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Hi going to bali should I get visa online (and where from) or on arrival
https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/
It’s the “e-Voa” option. Though the VOA process is pretty slick but it’s one less thing to worry about if done in advance ! When I went last year they did want a printed copy
There is also the tourist levy now
https://lovebali.baliprov.go.id/home
And customs form (thankfully free!)
Yes as @SamG says it’s pretty good now with the e-VOA, the main arrivals hall at DPS is a bit basic with various wooden desks you sit down at to sort immigration, but it’s better than some I’ve passed through.
Cheers Sam G. We are usually fairly organised with the travel requirements but I’ve only really had a Quick Look at it (and forgotten it), so your links are extremely appreciated.
At Jakarta (CGK) terminal 3 recently I could use the e-gates (there are about 50) with the e-VOA and UK passport. I was through immigration in seconds.
I’m in Bali currently.It wouldn’t let me (or OH ) do the electronic visa so we did it on arrival at DPS. Several lines ( separate one for families with small children )and fairly quick ( much quicker than the traffic here which makes the M25 look like Deathrace 2000..). Cash or card taken.
Hi thankyou all we are going in August first time any private hires you could recommend would be great
@Gee Where are you staying ?
Just to add these guys as well https://ticbali.com/post/vip-airport-services/arrival-services – they can’t fast track immigration anymore but it’s pretty inexpensive to get an extra pair of hands if you’re travelling with kids , luggage etc
Klook has decent airport transfer and day driver options very inexpensively though for convenience I usually just arrange via my hotel
The below was the cost booking direct with our Hotel in 2022, from DPS To Grand Hyatt Nuse Dua, and from Grand Hyatt Nusa Dua to Hyatt Alila Ubud.
IDR 640,000 = £30, IDR 390,000 = £19I arrange with hotels as it’s just convenient.
Kindly be informed that for Airport pick up cost will be at IDR 390,000 net/way/car using Minivan (Toyota Kijang Innova), and for transfer to Alila Ubud will be charge at IDR 640,000 net/way/car using Minivan (Toyota Kijang Innova).
Syminyak 3 nights sanur 5 then ubud 3
Will hopefully be back in Bali next year for a week, we are on a cruise that stops there for a day a few days prior. Trying to figure out if we are better staying on the ship and can avoid having to pay twice. As far as I can tell there isn’t a multiple entry option?
+1 – estimating my entry into Bali either Q4 2025 or Q1 2026, on a 6 month tour of SEA.
Get a visa on arrival in advance and you will be through the e gates in seconds.
Also do your customs declaration 3 days in advance and pay your Bali tax.Also download the GRAB app – Bali Uber – its super handy.
GRAB / Gojek are super cheap . Private care hire about £40+ a day for a personally recommended non smoking , good English speaking driver with newish air con vehicle . Just bear in mind that travelling anywhere in Bali is painfully slow ( 9 mls per hour is our current top speed …). Scooters are much faster ( with both GRAB and Gojek options ) but death rate much higher. We came from Ubud to Sanur tonight and it was just shy of 3 hours for a 15.5 mile journey.
I don’t remember it being that bad in 2022, it seems to have declined badly over the last couple of years, I’m guessing it’s down to revenge travel, from Covid?
Supposedly they dont bother checking the bali tax so maybe dont bother with that.
Supposedly they dont bother checking the bali tax so maybe dont bother with that.
It’s about £7pp, Bali/Indonesia need the money and it’s to help defray the damage of tourism. Is it really necessary to encourage people to cheat them out of it, even if your assertion were true?
👏👏👏 @JDB
Loyalty Lobby posted about a week ago that there was a plan to increase the Bali tourism levy, as well as improve checking – https://loyaltylobby.com/2024/06/20/bali-intends-to-increase-tourist-tax-five-fold-to-50-per-visitor/
In terms of visa, if you can do the visa-on-arrival online in advance, it’s a much quicker arrival process. No queues, just straight up to the e-gates and through in seconds. Much quicker and easier than before!
You need also to fill in the customs declaration online, and they want to see the QR Code when you get to customs. If you don’t have it, you’ll be directed back out of the queue to go fill one in on your phone
@ Gagravarr – There’s some interesting comments on there!
To be honest I (and many of my Singapore expat friends) would agree with a lot of the comments on there – development is out of control without infrastructure to support it, it doesn’t actually have great beaches and moving around can be a complete hassle. It also attracts a certain “influencer” crowd and a lot of very entitled digital nomad types who I just find personally very annoying! Canggu has particularly suffered from this especially since the Ukraine war. Some of the hotels are lovely but if you can’t leave what is the point in travelling all that way.
It’s a real shame as the people are just wonderful and the island has plenty to offer, just needs a proper strategy and use of all these taxes and levys to fund transportation and infrastructure to develop sustainable tourism
We were recently in Phuket and agreed we had a much nicer time – it’s not perfect but the govt does generally have a lot more control over development and generally it’s “vibe” is more attuned to my tastes
@SamG – Bali is, as you say, a beautiful place with wonderful people yet the authorities have allowed it to be overdeveloped to a ridiculous level. We were lucky enough to go to Bali for the first time on our honeymoon almost 29 years ago and there were ba fraction of the hotels, beaches and surrounding and countryside unspoilt, temples remained quiet and spiritual, more wildlife and in Ubud you were more likely to see buffalo of other animals in the street than cars. We have been back since and the seeds of destruction were being sown and it now all sounds rather awful. It’s tragic also that influencers and digital nomads have caused so much damage to Bali. Vietnam is going the same way.
It’s about £7pp, Bali/Indonesia need the money and it’s to help defray the damage of tourism. Is it really necessary to encourage people to cheat them out of it, even if your assertion were true?
Kresna Budi said that while speaking after a plenary session of DPRD-Bali on Wednesday, 19 June, the new tourism tax is too low to end Bali’s reputation as a cheap tourism destination. Seeing “cheap tourists” as the source of bad behavior, Kresna Budi said: “I think Rp 150,000 tax is too low, so Bali seems like a cheap tourist destination. That’s why we plan to increase it by 50 dollars. Why should Bali be sold cheaply?”
It doesnt really sound like its anything to do with damage from tourism when theyre already discussing increasing it to $50 just because they dont like bali being considered cheap?
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