2,000 over three months |
Nearly every KITAS depends on an Indonesian sponsor who takes on legal responsibility for your stay — including reporting your departure and, in some cases, financial liability. The sponsor must hold an account at evisa.imigrasi.go.id before they can file anything on your behalf.
| Permit | Sponsor | What the sponsor is liable for |
|---|---|---|
| E23, E25 work permits | The employing company | RPTKA accuracy, DKPTKA payments, periodic reporting to Manpower and immigration, repatriation costs |
| E28A investor | The company you hold shares in | Maintaining shareholding records consistent with OSS, corporate reporting including LKPM |
| E31A spouse | Your Indonesian spouse | Your conduct and departure; financial liability if you overstay or leave debts |
| E31B–E31J dependants | The principal permit holder or Indonesian relative | Same obligations, running for the full dependant period |
| E30 student | The enrolling institution | Confirming continued enrolment; reporting withdrawal |
| E33F retirement | A licensed Indonesian agent | Acting as your legal representative before immigration |
| E28B–E28G, E33, E33E, E33G | None — self-sponsored | You file directly and carry the compliance obligation yourself |
Under current rules the entity that files your RPTKA and the entity that guarantees your visa must be the same legal entity. Using a holding company for one and a subsidiary for the other has become a leading cause of rejection. Confirm the entity name matches character for character across both filings before submitting.
Two different numbers get quoted as "the KITAS fee," and mixing them up is why online estimates vary so wildly. The first is the bundled e-visa tariff you pay at application, which covers the entry visa, the stay permit and the re-entry permit together. The second is the standalone stay-permit tariff charged when you extend from inside Indonesia.
| Stay period | Published tariff | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | IDR 6,000,000 | Most limited-stay indexes including E23, E29, E31A, E31G |
| 2 years | IDR 8,500,000 | Categories offering a two-year option, such as E31A and E31G |
| 5 years (Golden Visa) | IDR 13,000,000 + IDR 500,000 stay permit + IDR 3,500,000 re-entry permit | Golden Visa investor tiers, e.g. E28F |
| 10 years (Golden Visa) | IDR 19,500,000 + IDR 500,000 stay permit + IDR 5,000,000 re-entry permit | Golden Visa investor tiers, e.g. E28F |
Tariffs are set under Government Regulation No. 45 of 2024 on non-tax state revenue, and the exact figure charged depends on your index, chosen stay period and whether a re-entry permit is bundled. The billing code generated in the e-visa system after submission is the authoritative amount. Treat every figure on this page as an indication, and confirm against imigrasi.go.id or a licensed consultant before transferring funds.
The official service standard and the practical reality diverge, mostly because the clock only starts once your file is complete and paid.
| Stage | Official standard | Practical range |
|---|---|---|
| Document legalisation and sworn translation | Not governed by immigration | 2–8 weeks, in the issuing country |
| RPTKA approval (work permits only) | Varies by Manpower workload | 1–4 weeks |
| E-visa approval after payment | 5 working days | 7–14 business days |
| Entry window on an approved VITAS | 90 days from issue | Fixed — enter or reapply |
| Biometrics and KITAS card issuance | Set locally | 7–14 days after arrival |
| Extension of an existing ITAS | 6 working days from PNBP payment | Longer where regional or directorate approval is needed |
| Work KITAS, end to end | — | 4–8 weeks from RPTKA submission to card in hand |
Begin preparation one to two months before you need the permit, and start renewals two months before expiry. The stages that overrun are almost never the immigration ones — they are the legalisations and the Manpower filings that sit in front of them.
The sequence is the same across categories; only the document set changes.
Match your real situation to a single index before touching any paperwork. Every document requirement, fee and processing route follows from this choice, and a mid-application change means starting over.
Unless you are filing under a self-sponsored index, your sponsor must be identified and willing first. They will need an active account at evisa.imigrasi.go.id before they can submit on your behalf.
For E23 and E25 work permits, the employer files the RPTKA and obtains the Ministry of Manpower notification letter. Nothing proceeds at immigration until this exists.
Apostille or consular legalisation in the issuing country, then sworn translation into Indonesian by a registered translator. Run this in parallel with step three to save weeks.
Your sponsor — or you, on self-sponsored indexes — submits through evisa.imigrasi.go.id with PDF or JPEG uploads. The system generates a billing code; pay it through a designated bank or payment channel. Processing time counts from payment received, not from submission.
The approved visa arrives electronically. You must enter within 90 days of issue. Your ITAS and re-entry permit are generated automatically when the officer admits you at the immigration checkpoint.
Report to the immigration office covering your address for photograph and fingerprint capture. The KITAS card is issued after this. An electronic version is available alongside the physical card.
Complete local domicile reporting, obtain your SKTT where required, and confirm your MERP so you can leave and re-enter without losing the permit.
Getting the card is not the end of the obligation. These are the steps people skip, and they surface later at renewal.
Extensions are granted by the head of the immigration office covering your residence, for periods of up to one year, for a maximum of five consecutive times. The first through third extensions are handled at office level. The fourth and beyond require written approval from the Director General of Immigration, on the recommendation of the regional office — which is why late fourth renewals slip.
Extensions can be filed online through evisa.imigrasi.go.id. The published service standard is six working days from the moment the PNBP billing code is paid, excluding the time taken for regional or directorate approvals. Start two months before expiry.
| Your current permit | Qualifying period |
|---|---|
| Spouse KITAS (E31A) | Generally two years of marriage — the fastest route available |
| Investor KITAS (E28A) | Three consecutive years with the same sponsor company, at a higher shareholding threshold |
| Work KITAS in a senior executive role | Five years in the same position |
| Retirement KITAS (E33F) | After five consecutive annual renewals |
Changing category without leaving Indonesia is sometimes possible through an onshore conversion process, but eligibility depends heavily on the specific change and the immigration office handling it. A work-to-investor switch follows a different path from a remote worker-to-retirement switch. Confirm the current process before assuming a smooth transition — and note that a standard visa on arrival cannot be converted into an E33G onshore.
The entity filing the RPTKA and the entity guaranteeing the visa must be identical. Holding company on one filing and subsidiary on the other is now a leading rejection reason.
This catches retirement and remote worker holders most often. Selling anything locally — even a single item at a weekend market — counts as employment under Indonesian manpower law and voids the non-employment declaration signed at application.
Filing E25B when the company deed names you a commissioner, or E31A when the relationship is to a permit holder rather than a citizen, produces a straightforward rejection. Read the sub-index definitions carefully.
A translated document without apostille, or a translation by someone not registered as a sworn translator in Indonesia, will not be accepted. Neither will a passport with under six months' validity.
Property purchases, company registrations and bank account applications all check for an active KITAS at the moment of processing, not the moment you applied. A permit that expires during a transaction stalls the transaction.
Investor and Golden Visa applications involve cross-checking company filings, LKPM investment reports and bank verification. A dormant or under-reported PT PMA is flagged more consistently than it used to be. Using unlicensed fixers creates legal exposure for the applicant, not for the fixer.
Overstaying carries a daily administrative fine commonly applied at IDR 1,000,000 per day. The exposure escalates with duration: beyond a certain point the matter moves from a fine to detention, deportation and a re-entry ban. There is no grace period built into the stay permit, and the fine accrues from the first day past expiry.
Six months' remaining validity is the published minimum for most indexes at e-visa submission. Employment-based permits work to an eighteen-month standard, and for a five-year Silver Hair or Golden Visa stay you should hold considerably more. If your passport is close to the line, renew it before applying rather than after.
Not on the residency permit alone. An E31A settles where you may live, not what you may earn. Local employment requires separate work authorisation layered on top through dual-activity reporting at your issuing immigration office. Working or selling without it is treated as unauthorised employment regardless of your marital status.
The offshore route — applying from outside Indonesia and entering on the approved VITAS — is the standard and the most reliable path. Some onshore conversions are possible from a visit visa, but they take longer and carry more restrictions. A visa on arrival cannot be converted to a remote worker KITAS onshore.
A KITAS is a limited stay permit, typically one or two years and renewable up to five consecutive times. A KITAP is the permanent stay permit, valid five years and renewable, with substantially lighter annual administration. You reach KITAP by holding a qualifying KITAS for the required period — two years of marriage on a spouse permit, three years on an investor permit, five years in a senior executive role, or five renewals on a retirement permit.
Cost depends less on the headline tariff than on what sits behind it. The Investor KITAS avoids both the RPTKA process and the USD 100 monthly DKPTKA levy, which makes it materially cheaper than a work permit over a year — but it requires IDR 10 billion in personal shareholding. For retirees planning a long stay, the Silver Hair Visa often works out cheaper across five years than five annual retirement renewals once agent fees are counted.
Generally yes, once you spend more than 183 days in Indonesia within any twelve-month period, regardless of category. Immigration and tax records are integrated, so days in country are tracked against that threshold automatically. Speak to a tax adviser familiar with Indonesian rules before assuming your home-country status still applies.
Most primary permits allow dependants through the E31 series — spouse and children under 18 as standard. Work, investor, retirement and Silver Hair holders can all sponsor family. Remote worker holders could not until December 2025, when dependent permits became available for E33G families.
Fines apply from the first day past expiry, commonly at IDR 1,000,000 per day, with detention and deportation risk rising the longer it runs. Renewal applications should start roughly two months before expiry to avoid any gap, particularly for a fourth or later extension where directorate approval is required.
Foreigners cannot hold freehold title. The realistic routes are leasehold, which carries no permit requirement, and Hak Pakai, which requires an active KITAS or KITAP at the time of purchase plus a minimum property value set by regulation. Category matters less than currency — the permit must be live at the moment of processing, not merely at the moment you applied.
That depends on your shareholding and your role. E28A requires IDR 10 billion in personal shares. Below that, a director or commissioner named in the company deed applies under the E25 series with an RPTKA, as an employee of the company. Running a business on a remote worker or retirement permit is not permitted under either category.
This page is general information, not legal or immigration advice. KITAS requirements, tariffs and financial thresholds change, and individual immigration offices apply discretion on documentation. Confirm current requirements with the Directorate General of Immigration or a licensed immigration consultant before you file or transfer funds. Primary references: Government Regulation No. 45 of 2024 on non-tax state revenue; Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation No. 22 of 2023 on Visas and Stay Permits, as amended by No. 11 of 2024; Minister of Immigration and Corrections Decree No. M.IP-08.GR.01.01 of 2025 on Visa Classification.
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