Bali visa extension: how and when to extend a VOA

Can you extend a visa on arrival in Bali?

Yes, once, from inside Indonesia. Whichever way you bought it, you register online and then visit an immigration office for a photo and an interview; a visa on arrival bought at the airport counter needs one extra first step online.^{[1, 6]}

Either way there is no second extension. Before the 60 days run out, you leave Indonesia or move to another permit.^[1]

How much does a Bali visa extension cost?

Extending a visa on arrival costs IDR 500,000 (about AUD 40). A C1 visit visa costs IDR 1 million (about AUD 80) for each 60-day extension. These are immigration's official fees, paid direct; a visa agent charges its own fee on top.^{[1, 3, 4, 9, 10]}

These are the government's fees, paid as your application directs. The fees and fines table lists every official immigration charge, dated.

When should you apply for the extension?

Apply between day 16 and day 23 of your 30 days, counting the day you land as day one. Day 16 is the earliest offices accept, 14 days before your stay ends. Aim to be done a week before it ends, so an office closure or a public holiday does not push you into the fine. The in-person photo and interview are required either way.^{[3, 6]}

Land on 1 March, and you apply from 16 March to 23 March; your 30 days end on 30 March. Applying in your first two weeks is too early, and an e-VOA is best not extended just after you arrive.^{[1, 3, 5]}

How do you extend an e-VOA online?

You start online, pay, and then go to the immigration office for a photo and a short interview. Have these ready before you begin.^{[3, 6]}

The office visit is required for every stay permit extension, a visa on arrival included. Your postal code decides which office you visit; at the Ngurah Rai immigration office, extensions are served from 08:00 to 11:00 WITA, and photo queue numbers are given out before 11:00.^[6]

How do you extend a visa on arrival bought at the airport?

You claim your stay permit online first, then follow the same steps as an e-VOA, office visit included.^{[3, 6]}

What happens if you extend too late?

Every day past your last legal day costs IDR 1 million (about AUD 80). UK government guidance says that if you extend after the stay has run out, the days you overstayed come off your new 30 days, so five days over leaves a 25-day extension; no Bali immigration office page describes that route.^{[2, 7]}

Past day 23 but not yet at day 30? Go to the office and ask: the fine starts after day 30. Past 60 days of overstay there is no fine: you are detained and deported, and you pay for the flight, as set out under the overstay fine.^{[2, 3, 7]}

How do you extend a C1 visit visa?

A C1 visit visa gives 60 days and extends twice, by 60 days each time, to 180 days in all. You apply through your account on evisa.imigrasi.go.id, and each extension costs IDR 1 million (about AUD 80), paid in Indonesia.^{[8, 9]}

Each extension also needs a visit to the local immigration office for a photo and an interview, before your current stay ends. If you may need more than 60 days, compare the C1 before you travel; which visa fits sets it beside the others.^[9]