The C1 visa Indonesia category is a single-entry visit visa with an initial stay of up to 60 days from the date of arrival. Indonesia’s Directorate General of Immigration lists the permitted activities, published document requirements, government fee, application route, processing guidance, and stay rules on its official C1 visa page. Those details were checked for this revision on 21 September 2026 WITA.
This guide explains the official information in practical English. It separates the government fee from private assistance charges and avoids treating published processing guidance as a promise of issuance on a particular date.
What is the C1 visa in Indonesia?
1. Single entry and initial stay
C1 is an Indonesian visit visa for one entry. The first authorised stay is up to 60 days, counted from the traveller’s arrival in Indonesia.
Single entry means the visa is used for one arrival. Travellers should read the visa that is issued to them and check its dates and conditions before making plans around it. The period allowed for entering Indonesia is also different from the period of stay granted after arrival, a distinction explained later in this guide.
The official category covers more than a narrow beach-holiday definition of tourism. That does not turn it into a general work permit. The permitted activities and the stated prohibitions must be read together.
2. Official activities listed for C1
The Directorate General of Immigration lists tourism, personal development, learning about tourist attractions, and cruise travel among the activities available under C1. It also lists attendance as a participant in meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions.
Other listed activities include business discussions, negotiations, and signing business agreements at offices, factories, or production sites. The official page also mentions site visits to offices, factories, production locations, proposed investment locations, or mining sites, as well as activities connected with medical matters.
These descriptions are specific. They should not be rewritten as permission to take employment, sell services, or carry out any other activity that the official page does not name. A traveller whose purpose sits outside the published list should check the appropriate visa category before applying.
The choice of a visa should therefore begin with the actual purpose of the trip. A long planned stay does not, by itself, establish that every intended activity fits C1.
C1 visa Indonesia requirements
1. Published basic documents
The official C1 page lists several basic electronic documents for an application. They include:
- A valid travel document with at least six months remaining before expiry.
- For holders of travel documents other than a national passport, such as an emergency passport or identity document, validity of 12 months.
- A bank statement covering the previous three months, in the name of the applicant or guarantor, showing at least USD 2,000 or the equivalent in another currency.
- A recent colour photograph taken within the previous year.
This is the published basic list, not a promise that the same checklist will resolve every case. Passport type, nationality, stateless status, and the applicant’s circumstances can affect which parts of the official framework apply. The current official page should be checked when preparing the application rather than relying on an old screenshot or saved checklist.
The six-month and 12-month rules apply to different document types. An ordinary national passport falls under the published six-month requirement. The 12-month wording concerns certain travel documents that are not national passports. Keeping that distinction clear prevents a special-case requirement from being presented as universal.
The financial evidence is also described precisely. The official page refers to a three-month bank statement in the applicant’s or guarantor’s name and a minimum balance of USD 2,000 or its equivalent. This guide does not expand that wording into assumptions about acceptable banks, statement formats, currencies, or the assessment of an individual file.
2. When a sponsor may still be required
The current official C1 page says that an applicant generally does not need a guarantor or sponsor. It then identifies exceptions for stateless applicants, holders of travel documents other than national passports, and nationals of countries included on Immigration’s specified-country list.
For that reason, neither “everyone needs a sponsor” nor “C1 is always sponsor-free” is accurate. Applicants who may fall within an exception should use the link to the current list on the official C1 page and follow the requirements shown for their circumstances. This article does not reproduce a country list that could change separately from the rest of the page.
A private service may help a client organise documents, but that service should not be confused with the government’s sponsor rules. Applicants should establish which official rule applies to them before treating sponsorship as necessary or unnecessary.
3. Special travel-document cases
The official page has additional instructions for stateless people and holders of certain non-national-passport travel documents. It states that they must attach a re-entry document for the country where the visit visa is requested and a return or onward ticket, with an exception for transport crew.
That requirement belongs in a special-cases section because it is not stated as a universal ticket rule for every ordinary national-passport holder on the C1 page. Travellers using temporary passports, emergency passports, certificates of identity, laissez-passer documents, or similar papers should read the official wording closely.
C1 visa Indonesia cost: official government fee
1. What the IDR 1,000,000 PNBP covers
At the time checked, the Directorate General of Immigration listed C1 non-tax state revenue, or PNBP, at IDR 1,000,000 for a 60-day stay that may be extended. The fee breakdown on the same page lists the C1 visa fee as IDR 1,000,000 and Verification I/II as IDR 0.
This is the published government fee for the visa category. It should not be described as an all-in amount for every cost a traveller might incur. The official page reviewed for this article does not establish private assistance charges, extension fees, bank charges, currency-conversion costs, or other possible expenses.
Government fees can also be revised. An applicant should use the amount displayed in the current official system and the billing instructions generated for the application rather than transferring funds on the strength of an old article.
2. Payment and private assistance are separate
Immigration states that PNBP payments can be made through appointed banks using the billing code that appears in the system after the visa application. Applicants should follow the instructions attached to their own application and billing code.
A quote from a private visa service is a different matter. It may include document review or administrative support, so it should be itemised separately from the IDR 1,000,000 government fee. This distinction lets a traveller see which amount goes to the government and which amount, if any, pays for optional private assistance.
No private company can turn its service charge into an official fee. Likewise, the government fee alone does not describe the scope or price of private support.
How to apply for a C1 visa
1. Use an official eVisa account
The official C1 page says that a foreign national must have an account on Indonesia’s eVisa system. After logging in, the applicant submits the visa application with the required electronic documents.
At a high level, the process is:
- Create or use the applicant’s official eVisa account.
- Select the appropriate visa category and read the current instructions.
- Prepare the electronic documents listed for the applicant’s circumstances.
- Submit the application through the account.
- Use the billing code generated in the system and follow its payment instructions.
- Check the account and the issued visa details before travel.
These steps deliberately stay at the level supported by the official C1 page. Form fields, upload behaviour, payment options, and interface details can change. Applicants should not share passwords or verification codes with someone claiming to provide informal portal support.
The official source reviewed for this guide does not support a categorical statement that C1 is available only through an “offshore” route or that an applicant must apply from a home country. This revision therefore does not make either claim.
2. Check the issued visa
An issued document should be read as a document, not treated as interchangeable with a marketing summary. The visa identifies the category and relevant dates. The traveller should compare those details with the planned entry and intended activities.
The application date, payment date, issue date, last date for entry, and authorised stay do not all mean the same thing. Confusing them can produce a mistaken travel schedule even when the visa itself is clear.
C1 visa processing time and validity
1. Published five-working-day guidance
The official C1 page publishes a processing time of five working days after visa payment is received. This is government guidance about the assessment period, not a guaranteed completion date supplied by Royal Visa or any other private service.
Applicants should avoid reading “five working days” as five calendar days. This article does not add assumptions about public holidays, correction requests, express queues, or agency-controlled timelines because those details were not established by the verified source used for this revision.
A private service can assist with organising a file, but it should not imply that a service label such as “VIP” or “fast-track” shortens Immigration’s published C1 assessment. Travel arrangements should be made with a clear understanding that published guidance is not the same as a promise that a visa will be issued by a chosen date.
2. The 90-day entry window is not the stay period
The official page says the visa must be used to enter Indonesia within 90 days of issue. That 90-day validity window is separate from the initial stay of up to 60 days, which is counted from arrival.
For example, the existence of a 90-day period for using the visa does not create a 90-day stay after entry. The traveller must check the issued visa and the stay permission connected with the actual arrival.
This distinction also prevents another common mistake: counting the initial stay from the application or payment date. Immigration’s C1 description states that the initial stay is calculated from the date of arrival.
Stay, extensions, and conversion
1. Up to 180 days under the published framework
The C1 page states that the initial stay of up to 60 days may be extended several times, up to a maximum total stay of 180 days. It also says that an extension can be completed online through an account registered on the official eVisa system.
The wording “may be extended” matters. It describes an available framework rather than a guaranteed result in every case. A holder should monitor the permission that was actually issued and use the current official process before it expires.
This guide does not add an in-person biometric requirement, a fixed extension processing period, or a particular extension fee. Those details were not verified for C1 in the source record supporting this revision. Instructions written for another category should not be imported into the C1 process.
2. Potential conversion is not guaranteed KITAS eligibility
Immigration’s C1 page states that the stay permit may be converted into a limited stay permit. That is a potential route within the official framework. It does not establish that every C1 holder qualifies for every limited-stay category, nor does it promise approval of a conversion.
A person considering a longer-term status should first identify the limited-stay category that matches the intended activity and circumstances. The general conversion statement on the C1 page should not be presented as a universal KITAS pathway.
C1 and Visa on Arrival procedures must also remain separate. The linked VOA extension guide concerns VOA and is not C1 extension guidance.
C1 compliance boundaries
The official C1 page prohibits holders from selling goods or services. It also prohibits receiving compensation, wages, or similar remuneration for work or business from individuals or companies in Indonesia.
The same page says a C1 holder may not appear as a speaker. These restrictions must be considered alongside the listed activities, including attendance as a participant at certain meetings or exhibitions and specified business discussions or site visits. Attendance as a participant should not be silently rewritten as permission to take a speaking role.
The verified C1 source used here does not resolve every question about remote work, overseas employers, foreign income, tax position, business ownership, or work permits. This article therefore makes no broader conclusion about those scenarios. Royal Visa’s separate guide to tourist-visa work limits is retained as further reading only and is not cited as legal authority for C1.
When planned activities go beyond the official C1 list, the safer editorial answer is to identify the uncertainty and review another category. It is not responsible to turn silence on the official page into implied permission.
C1 visa or B1 VOA: which page should you read?
This page is the detailed reference for C1 requirements, government cost, application, processing guidance, stay, and the boundaries stated on the official C1 page. It does not attempt to reproduce a full comparison with Visa on Arrival.
Readers choosing between the two routes can use the dedicated B1 VOA vs C1 tourist visa comparison. That page is the appropriate place for comparison intent, while the present guide remains focused on C1.
No B1 duration, price, eligibility, or extension rule is stated here because a current B1 primary source was not part of the approved evidence for this revision. Travellers who already hold a VOA should use VOA-specific information rather than applying C1 extension wording to a different permission.
C1 visa Indonesia FAQs
The initial C1 stay is up to 60 days from the date of arrival. The official page says the stay permission may be extended several times up to a maximum total stay of 180 days. An extension outcome is not promised, so holders should follow the current process and check the permission issued to them.
The published government fee checked for this revision is IDR 1,000,000 for the C1 visa with a 60-day stay that may be extended. Immigration lists Verification I/II at IDR 0. Private assistance charges are separate and should not be presented as part of the government fee.
The basic list includes a qualifying travel document, a three-month bank statement in the applicant's or guarantor's name showing at least USD 2,000 or equivalent, and a recent colour photograph. A national passport must have at least six months remaining, while specified non-national-passport travel documents require 12 months. Special cases can require additional material, so this is not a universal eligibility guarantee.
Immigration publishes guidance of five working days after payment is received. The wording is processing guidance, not a guaranteed issue date or an express service promise.
The official C1 page says holders may not sell goods or services or receive compensation, wages, or similar remuneration for work or business from individuals or companies in Indonesia. It also prohibits appearing as a speaker. The source reviewed for this revision does not settle wider questions about remote work, overseas employment, foreign income, tax, or business ownership, so this article does not infer an answer to those separate issues.
Need help reviewing a C1 application?
Applicants who want help organising the published documents can contact Royal Visa for case-specific document review. Private assistance is separate from the Directorate General of Immigration and does not change the official fee or published processing guidance. The appropriate scope of support depends on the applicant’s passport or travel document and individual circumstances.
Sources and references
- Directorate General of Immigration: “C1 Visa Kunjungan Wisata”
- Indonesian e-Visa portal (applications and extensions)
