Indonesia: passport and entry requirements
There's a bit more entry admin for Indonesia than for many beach holidays. Everyone needs their own visa on arrival, there's a short customs and health declaration to file online before you land, and a separate tourist levy applies per person if you're heading to Bali.
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Your passport
Each passport has to be valid for at least six months after the day you arrive, and have at least two blank pages. That runs from your arrival date, not your flight home, so leave a comfortable margin on the dates.
Check the whole family's passports when you book. Children's last five years against an adult's ten, so they come up for renewal sooner and are the ones most likely to be close to expiry, and a renewal takes several weeks.
Getting in
Most UK families use the visa on arrival, which gives a 30-day single-entry stay and can be extended once for another 30 days. It costs 500,000 rupiah a person (about £25, last checked August 2026), paid when you land by cash or card, or arranged beforehand online as an e-VOA, the same visa bought in advance. The fee is the same for a child, with no infant exemption. For a longer trip, or one where you leave and come back, there's a separate online e-Visa with 60-day and multiple-entry options.
Alongside the visa, everyone files the All Indonesia customs and health declaration online in the three days before you arrive. If you're going to Bali there's also a tourist levy of 150,000 rupiah a person (about £8, last checked August 2026), children included, which you settle online before you go.
Every child needs their own passport, whatever their age, valid as long as the adults' and with two blank pages. Each one also needs their own visa on arrival at the full fee, their own customs and health declaration and, for Bali, their own tourist levy.
Official sources
Last checked 11 August 2026. Passport and entry rules change, so always confirm on GOV.UK before you book or travel.
