Do Indonesian passport holders need a visa for Mauritius?
By Aditya Rawat · Destinations Writer, Tripmojo · Updated · Reviewed by Simran Raheja
Yes, and it is issued at the airport rather than applied for beforehand. Mauritius lists Indonesia at entry 77 of its country-wise requirement list as "Visa for sixty days on arrival". Visas are issued free of charge, so there is nothing to pay and nothing to lodge in advance. What you do have to complete before flying is the free All-in-One Travel Digital Form.
Quick facts
Travel authorisation- Visa required
- Yes, issued on arrival
- Listed as
- Entry 77, visa for sixty days on arrival
- Fee
- None, visas and extensions are free
- Annual tourist ceiling
- Six months in a calendar year, case by case
- Before you fly
- All-in-One Travel Digital Form, free
- Overstay
- A prosecutable offence, not a daily fine
Entry requirements
- An Indonesian passport. Nothing is lodged in advance: the country-wise list puts Indonesia in the on-arrival category, so the visa is issued at the port of entry.
- The Mauritius All-in-One Travel Digital Form, completed before departure. It is free and replaces the old paper arrival and health cards.
- A return or onward ticket and an address in Mauritius, since the immigration officer makes the final decision on admission and on the period actually granted.
- A different arrangement if the trip is not tourism: social and religious visits sponsored by a Mauritian organisation must be obtained before travel, and connecting onward to a third country within 24 hours runs on a transit visa.
Sixty days, issued at the border, at no cost
The document that decides this is the Passport and Immigration Office country-wise requirement list, a 197-entry table published as a PDF. Indonesia is entry 77 and reads "Visa for sixty days on arrival". There is no form to file, no fee to transfer and no appointment: the office states that visas and extensions of stay are issued free of charge.
Before you fly, complete the Mauritius All-in-One Travel Digital Form. It is free, it is required rather than optional, and it replaced the paper arrival and health cards. Then you arrive, present the passport, and the visa is granted at the counter.
The number the officer writes in your passport is the one that governs the trip. The office is explicit that no document guarantees a right of admission, that the final decision rests with the officer after examination at the point of entry, and that the officer decides how long you may stay for any particular visit. Staying beyond that period is an offence liable to prosecution in court rather than an administrative fine settled at the airport.
Good to know
- Mauritius runs four tiers, not two, and almost everything written about it collapses them into visa-free or not. Of the 197 entries on the country-wise list, 113 read "No visa required", 63 read "Visa for sixty days on arrival", 6 read "Visa for two weeks on arrival" and 15 read "Visa required prior to travel". Indonesia is in the sixty-day group, the largest of the three that ask for anything at all. That is why Indonesian travellers arrive in two wrong states: some expect to be waved through as though visa-free, and others go looking for an online application for a document that only exists at the border.
- Sixty days is the size of the grant, not a promise of sixty days. The country list sets the category; the immigration office separately states that it decides how long a person may stay for any particular visit, and that tourist stays are capped at six months in a calendar year on a case by case basis rather than as an entitlement. So the useful reading is that the on-arrival visa can run up to sixty days, that the officer sets the actual period against your ticket and plans, and that repeat trips in the same year draw on a shared annual ceiling.
- Your Indian Ocean neighbours are not on the same tier, so borrowed advice is unreliable here. Indonesia gets sixty days on arrival, but the two-week tier is real and small, and it is exactly six entries: Algeria, Comoros, Iran, Madagascar, Myanmar and Nigeria. India is in the no-visa-required group entirely. Someone in the region who tells you what happened to them at Port Louis is describing a different line of the same table, and the difference between the tiers is a factor of four in how long you may stay.
- The list carries its age on its face, which is a reason to confirm rather than to worry. The file is named for 2025, but entry 195 still reads "Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)", a state that ceased to exist in 2006, and Serbia is separately listed at entry 152. Indonesia’s line is unambiguous and has been stable, so this is not a doubt about your own entry. It is a reason to check the current PDF on the immigration office site shortly before you fly instead of trusting a figure copied from it a year ago, and to ask your airline at check-in if anything about your routing is unusual.
Frequently asked questions
Do Indonesian citizens need a visa for Mauritius?
Yes, but it is granted at the airport. The Passport and Immigration Office country-wise list places Indonesia in the "visa for sixty days on arrival" category.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. The immigration office states that visas and extensions of stay are issued free of charge, so any fee quoted to you is an intermediary’s.
Can I apply online before travelling?
There is no online route for this category. The visa is issued at the port of entry. What you do complete beforehand is the free All-in-One Travel Digital Form.
Will I definitely get sixty days?
Not automatically. Sixty days is the maximum for the category. The officer decides the period for each visit, and tourist stays are limited to six months in a calendar year on a case by case basis.
What happens if I stay too long?
Mauritius treats overstaying as an offence liable to prosecution by a court of law rather than as a fine paid on departure.
Related pages
Sources
Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on .
- Passport and Immigration Office of Mauritius, "Visa Requirement Country-wise" (Visa-Requirement-Country-2025.pdf), 197 entries. Entry 77: "Indonesia — Visa for sixty days on arrival." Tier counts read from the same table: 113 "No visa required", 63 "Visa for sixty days on arrival", 6 "Visa for two weeks on arrival", 15 "Visa required prior to travel". Entry 195 still reads "Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)" while Serbia is separately listed at entry 152. Read 2026-08-31. https://passport.govmu.org/passport/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Visa-Requirement-Country-2025.pdf
- Passport and Immigration Office of Mauritius, "Visa Requirements": "A visa, therefore, simply allows the bearer to travel to Mauritius up a port of entry and does not implicitly guarantee right of admission into Mauritius. The final decision to admit a non-citizen rests with the Immigration Officer after examination at the point of entry in Mauritius. He/she decides how long the person can stay for any particular visit." Read 2026-08-31. https://passport.govmu.org/passport/?page_id=605
- Same page, Types of Visas: tourist stays a maximum of six months in a calendar year on a case to case basis; transit visa "granted to passengers travelling to a third country within a period of 24 hours"; social visa must be obtained prior to travel for religious purposes. Additional Information: "Visas and Extensions of stay are issued free of charge" and any person who stays beyond the permitted period "shall commit an offence and shall be liable for prosecution by a Court of Law". Read 2026-08-31.
- Passport and Immigration Office of Mauritius, Mauritius All-in-One Travel Digital Form, required before travel and issued free of charge. Read 2026-08-31. https://passport.govmu.org/passport/?page_id=605
Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.
