Indonesian government has officially released a new presidential decree declaring new countries eligible for free short stay visa to Indonesia, the new presidential decree is effective in 12th of June 2015, according to the new presidential decree the short stay visa are eligible only for a maximum stay of 30 days and could not be extended. 

The new policy on free short stay visa is expected would boost number of foreign arrivals to Indonesia as well as improving services provided to foreign visitor to spend their holidays in various popular tourist destination in Indonesia.

Thirty new countries has been added to the previous list of fifteen countries which has already been given the privilege for free short stay visa. 

The previous 15 countries (13 countries and 2 special administrative regions) were:

1.   Thailand

2.   Malaysia

3.   Singapore

4.   Brunei Darusallam

5.   Philippines

6.   Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region)

7.   Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region)

8.   Chille

9.   Morocco

10. Peru

11. Vietnam

12. Ecuador

13. Cambodia

14. Laos

15. Myanmar

 

While the following new 30 countries are recently added to the free short stay visa:

1.   People’s Republic of China

2.   Russia

3.   Republic of Korea

4.   Japan

5.   United States of America

6.   Canada

7.   New Zealand

8.   Mexico

9.   England

10. Germany

11. France

12. Netherlands

13. Italy

14. Spain

15. Switzerland

16. Belgium

17. Sweden

18. Austria

19. Denmark

20. Norway

21. Finland

22. Poland

23. Hungary

24. Czech Republic

25. Qatar

26. United Arab Emirates

27. Kuwait

28. Bahrain

29. Oman

30. South Africa

Free short stay visa entry for these countries is currently available only at the following entry points:

International Airports:

1.     Jakarta - Soekarno Hatta International Airport 

2.     Bali - Ngurah Rai International Airport 

3.     Medan - Kualanamu International Airport 

4.     Surabaya - Juanda International Airport 

5.     Batam - Hang Nadim International Airport 

 

International Harbors:

1.     Bintan - Sri Bintan Harbor

2.     Batam - Sekupang Harbor

3.     Batam - Batam Center Harbor

4.     Riau - Tanjung Uban Harbor

출처 - http://www.indonesia.travel/en/news/detail/1748/indonesia-welcomes-visitors-from-45-countries-with-free-short-stay-visa