Indonesia Arrival Card Fee: What It Costs and How Long It Takes

The fee, stated plainly

The Indonesia arrival card fee is zero. The All Indonesia Arrival Card, which we brand as the Indonesia Digital Arrival Card (IDAC), is free on the official portal, allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id, and on the official All Indonesia mobile app. There is no government charge, no processing charge, and no card issuance charge. Any website asking payment for the card itself is not the official portal.

We are an independent application service, and our $15 pays for work, not access: we prepare, verify, and submit the card on your behalf, emailing your QR code within 24 hours. The official form is always free to submit yourself, and we tell every reader that before anything else. Now that the zero is established, here is everything around it that does cost money, because those line items are where travelers get surprised.

What entering Indonesia actually costs

Depending on your nationality and destination, up to four charges can apply. The card is never one of them.

The card and the Visa on Arrival get confused because their names rhyme, so say it once more: the card is a free registration for everyone; the VoA is a paid entry permit for nationalities without visa-free access. Most non-ASEAN tourists need both. ASEAN travelers usually need only the free card. The full breakdown is in our complete Indonesia arrival card guide.

A caution on the VoA price

The Rp 500,000 Visa on Arrival fee has held for years, but in 2026 Indonesian immigration floated raising it, with reported proposals of Rp 750,000 for the e-VOA bought online and Rp 1,000,000 at the airport counter. As we update this page, no start date has been confirmed and Rp 500,000 remains the listed price. Treat every VoA figure you read, including ours, as checkable rather than permanent, and confirm at evisa.imigrasi.go.id shortly before you fly.

The arrival card carries no such uncertainty: it launched free in September 2025 and nothing has been announced to change that. If a headline ever claims the arrival card now costs money, it is describing the visa, a copycat site, or both.

Processing time: how long each step takes

On the official portal, processing is instant. Submit the form and the Arrival QR code appears on screen and reaches your email within moments; there is no review queue, no approval step, and no waiting period. The real constraint is the submission window: within 3 days before your arrival date, enforced by the portal calendar. Arriving Monday 21 December 2026 means you cannot submit before Friday 18 December, and there is no reason to cut it closer than the day before your flight.

Our service adds a human step, deliberately. Send your trip details once; we prepare and verify the card against your passport, file it inside the window, and email your QR code within 24 hours. That turnaround is why travelers with flights inside two days should order at once: 24 hours still fits, but barely. The full portal walkthrough, if you file it yourself, is in how to apply for the Indonesia arrival card.

Why some sites charge, and how to spot them

Search results for the Indonesia arrival card are full of lookalike sites charging 20 to 60 dollars for a form the government gives away. Some are honest-ish filing services that disclose their role; others imitate the official design and never mention the free portal. Indonesia's immigration authorities and multiple embassies have publicly warned about them.

The test is simple: read the first screen. A site that says clearly that the official form is free and that its fee covers filing and verification is playing straight, and that is exactly how we present our $15. A site that implies the card itself costs money, or hides the official portal's name, close the tab and go to allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id. Our do I need an Indonesia arrival card guide covers who must file, and the field-by-field list is in the requirements guide.

The cost summary for a typical Bali trip

Put it together for the most common case, a US traveler flying to Bali for two weeks. Arrival card: free, filed within 3 days of the flight. Visa on Arrival: Rp 500,000 at the counter, or the same fee bought in advance as an e-VOA to skip the payment queue. Bali tourist levy: Rp 150,000 through the Love Bali system. Total unavoidable spend: roughly Rp 650,000 per person, none of it for the card. Add our optional $15 only if you want the filing done for you.

That is the whole money picture. Start my application for $15 filing with 24-hour delivery, or file free yourself on the official portal; either way, the card itself never costs a rupiah.

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