Moving to Indonesia from Australia

More than US$61,000 a year: Australians appear in the portal's tool for the E33G, the visa for employees of companies abroad who work remotely in Indonesia, with no guarantor. It asks for a bank account showing salary or income that meets a minimum (to be safe, more than US$61,000 a year) and an employment contract with a company established outside Indonesia. You also give a personal bank statement for the last three months with a balance that meets a minimum (to be safe, hold more than US$2,100). The visa costs IDR 7,000,000 (about A$558 at Bank Indonesia's rates of 15 October 2026) and allows up to one year. The Embassy of Indonesia in Canberra's visa pages could not be opened, so these are the Immigration Directorate's figures, not a fee the embassy states in Australian dollars. The portal does not say whether a freelancer's client contracts count.

Tourists pay Bali's IDR 150,000 levy (about A$12), which Smartraveller says is separate from the e-VOA. Both visas bar wages from people or companies in Indonesia, and Smartraveller says it is illegal to work, research or volunteer on a tourist visa, including posting online content for payment or commercial purposes, even if it is published after you leave. Immigration's list of purposes for changing a visit stay to a limited stay inside Indonesia does not include remote work, and in September 2026 it detained a visa on arrival holder in Canggu on suspicion of working as a DJ. Treat a longer working stay as needing the E33G.

You may not sell goods or services or be paid by individuals or companies in Indonesia. As an Australian you can also use the Work and Holiday visa (E35A): up to one year, IDR 7,000,000, with a guarantor, a letter of support from the immigration agency of the partner country, a university certificate and a three-month bank statement showing a minimum balance (to be safe, hold more than US$2,100); the page states no age limit, so ask. Longer routes exist but are tied to money in Indonesia: the Second Home visa (E33, up to five years, IDR 13,000,000) asks for a deposit in a state-owned bank that meets a minimum (to be safe, hold more than US$140,000) or a property that meets a minimum value (to be safe, aim for more than US$1,100,000); the Silver Hair visa (E33E, aged 55 or older, up to five years) asks for a deposit in a state-owned bank that meets a minimum (to be safe, hold more than US$51,000) and proof of income that meets a minimum (to be safe, more than US$3,100 a month); and the Retirement visa (E33F, aged 55 or older, one year, IDR 7,000,000) asks for income that meets a minimum (to be safe, more than US$3,100 a month) and a guarantor. The tool also lists spouse, child, parent and sibling visas for a remote worker's family, whose terms were not read, and Golden visa types, whose thresholds were not read.

Smartraveller says to keep your passport valid for at least six months from the day you enter and leave, and in good condition: Indonesian authorities apply strict standards to damaged passports and travellers have been refused entry. The Embassy of Indonesia is at 8 Darwin Avenue, Yarralumla, Canberra; which of its offices serves your state was not found. You apply online and pay by card or the government payment system; the approved visa is emailed to you as a link. The visa must be used to enter within 90 days of issue, and the stay is up to one year. The portal gives no processing time for the E33G and no renewal terms on its page, so both are unknown. The limited stay permit also has a physical card at the immigration office. Complete the arrival card within 72 hours before you fly, and use only official sites with go.id in the address, because fake sites charge a fee.

If you stop being resident, assets other than taxable Australian property, such as many shares, are treated as sold at market value unless you choose to disregard this. The agreement between Australia and Indonesia was signed on 22 April 1992 and has been in force since 14 December 1992; Treasury lists it as modified by the Multilateral Instrument from 1 August 2020, and the ATO's synthesised text shows its residence, independent-services, employment, pensions and credit articles in their original wording. If both countries treat you as resident, you are treated as resident of the country where you have a permanent home, then where you have a habitual abode, then where your economic and personal relations are closer; a person taxed in a country only on income from sources there is not resident for the agreement. Pay for work done in Indonesia can be taxed there, unless all of these apply: you are in Indonesia no more than 120 days in any 12 months (shorter than Indonesia's 183-day residence test), your employer is not an Indonesian resident, the pay is not deducted in the profits of an Indonesian permanent establishment or fixed base, and the pay is taxed in Australia. Income from professional or other independent services is taxable only in Australia unless you have a fixed base regularly available in Indonesia or are there more than 120 days in any 12 months, in which case income from your activities there may also be taxed there. Australia allows a credit for Indonesian tax paid under the agreement, and pensions are taxable where you are resident, with the other country allowed to tax them at source up to 15%.

As a citizen you cannot cash out super because you move: the ATO says citizens and permanent residents leaving Australia stay under the same super rules, so you can't access it until you reach preservation age and retire or meet another condition of release, and the departing Australia superannuation payment is for people who are not Australian or New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. If you have a HELP, VET Student Loan or Australian Apprenticeship Support Loan, you must still repay it: submit an overseas travel notification within 7 days of leaving if you intend to be away 183 days or more in any 12 months, and report your worldwide income each year (the deadline is 31 October). If you cancel private hospital cover while away, you may owe the Medicare levy surcharge if your income is above the threshold. If you get Age Pension, you move to an outside-Australia rate after 26 weeks, and the rate depends on how long you were an Australian resident between 16 and Age Pension age; with 10 years you would get 10/35ths of the usual rate in most cases. This is a mechanism, not your bill.

Tourists entering Bali pay a levy of IDR 150,000 through the Love Bali site; Smartraveller says it is separate from the e-VOA. Holders of a KITAS or KITAP are exempt by showing the card; holders of other visas must apply for the exemption through the Love Bali system. Whether an E33G holder arriving on the visa pays the levy before the stay permit is issued is unknown. If you stay in a private residence, including a rental, Smartraveller says to register on arrival with the local Rukun Tetangga office and the local police.

The US Embassy's list names clinics and hospitals in Kuta, Nusa Dua, Denpasar and Ubud; it has no Canggu entry. Private insurance prices were not found, so that cost is unknown. If you cancel private hospital cover while you are away, you may owe the Medicare levy surcharge.

On the Australian side, the ATO says a myGov account linked to the ATO lets you lodge your return, manage your super and update your contact details from overseas, so set it up before you leave.