Remote employees
On a contract with a company registered outside Indonesia.
Residence permit E33G
Work Remotely, Legally
A one year residence permit for people employed by a company outside Indonesia. USD 60,000 a year, an overseas contract, and no Indonesian clients.
Figures verified against imigrasi.go.id, Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi. Current for 2026.
This visa in figures
- Validity, not renewable
- 1 year Validity, not renewable
- Annual income required
- 60 k USD Annual income required
- Processing, up to
- 10 days Processing, up to
- All in
- 1,490 USD All in
What the Digital Nomad KITAS actually is
The E33G is the permit that makes remote work legal here. It is a KITAS, not a tourist visa, and the income test is the gate.
Seven to ten business days once the documents are complete, and the documents are far easier to gather before you arrive than after. Landing on a VOA to sort it later means working illegally in the meantime.
Enter on a B211A instead- One year
- Not renewable. To continue you re-apply rather than extend.
- Overseas employer
- The company paying you must be registered outside Indonesia.
- No local clients
- Remote work only. Indonesian clients need a different permit.
- A local bank account
- Permitted, which a tourist visa never allows.
Who it is for
Remote employees and contractors paid from abroad. The test is where the money comes from, not where you sit.
Remote contractors
Paid from abroad, invoicing clients who are not Indonesian.
Long-stay nomads
A year in one place rather than a visa run every sixty days.
Anyone wanting a bank account
The E33G permits one. No tourist visa does.
Choose a different permit if you
- Have Indonesian clients or an Indonesian employer Working KITAS E23
- Monetise content rather than hold a job C5A Creator Visa
- Earn under USD 60,000 a year Talk to us
- Only want a few months B211A Visit Visa
What it takes
The income test is the one that decides it. The rest is documentation.
- Annual income
- USD 60,000 or more, evidenced
- Employment contract
- With a company registered outside Indonesia
- Bank balance
- USD 2,000 or equivalent
- Health insurance
- Valid for Indonesia, for the permit period
- Passport
- Valid well beyond the permit
- No Indonesian clients
- The permit does not cover local work
- Biometrics
- In person, once
- Sponsor
- Arranged as part of the filing
The permit allows a local bank account and prohibits Indonesian clients. Both of those are enforced, and the second one more actively than people expect.
What it costs
All in, government fees included. Requirements set by regulation, such as deposits and shareholdings, sit outside this and are yours to hold.
- Digital Nomad E33G One year, not renewable, all in USD 1,490
- Bank balance required Held by you, not paid to anyone USD 2,000
- Income threshold Evidenced, not paid USD 60,000/yr
- Bali Tourist Levy Separate government charge IDR 150,000
The government fee is inside our figure. The income and balance requirements are eligibility tests you hold yourself, not costs you pay us.
How it goes
Five steps, and the document stage is the long one.
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01
Check the income test
USD 60,000 a year and an overseas contract. If that is not there, we say so before anything else.
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02
Gather evidence
Contract, income records and a USD 2,000 balance. Far easier before you fly.
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03
Filed for you
Through the official portals, with the sponsor arranged.
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04
Biometrics
One in-person appointment once you are here.
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05
Permit issued
Seven to ten business days from a complete file. Then a year, and a re-application rather than a renewal.
Against the C5A Creator Visa
Both cover working from Bali. They cover different work.
Who pays you
- E33G Digital Nomad
- An overseas employer
- C5A Creator
- An audience or brands
Income test
- E33G Digital Nomad
- USD 60,000 a year
- C5A Creator
- No equivalent threshold
Validity
- E33G Digital Nomad
- One year, not renewable
- C5A Creator
- Shorter, see the C5A page
Indonesian clients
- E33G Digital Nomad
- Not permitted
- C5A Creator
- Not permitted
Best for
- E33G Digital Nomad
- Employed remote workers
- C5A Creator
- Content creators and filming
If you hold a job with a company abroad, the E33G. If you monetise an audience, the C5A. Guessing between them wastes an application.
Read this part
Three things that catch nomads out
All three are enforced in 2026.
Indonesian clients are out
The E33G covers remote work for an overseas employer. Taking on a local client breaches it, and social media is monitored.
See the enforcement pictureIt does not renew
One year, then you re-apply. Plan the next application before the last month, not during it.
Visa extensionSequence beats speed
Seven to ten business days once documents are complete. Gather them before you arrive and the permit lands while you are still legal on a visit visa.
Enter on a B211AIf this is not your permit
The neighbouring codes, and where people move when this one does not fit.
C5A Creator Visa
The legal route for filming and monetised content.
USD 449
B211A Visit Visa
Sixty days, extendable, and it converts onshore.
USD 249
Investor KITAS E28A
Residence tied to a PT PMA shareholding.
From USD 2,790
Visa conversion
Tourist visa to KITAS without leaving the country.
On requestGet the sequence right, not just the visa
Send us your contract and your income evidence. We confirm you clear the test before anything is filed, then put an all-in figure in writing.
Transparent pricing. No hidden fees. A reply in under two hours.