Bali Arrival Rules in 2026: Visa, All Indonesia Card, Customs and Levy

Denpasar — — Travellers flying to Bali in 2026 must treat four procedures as separate requirements: immigration permission, the All Indonesia arrival card, the national customs declaration and the Bali tourist levy. The All Indonesia card is a free digital declaration and does not replace a visa or visa exemption, nor does it pay the provincial tourism levy.

These requirements often appear together in travel advice, but they are handled by different authorities, follow different timelines and serve different legal purposes. Immigration regulates entry and stay, the arrival card and customs declaration collect information for border controls, and the Bali levy is a provincial charge on foreign tourists.

1. Immigration permission: visa, exemption or stay permit

A traveller’s right to enter Indonesia and length of stay depends on immigration status. Depending on nationality and purpose of visit, arrivals may use visa exemption, a Visa on Arrival (VOA), an electronic VOA (e-VOA), other electronic visas or longer-term stay permits such as KITAS or KITAP, according to visa and immigration guidance websites in 2026.

Several independent guides state that the standard VOA or e-VOA costs Rp500,000, allows an initial 30-day stay and can be extended once for another 30 days, giving up to 60 days in total. Travellers are advised to confirm their own nationality’s eligibility and visa route with official immigration sources or airlines before departure, as the lists of qualifying nationalities and categories can change.

The visa or exemption is not embedded in the All Indonesia arrival card. Travel guides and arrival-card explainers emphasise that the digital arrival declaration is a separate requirement and does not itself grant immigration permission or extend a stay. A traveller who has obtained an e-VOA must still complete the arrival card, and a traveller entering visa-free must also file the card when it applies.

Entry guides for Bali in 2026 generally recommend that passports be valid for at least six months on the date of entry and note that border officers may check onward travel and accommodation details.

2. All Indonesia arrival card: a free arrival declaration

The All Indonesia Arrival Card is described by multiple independent guides as the national digital arrival declaration for international passengers, including foreign visitors and returning Indonesian citizens. It integrates immigration-related data, customs information and health or quarantine questions into one online process, accessible via the government portal allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id or the official app.

Travellers are instructed to submit the card within three days, or 72 hours, before their scheduled arrival in Indonesia, counting back from the landing date rather than the departure date from their home country. After submission, the system issues a confirmation and QR code, which should be saved or screenshotted for presentation at immigration and customs checks.

The declaration itself is free of charge on the official portal and app. Guides consistently emphasise that the arrival card is not a visa, does not confer entry permission or extend a stay, and does not include or pay the Bali tourist levy. Travellers are advised to have passport details, flight information, accommodation address and any relevant visa or stay-permit information ready before starting the form.

3. Customs declaration: integrated into arrival card, with special cases

Indonesia uses an electronic Customs Declaration (e-CD) managed by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Bea Cukai), and every passenger arriving from abroad is required to complete a customs declaration. Customs explains that declaration data can be submitted electronically and that the e-CD may be completed from two days before arrival until shortly after arrival.

According to official Customs information, Indonesia now applies a “single gate” system through the All Indonesia service, which integrates immigration, customs, health and quarantine information into one link for most travellers. For passengers arriving via land border posts or for certain export situations, Customs directs travellers to the dedicated portal at ecd.beacukai.go.id, which remains the official e-CD channel for those routes.

Independent travel and customs guides describe the practical effect of this integration differently. Some explainers say the customs declaration has effectively moved inside the All Indonesia arrival card workflow and no longer requires a separate e-CD for standard air and sea arrivals. Other guides still refer to a stand-alone e-CD form, noting that it can be completed up to two or three days before arrival and generates its own QR code for presentation at customs.

Because of these differences, travellers arriving by air or sea are advised to follow the instructions shown in the official All Indonesia portal and any current guidance from Customs at the time of travel. For land-border arrivals and specific customs situations, the official Customs website continues to point to ecd.beacukai.go.id as the channel for the e-CD.

The four requirements at a glance

• Visa or exemption: immigration permission; fee and permitted stay depend on the visa or exemption category.
• All Indonesia arrival card: free digital arrival declaration; submit within three days before arrival; not a visa and not the Bali levy.
• Customs declaration: goods and baggage information; now integrated into the All Indonesia process for many arrivals, with a separate e-CD portal still used for land borders and specific cases.
• Bali tourist levy: Rp150,000 per entry for most foreign tourists, separate from immigration and customs.

4. Bali tourist levy: a separate payment

The Bali tourist levy is imposed by the provincial government on international tourists arriving in Bali and is separate from both the visa and the All Indonesia arrival card. Official notices and tourism advisories state that from 14 February 2024 the levy is Rp150,000 per person per visit, applying to adults and children and payable once per arrival.

Travellers can pay the levy online in advance via the provincial “Love Bali” system, using card or other cashless payment methods, and receive a voucher with a QR code by email. Guides note that this QR code can be stored on a smartphone or printed and is scanned at checkpoints in Bali’s airport and sea ports.

Payment at the airport is also presented as an option for those who have not paid online, with bank or levy counters available and cashless transactions required. Several advisories explain that certain categories of visitors—such as diplomatic or official visa holders, transport crew, KITAS or KITAP holders, family-unification and student visa holders, and some golden visa or other visa holders—may be exempt from the levy, sometimes after applying for approval through the Love Bali system before arrival.

Travel guides emphasise that the Bali levy does not grant immigration permission, does not replace the arrival card or customs declaration and remains a provincial tourism charge that must be satisfied in addition to national entry requirements.

Context

Indonesia’s digital arrival formalities have evolved toward a unified All Indonesia workflow for air and sea travellers, combining several declarations that were previously handled on separate paper or electronic forms. At the same time, Bali’s foreign tourist levy, introduced in February 2024, remains a provincial tourism instrument designed to support cultural preservation and waste management and is not an immigration or customs document.

For 2026 trips to Bali, this leaves travellers with a checklist that has overlapping timelines but clearly distinct purposes: securing the correct visa or exemption according to nationality and travel purpose, filing the All Indonesia arrival card within three days before arrival, following customs declaration instructions that may differ by route, and settling the separate Bali tourist levy.

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