Indonesia C1 Tourist Visa 2026: IDR 1.5M Fee, USD 2,000 Funds Rule
The Indonesia C1 tourist e-visa (the former B211A) costs an official fee of IDR 1,500,000, grants up to 60 days extendable, and is normally processed within 5 working days. You apply online before travel, must show proof of funds of at least USD 2,000, and must use the visa within 90 days of issue.
Last updated: July 2026 · Verified against official Indonesian immigration sources (imigrasi.go.id). Visa rules are YMYL — always confirm against official portals.
What the C1 is — and what happened to the B211A
If you researched Bali visas any time before 2024, you met the B211A: the single-entry visit visa that long-stay tourists used to get 60 days without the airport scramble. Indonesia has since recoded its visa system, and the tourist version of that visa now lives on as the C1 tourist visa. Same fundamental product, new name, cleaner rules.
The C1 is a single-entry e-visa for tourism. You apply and pay online through the official portal at evisa.imigrasi.go.id, receive the approval by email, and enter Indonesia with 60 days already in hand — no extension run in your first month, no queue at a Visa on Arrival counter.
Old habits die hard, and plenty of blogs still say “B211A”. If you see the two names used side by side, read them as the same visa; our detailed comparison in B211A vs VOA for Bali unpacks the history and the differences that actually matter.
C1 tourist visa 2026: the key numbers
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Official government fee | IDR 1,500,000 |
| Length of stay | Up to 60 days, extendable in-country |
| Processing time | Around 5 working days |
| Use window | Must enter Indonesia within 90 days of issue |
| Proof of funds | Minimum USD 2,000 (or equivalent) |
| Passport validity | At least 6 months from arrival |
| Entries | Single entry |
Two of those rows trip people up constantly, so let’s give them their own space.
The USD 2,000 funds rule, explained
The official requirements ask for evidence of living expenses of at least USD 2,000 or equivalent — in practice, a recent bank statement in your name. This is a document check at application, not a cash inspection at the airport. It exists to show you can support a two-month stay without working, and it applies to the C1 application specifically; it is not a general arrival requirement for short visa-on-arrival trips.
Common-sense preparation: use a statement less than a month old, showing your name matching your passport, with a closing balance clearly above USD 2,000 equivalent. Screenshots of a crypto wallet or a friend’s account are the kind of improvisation that turns a 5-day approval into a rejection.
The 90-day use window
A C1 issued today does not wait for you indefinitely — you must enter Indonesia within 90 days of the issue date. Apply too early and the visa can lapse before your flight; apply too late and you sweat the 5-working-day processing against your departure date.
The comfortable slot is 3 to 6 weeks before travel: far enough out to absorb a document query, close enough that the 90-day clock is a non-issue. Booked a trip departing next week? The C1 is usually still feasible, but the eVOA — approved in hours to a couple of days — becomes the pragmatic fallback.
C1 or VOA: which one fits your trip?
The Visa on Arrival (and its online twin, the eVOA) costs IDR 500,000, gives 30 days, and can be extended once for a total of 60. The C1 costs IDR 1,500,000 and gives you the full 60 days on entry. So the honest question isn’t “which is cheaper” — it’s “what is your time worth in week four?”
Choose the C1 if any of these apply:
- You already know you’ll stay more than 30 days. Since May 2025, extending a VOA in-country means an in-person biometric appointment and typically up to three immigration-office visits — see our extension walkthrough for what that involves.
- You’d rather pay IDR 1,500,000 once than IDR 500,000 twice (entry + extension) plus spend beach days in a government waiting room.
- You may want to extend beyond 60 days — the C1 is extendable in-country, giving long-stay tourists more runway than the hard 60-day VOA ceiling.
- Your nationality isn’t eligible for the VOA at all. Check your options on our visa-by-nationality guide.
Stick with the VOA/eVOA if you’re certain the trip is 30 days or less, or if you’re booking last-minute and the 5-working-day C1 processing doesn’t fit. The full cost picture across every route is in Bali visa costs for 2026.
Pro tip: Count your days from the arrival stamp, not the calendar month, and set a phone reminder for day 45. That’s the point where a C1 holder who wants longer should start the extension file — leaving enough margin for the biometric appointment cycle without overstay risk at IDR 1,000,000 per day.
Applying: portal, sponsor and the agent question
The application itself runs through the official e-visa portal: passport scan, a recent colour photograph, proof of funds, and payment of the IDR 1,500,000 fee. Depending on your route, the portal may also ask for an Indonesian guarantor to stand behind the application — one of the quiet reasons many travellers file through a licensed agency rather than solo.
What a legitimate agency adds is not magic access — it’s error-proofing. At Bali Visa Trusted we pre-check the file against current requirements, act on portal queries the day they arrive, and quote government fee + service fee = total, in writing, before you pay. What no agent can do is guarantee approval or compress the government’s processing time, and anyone promising either is telling you something important about themselves. Our full C1 service and every other route we file are listed under visa services, with transparent USD pricing on the pricing page.
What the C1 does not cover
The C1 is a tourist visa. It does not permit employment, freelancing for Indonesian clients, or running a business on the ground — enforcement against foreigners working on tourist visas is active and well-funded in 2026. Digital nomads earning USD 60,000+ per year from overseas employers should look at the E33G Digital Nomad KITAS instead, and frequent visitors who fly in and out several times a year are usually better served by the D1 multiple-entry visa than by back-to-back C1 applications.
In other words: the C1 is the right answer to one specific question — “how do I stay in Bali for one to six months as a genuine tourist, with the least friction?” For that question, it’s the best product Indonesia has ever offered.
Get the C1 filed right the first time
Not sure whether the C1, the eVOA or something longer-term fits your plans? Use the free Smart Visa Finder on our homepage — it identifies your exact visa in 60 seconds — or message a licensed consultant on WhatsApp for a free eligibility check. Bali Visa Trusted files only through the official immigration portals, and has done since 2016.