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Indonesia (Bali) digital nomad visa (E33G): income, duration, tax
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For years Bali ran on a workaround. People showed up on a tourist stamp and quietly worked online. Then Indonesia launched the E33G Remote Worker Visa. A proper one-year permit built for laptops, not holidays. It comes with a real income test and a KITAS card, and there is a cheaper short-stay fallback if a full year is more than you need. Below is what truly separates the two routes, what you have to earn, and why the tax answer comes down to one number: 183 days.
The facts at a glance
| Visa name | E33G, the Remote Worker Visa. Immigration defines it as foreigners in a contractual relationship with a company abroad who will carry out that work from Indonesia Index code confirmed live on the e-Visa portal. Indonesia has renumbered its visit-visa index since, so older codes you see quoted elsewhere are worth double-checking. |
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| Who it is for | Employees of a company established outside Indonesia. The document list asks for an employment contract with that foreign company, so a loose roster of clients is a weak fit You are barred from selling goods or services in Indonesia, and from taking pay from any Indonesian person or company. |
| Minimum income | A bank account proving salary or income worth at least USD 60,000 per year (about USD 5,000 a month) |
| Savings shown | A personal bank statement showing at least USD 2,000, or the equivalent, across the last 3 months |
| Duration | A stay of up to 1 year, on a limited stay permit (the electronic ITAS, with a physical KITAS card available at the immigration office). The portal lists the E33G as SINGLE entry and not extendable Plenty of guides still call this a multiple-entry, extendable permit. The official record says otherwise, so plan the year as a year. |
| Deadline to use it | The visa must be used to enter Indonesia within 90 days of the date it is issued. Its validity is a different clock from your period of stay |
| Cost | IDR 7,000,000 for the one-year E33G |
| Application route | Online via Indonesia’s official e-Visa portal (evisa.imigrasi.go.id), applied for by you personally. No Indonesian sponsor or guarantor, and no consulate appointment You will also need a passport valid at least 6 months, a recent photograph, a CV and a travel itinerary. |
| The fallback | C1, the Tourist Single Entry Visitor Visa: up to 60 days, extendable, IDR 1,000,000. It is a visit permit and it bans profit-making activity of any kind C1 is what replaced the old B211A. That code no longer exists anywhere on the e-Visa portal, so treat any guide still quoting it as out of date. |
| How far the fallback stretches | Visit stay permits have been extendable by two further 60-day periods, to roughly 180 days in total This cap comes from a law-firm briefing rather than the portal, which only says "extendable". Confirm it before you plan around it. |
| Tax angle | Indonesia treats you as a resident taxpayer once you are in the country MORE than 183 days within any 12 months, counted in one run or in pieces and with any part of a day counting as a whole day, or once you intend to live there. Residents are taxed on worldwide income. The E33G itself grants no exemption A one-year permit is designed for people who will cross that line, so the "tax-free Bali" pitch and the visa duration point in opposite directions. The part-day rule matters for anyone doing Singapore runs: a day trip out and back still counts as two whole days in Indonesia. |
| The 4-year territorial regime does not apply to you | Indonesia does have a 4-year regime that taxes only Indonesian-source income, which is what the "tax-free Bali" pitch is usually reaching for, but PP 55/2022 art. 4 reserves it for foreign workers occupying listed job positions and for researchers approved by the relevant ministry, and art. 4(3) attaches a knowledge-transfer duty. An E33G holder works for a company outside Indonesia and has no Indonesian employer, so the regime is structurally out of reach. Art. 3(3) also switches it off if you claim treaty relief |
Every figure above was read off the official e-Visa portal on the date shown. Indonesia has been reshuffling its visa index, so codes as much as amounts are worth confirming there before you apply.
The E33G sits at the demanding end of the range, and if that is the part giving you pause, see which countries let you in on less. We rank the income test for 29 nomad visas, each figure sourced from the immigration authority that published it.
Could you qualify?
Eligible Likely a fit for the E33G if you are a remote worker earning roughly US$5,000+ a month under a contract with a company established entirely outside Indonesia, with at least US$2,000 sitting in your account over the last three months.
Depends Under the income bar, or only staying a few months? The C1 visitor visa may suit you better, the 60-day route that replaced the old B211A. Just remember it is a visit permit, not a work permit, and it bars profit-making activity outright.
Note Any income or client based inside Indonesia takes you out of the remote-worker lane completely. That calls for a local work permit, not a nomad visa.
The part everyone gets wrong: tax and the 183-day line
The E33G gets sold as "tax-free Bali". It is not. Nothing in the visa exempts anyone from anything. What people are actually describing is the ordinary rule that non-residents are taxed on Indonesian-source income only, so foreign earnings stay out of the net while you remain non-resident. The Income Tax Law flips you to resident once you are in Indonesia more than 183 days within a twelve-month period, or once you intend to live there, and residents are taxed on worldwide income.
So the visa duration and the tax-free pitch point in opposite directions. A one-year permit is built for people who will cross that line, and single-entry at that, so it is not a permit you hold while hopping in and out under the threshold. If you really do plan to stay close to a year, work on the assumption that Indonesian residency tax applies. Check the double-tax treaty with your home country and get local advice. Count your own days instead of trusting the headline.
Plan the next step
Two of our free tools go hand in hand with this guide:
- Digital nomad visa checker: weigh Indonesia's E33G against other nomad visas using your own income and citizenship before you commit to the move.
- Schengen 90/180 calculator: bouncing back to Europe between Bali stints? Keep an eye on your 90 days so a long stretch in Asia doesn't leave you overstaying when you return.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the E33G and a visitor visa for Bali? +
They answer two different questions. The E33G is the real nomad route: a one-year limited stay permit, the ITAS, with the physical KITAS card you collect at the immigration office, built for people employed by a company abroad. The visitor route is now the C1 Tourist Single Entry Visitor Visa, 60 days and extendable, at IDR 1,000,000. Note the code: C1 is what replaced the old B211A, which no longer exists on the e-Visa portal, so any guide still naming it is out of date. C1 is faster and cheaper, but it stays a visit permit and it bans profit-making activity outright, so it fits a scouting trip rather than actually basing yourself in Bali.
How much do I need to earn for the Indonesia E33G visa? +
The bar is high next to local costs. Immigration asks for a bank account proving salary or income worth at least US$60,000 a year, roughly US$5,000 a month, plus a personal bank statement showing at least US$2,000 across the last three months. The document that carries the most weight is an employment contract with a company established outside Indonesia. That wording matters: the E33G is written around employees, so if you invoice a scattered set of clients rather than working under one foreign contract, expect the paperwork to be the hard part. The visa itself costs IDR 7,000,000 for the year.
Will I have to pay Indonesian tax if I move to Bali on the E33G? +
Very likely, and the E33G does nothing to change that. The Income Tax Law makes you a resident taxpayer once you are in Indonesia more than 183 days within a twelve-month period, or once you intend to live there, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. There is no exemption attached to this visa. The only reason foreign income sits outside the net is that non-residents are taxed on Indonesian-source income alone, and a one-year permit is designed for people who will not stay non-resident. Count your own days, read the treaty between Indonesia and your home country, and talk to a local adviser before you commit.
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Sources
- Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, Directorate General of Immigration: official e-Visa portal, E33G and C1 visa records
- BAL Immigration News (May 2025): Indonesia visit-stay permits extendable via two 60-day extensions up to 180 days
- Undang-Undang No. 36 Tahun 2008 (Income Tax Law), art. 2(3)(a), official text via peraturan.bpk.go.id
- Peraturan Pemerintah No. 55 Tahun 2022, arts. 3 and 4 (Direktorat Jenderal Pajak): the 4-year territorial regime for foreign nationals with certain expertise is limited to listed job positions and approved researchers
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