Immigration to Raise Visa on Arrival Fees to Rp1 Million
The Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections (Kemenimipas) will raise the Visa on Arrival (VoA) fee from the current Rp500,000 to between Rp750,000 and Rp1 million.
Director General of Immigration Hendarsam Marantoko said the tariff adjustment is being made because the current VoA fee is considered too low.
He explained that under the new scheme, the visa fee will be differentiated according to where each foreign national submits their application.
“As we know, our visa on arrival is only Rp500,000, while our exchange rate fluctuates and we feel it is very small, and therefore we need to make adjustments in this regard,” he said at a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday (12/8).
Hendarsam said foreign nationals who apply for an e-VoA from their home country will be charged Rp750,000. Meanwhile, foreign nationals who only apply for a VoA after arriving in Indonesia will be charged Rp1 million.
He said the scheme is expected to encourage foreign nationals to apply for visas online before arriving in Indonesia.
“So the point is, if they fill in the VoA other than online at their location, they have to pay 1 million, but if they fill it in in their own country, they get 750,000,” he said.
He added that the tariff difference is not solely about state revenue. Immigration, he said, wants to shift the visa application process to before departure so that the arrival of foreign nationals at airports is smoother and does not cause congestion at service points.
“What is the purpose? So that there is no build-up at the airport,” he said.
On the other hand, Hendarsam said that as of 10 August 2026, Immigration had generated Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) of Rp6.543 trillion. This achievement was said to be up 6.68 percent compared to the same period the previous year, and had reached 76.81 percent of the 2026 target of Rp8.519 trillion.
“So we have generated approximately 6.5 trillion in PNBP. If we compare this with the same month in the previous year, we have experienced an increase of 6.68 percent,” he said.