Do Brazilian passport holders need a visa for Indonesia?

By Saurabh Pathare · Travel Writer, Tripmojo · Updated September 2, 2026 · Reviewed by Simran Raheja

No. Brazil is on Indonesia’s visa-free list, which runs to just nineteen entries and is mostly ASEAN. Four of those nineteen are South American, and Brazil is one of them, so a Brazilian passport enters free where an Australian or a British one has to buy a visa on arrival. Bring a passport with six months on it and a ticket out.

Quick facts

Visa-free

Visa required: No
On the visa-free list: Yes, one of 19 entries
South American entries on it: Four: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname
Passport validity: 6 months minimum
Also required: A return or onward ticket
Also on the visa-on-arrival list: Yes, one of 97

Entry requirements

A Brazilian passport valid for at least six months, which the immigration directorate states for the visa-free visit as well as for the paid routes.
A return ticket, or an onward ticket continuing to another country, which is a stated condition rather than a suggestion.
Nothing else to arrange in advance. There is no form, no fee and no approval to wait for on the visa-free route.

On the short list, not the long one

Indonesia keeps a Bebas Visa Kunjungan list, and it is short. Nineteen entries: Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos and Timor-Leste, then Suriname, Colombia, Hong Kong, Türkiye, Brazil, Peru, Kazakhstan, Macau and Belarus, plus foreign nationals holding Singapore permanent residence arriving through certain checkpoints. Brazil is on it.

The stated conditions for that visit are a passport valid at least six months and a return or onward ticket to another country. The immigration directorate asks for the same two things on its paid routes, so the passport rule is not something the visa-free traveller escapes.

Brazil also appears on the separate visa-on-arrival list, at number 14 of 97. The directorate catalogues the two as distinct permissions, A1 for the visa-free visit and B1 for the visa on arrival, so this is a choice between instruments rather than a choice about paying. What it does not publish is the length of either or whether either can be extended, which is covered below.

Good to know

A fifth of Indonesia’s visa-free list is South American, which is the least obvious thing about it. Nine of the nineteen entries are ASEAN neighbours and a tenth is Timor-Leste, so the shape of the list is regional as you would expect. Then come Suriname, Colombia, Brazil and Peru. Four entries out of nineteen, from the far side of the world, sitting alongside Hong Kong, Macau, Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Belarus. If you have read that Indonesia is visa-free for South Americans and assumed it must be visa-free for most of the world, the list says otherwise: Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Japan are all absent from it and pay for a visa on arrival instead.
Being on both lists is a choice, and the free one is not simply the paid one without the fee. The directorate’s own catalogue of Indonesian visas lists them as different permissions with different index codes: A1, Bebas Visa Wisata, for the exemption, and B1, Visa Kunjungan Wisata, for the visa on arrival. Different index, different permission. What neither the catalogue nor the visa FAQ publishes is how long each one lasts or whether either can be extended from inside Indonesia, and that is the gap worth respecting rather than guessing at. The asymmetry to watch for is extension: if the free entry cannot be extended and the paid one can, then choosing free on arrival is a decision you cannot revisit later without leaving the country. Settle the length and the extension rules before you pick, not after, and take them from the application system rather than from an article. Overstaying in Indonesia is charged per day.
If you do end up on the paid route, where you land becomes part of the rule. The directorate publishes a list of checkpoints for e-VOA holders: sixteen airports, eleven land border posts and a long list of seaports. Ngurah Rai in Bali is on it, as are Soekarno-Hatta and Juanda, so the ordinary tourist routes are covered. The point is that a list exists at all, and an arrival somewhere unlisted, by private boat or at a smaller regional airport, is outside what an e-VOA covers. None of this touches the visa-free traveller, which is one more reason to know which route you are actually on.
The six-month passport rule is the one that ends trips before they start, and it applies to every route. The directorate states it for the visa-free visit, for the visa on arrival taken at the counter, and for the e-VOA, and for its online visa it words the requirement as six months from the date of arrival in Indonesia rather than from the date you apply. A passport with five months left does not become acceptable by choosing a different scheme, because all of them ask for the same thing. Check the expiry before booking rather than at check-in.

Frequently asked questions

Do Brazilians need a visa for Indonesia?

No. Brazil is one of nineteen entries on Indonesia’s Bebas Visa Kunjungan list, so a Brazilian passport holder enters without a visa.

What does Indonesia require at the border?

A passport valid for at least six months and a return or onward ticket to another country. Both are stated conditions.

Which other South American countries are visa-free?

Suriname, Colombia and Peru. Those three plus Brazil are four of the nineteen entries on the list.

Why is Brazil also on the visa-on-arrival list?

It appears at number 14 of 97. They are different permissions in the directorate’s catalogue, A1 for the exemption and B1 for the visa on arrival, but neither the catalogue nor the FAQ publishes how long each lasts or whether either can be extended. Establish that before choosing, because the free route may not be revisitable once you have used it.

Is Australia or the UK visa-free for Indonesia?

No. Neither is on the nineteen-entry list. Both use the visa on arrival instead, which is the paid route.

Does the six-month passport rule really apply if I need no visa?

Yes. The directorate states it for the visa-free visit as well as for the paid routes.

Other passports for Indonesia

Other destinations for Brazil passport holders

Brazil passport holders visiting Thailand

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on 2 September 2026.

Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi (Directorate General of Immigration, Republic of Indonesia), "Daftar Negara, Pemerintah Dari Daerah Administrasi Khusus Suatu Negara, dan Entitas Tertentu" for Bebas Visa Kunjungan, nineteen entries: Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Tailan, Vietnam, Philipina, Kamboja, Singapura, Myanmar, Laos, Timor Leste, Suriname, Kolombia, Hong Kong, Turki, Brazil, Peru, Kazakhstan, Makau and Belarus, together with foreign nationals holding Singapore permanent residence entering through certain checkpoints. Read 2026-08-31. https://www.imigrasi.go.id/wna/daftar-negara-voa-bvk-calling-visa
Same directorate, visa FAQ: "Syarat untuk mendapatkan [bebas] visa kunjungan yaitu: Memiliki Paspor dengan masa berlaku paling singkat 6 (enam) bulan dan memiliki tiket kembali atau tiket untuk melanjutkan perjalanan ke negara lain", a passport valid at least six months and a return or onward ticket. The same requirements are stated for the e-VOA and for the visa on arrival, and for the online visa the passport must be valid at least six months from the date of arrival. The FAQ states no duration of stay and no fee for any route. Read 2026-09-02. https://www.imigrasi.go.id/faq/visa
Same FAQ, the numbered answer to "Negara mana saja yang terdaftar dalam daftar Electronic Visa on Arrival (E-VOA)": a list running 1 to 97, with Brazil at number 14. Read 2026-09-02. https://www.imigrasi.go.id/faq/visa
Same directorate, "Titik Masuk Bagi Pemegang E-Voa": entry points for e-VOA holders, sixteen airports including Ngurah Rai in Bali, Soekarno Hatta and Juanda, eleven land border posts, and a list of seaports. Read 2026-08-31. https://www.imigrasi.go.id/wna/daftar-negara-voa-bvk-calling-visa

Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.

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