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Indonesia — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why Indonesia?

The Indonesia passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 119 destinations, ranking it #108 globally.

Dual limited to children.

Citizenship by descent

Indonesia applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Indonesia generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Indonesia passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — ETA Indonesia — Home country Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa required Russia — e-Visa Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa-free South Africa — e-Visa Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa-free Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa-free Guyana — Visa-free Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa required Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — e-Visa Namibia — Visa-free Senegal — Visa required Mali — Visa-free Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — e-Visa Malawi — Visa on arrival Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa on arrival Vanuatu — e-Visa Cambodia — Visa-free Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa-free Myanmar — Visa-free Vietnam — Visa-free North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — e-Visa India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa-free Kyrgyzstan — Visa on arrival Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa-free Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa on arrival Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa-free Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa on arrival Georgia — e-Visa Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa-free Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — ETA Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa required Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa-free Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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