Thanks, Luke, for your contribution!

Just wanted to mention some of the visa options, as the linked wikipedia article seems to be missing a lot of information.

For short-term visas, here are a few of the options…

1) There is the free 30-day visa exemption (Bebas Visa) that is not extendable.

2) There’s the 30-day Visa on Arrival (VOA) that is 500,000 IDR (roughly $35 but this changes) and is extendable one time for another 30 days and a cost of 500,000 IDR.

3) There’s the 60-day Visit Visa (Visa Kunjungan B211A), $50 USD, that must be applied for at an embassy outside of Indonesia. These can be renewed at an immigration office within Indonesia four times at 30 days each and 500,000 IDR in cost, giving you a total of six months(!) in the country. This is sometimes called:

A ) A Sosial Budaya/Social Cultural visa if your sponsor is an individual, non-profit, or other organization.
B ) It’s called a single-entry Business Visa if your sponsor is a local company (this is NOT a working visa, that’s called an ITAS, which I won’t get into here). This Business Visa is only good for business meetings, not for working.
C ) And finally, it’s sometimes called a Tourist Visa if you do not have a sponsor and you’re using it for straight tourism. However, sometimes Indonesian embassies in certain countries will not allow people to get one of these without a sponsor. Likewise, many (all?) local immigration offices will require a local sponsor for extending it.

But, again, they are all really the same thing – Visit Visa B211A Visa Kunjungan.

4) If you can get an Indonesian company to sponsor you, there’s a multiple entry Business Visa (212), which costs $110 USD, and also must be applied for outside of the country at an Indonesian embassy. It’s good for a full year, but you still need to leave the country every 60 days – although trips to the embassy/immigration are not required. And again, no working is allowed – it’s only for “meetings.”

Make sure when extending visas you start the process at least 5 business days before expiry! If you’re doing it yourself, it usually requires three visits to the immigration office – the first time for filling out the application and turning in the required documents/passport, second day for fingerprinting/photos, final day for passport/visa pickup. There are many agents available, especially in Bali, that can make the turnaround time a lot faster…but of course at roughly double the normal cost.

FYI – as of 2019, overstaying is now 1,000,000 IDR per day! So watch out!