Bali overstay fine 2026: cost, deportation, bans

How much is the overstay fine in Bali?

Each day past the end of your permit costs IDR 1 million (about AUD 80), for an overstay of up to 60 days. It is the same on every visa and stay permit, not only the visa on arrival.^{[1, 2]}

Bali deports overstayers: 342 foreigners were deported from the island in the first half of 2026, mainly for misusing a stay permit or overstaying.^[7]

What does an overstay cost, day by day?

The fine adds up fast: a month over costs IDR 30 million (about AUD 2,400). The table works it out at IDR 1 million a day.^{[1, 8]}

Is the overstay fine for 30 or 60 days?

The daily fine runs for an overstay of up to 60 days, so a 45-day overstay is a fine, not deportation. Some older pages online still give 30 days; plan on 60.^{[2, 5, 6]}

How do you pay the overstay fine when you leave?

You pay on your way out, so the cash has to be ready before you reach the airport. If you are staying on with a new visa, you pay at an immigration office when you apply instead.^[2]

What happens if you overstay more than 60 days?

Past 60 days there is no fine to pay. You are held at the nearest immigration office, questioned, and deported once the paperwork is done.^{[2, 5]}

You pay for the deportation flight, or your sponsor does if you have one, and a friend or family member can book it for you. You can also be banned from returning, usually for six months and up to ten years. Lifting a ban costs IDR 90 million (about AUD 7,210).^{[1, 2, 4, 6]}

What if you cannot pay the overstay fine?

An unpaid fine leads to the same end as a long overstay: deportation and a ban on returning. Lifting a ban after an unpaid fine costs the same IDR 90 million (about AUD 7,210).^{[1, 4, 6]}

Keep enough for the fine and a flight home. A visitor who cannot pay can be held in detention in Denpasar until deported.^[4]

Can the overstay fine be waived?

Sometimes, and immigration decides each case. The fee may be set at zero for a foreigner who is:^[1]

• unable to pay, while in Indonesia
• caught by force majeure
• in hospital for mental illness
• in Indonesia for a deportation
• in the hands of law enforcement
• carrying out a court ruling

The regulation lets the fee be set at zero in these cases; it does not say how to ask, and visitors who could not pay have been deported. If you are in hospital or detained when your visa ends, contact immigration before it runs out, not after.^{[3, 4]}

How do you avoid an overstay?

Extend before your stay ends, or leave by its final day. Your stay counts from your arrival date: land on 1 March on a visa on arrival, and by our reading your last legal day is 30 March.^[9]

UK government guidance says that if you extend after the visa has run out, the overstay days come off your new stay, so a late extension also shortens your trip; sources differ on whether a late extension is accepted at all. The steps and the safe window are under extending a visa on arrival.^[2]