What the Indonesia visa rules mean for Israel travellers
Israel citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Indonesia. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Indonesia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages. The immigration directorate's visa-free page asks for a passport still valid for at l…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO says Indonesia requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Indonesia. Canada's travel advice tells travellers to get insurance that covers medical evacuation and hospital stays.
Indonesia entry rules compared
Indonesia lets 19 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 79, issues eVisas to 94 and requires an embassy visa from 6. Israel citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan and North Korea. Overall the Israel passport ranks #47 in the world with 105 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Israel passport you can also visit 13 countries in the region without a visa, including Hong Kong, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Macau, Philippines and Palestine.
In the other direction, Indonesia citizens need a visa to visit Israel.