Indonesia Second Home Visa (B26F)

Indonesia’s Second Home Visa is a long-stay, non-working route for foreigners who want to live in Indonesia without a conventional local sponsor. It’s tied to the visa index E33 and used in practice under the B26F category, with the permit built around an immigration guarantee instead of the usual sponsor model.

The program is aimed at upper-middle and high-net-worth applicants, including retirees, investors and other people planning a second base in Indonesia. It can cover eligible family members as dependents and it’s designed for stays of 5 or 10 years. That makes it very different from a tourist visa, because it creates limited stay permit status and multiple re-entry rights.

The official rules treat it as a non-working visa. Still, holders may be able to carry out other activities, such as business, investment or education, if those activities are reported to immigration. That reporting part matters, because this isn't a free pass to do whatever you want once you're in the country.

There are two common qualifying paths:

• Funds: at least about $130,000 in savings
• Property: $1 million in Indonesian real estate

The Directorate General of Immigration now routes Second Home Visa applications through its online system and the current E33 page reflects updated legal bases, including recent visa-classification rules and the newer PNBP fee structure. The official portal doesn't list a fixed processing time in the research provided, so don't assume one without checking the current application screen.

For most applicants, the appeal is simple. You get a longer stay, re-entry rights and a legal path to live in Indonesia without pretending it’s a tourist trip. The downside is just as clear, you need real financial backing and you’re still dealing with immigration reporting obligations.

The Second Home Visa is built for foreign nationals who want to live in Indonesia for the long haul without taking a local job. It isn’t a tourist visa and it isn’t a normal sponsored stay permit either. The system uses jaminan keimigrasian or immigration guarantee, instead of a conventional sponsor.

To qualify, you need to meet one of two main financial paths. The first is a commitment to keep at least $130,000 in a state-owned bank account in your own name. The second is a commitment to buy qualifying property in Indonesia, usually an apartment or condominium, worth at least $1 million.

Family members can also come along. Spouses, children and parents of the main holder may be eligible for dependent Second Home visas if they can show the family relationship and the principal applicant already holds a Second Home Visa or ITAS Rumah Kedua. They don’t have to prove their own funds under the same rules.

The official guidance doesn’t set a nationality limit, so this visa isn’t tied to one passport or region. It also doesn’t spell out a fixed age cutoff, so if you’re trying to confirm whether a younger adult dependent or an older family member fits, the portal doesn’t give a neat answer. That part is annoyingly vague.

There are also clear disqualifiers. You can’t use this status to work for pay, sell goods or services or ignore the conditions of your stay permit. Overstaying or misusing the permit can put the visa at risk, which is exactly the kind of problem that turns a long stay into a short one.

• Main applicant: Foreign nationals who can meet the fund or property commitment.
• Financial route: Keep at least $130,000 in a state-owned Indonesian bank account in your own name.
• Property route: Commit to buy qualifying Indonesian property worth at least $1 million.
• Dependents: Spouses, children and parents of the principal holder may qualify.
• Not allowed: Unauthorized work, selling goods or services, overstaying or misusing the stay permit.

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The Second Home Visa uses a fairly strict document set and the official portal wants everything online through the immigration website. The core application is tied to a valid passport, recent bank evidence and a clean paper trail on where you’ve been and where you plan to go.

• Passport: A national passport with at least 6 months’ validity left.
• Bank statement: A personal statement showing a minimum balance of USD 2,000 or the equivalent, for the last 3 months. It has to show your name, the statement period and the account balance.
• Photo: A recent color photograph taken within the last year.
• CV: A curriculum vitae or daftar riwayat hidup.
• Travel history and itinerary: Your past travel history plus your planned itinerary.

That’s only the first layer. The bigger hurdle is the immigration guarantee and it’s the part that tends to trip people up if they’re not ready with clean documentation.

Within 90 days of the limited stay permit being issued, you have to prove you met your commitment in one of two ways. You can show proof of funds in a state-owned bank account under your own name with at least USD 130,000 or you can show ownership of Indonesian property, specifically an apartment or rumah susun, worth at least USD 1,000,000.

The family route has its own paperwork and the portal isn’t vague about that either. Dependents need their own passport, a recent color photo, proof that the principal’s Second Home Visa or ITAS Rumah Kedua is still valid and relationship documents.

• Spouse: Marriage certificate or marriage book.
• Child: Birth certificate.
• Parent or other family member: Family card or the official document the immigration office asks for in that case.

The official guidance doesn’t list a fixed health insurance rule, medical exam or police clearance for this visa. It also doesn’t spell out translation or legalization rules on the main Second Home page, so if your family documents are in another language, you’ll need to check how Indonesian immigration wants them handled before you submit.

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The official fee picture for the Second Home Visa is clearer than it used to be, but it still isn't cheap. Under the current PNBP structure tied to PP 45/2024, the total government fee for a stay period of up to 5 years is Rp13,000,000, which is roughly $800 to $850 depending on the exchange rate.

That total is split across four parts:

• Limited stay visa: Rp500,000
• Visa verification: Rp2,000,000
• 5-year limited stay permit (ITAS): Rp7,000,000
• 5-year re-entry permit (Izin Masuk Kembali): Rp3,500,000

The older Rp21,000,000 figure you may still see in some regional material is historical. The E33 Second Home Visa page now gives the more detailed Rp13,000,000 breakdown, so that’s the number to work from.

There’s also the separate financial threshold behind the visa itself. The program is aimed at people who can show about $130,000 in savings or hold $1 million in Indonesian real estate. That’s not a filing fee, but it’s the real entry barrier and it’s a big one.

What the official portal doesn’t do is spell out every extra cost you might face. Private insurance, translation, legal help and agent fees aren’t listed in the PNBP schedule, so those numbers will depend on the provider you use. If you hire a representative, expect the bill to move around quite a bit.

Dependents are another grey area. The guidance says family members are handled under general visa and ITAS PNBP rates, but it doesn’t publish a clean Second Home-specific fee for spouses or children. So if you’re applying as a family, don’t assume the main Rp13,000,000 figure covers everyone.

The Second Home Visa application is handled online and that part is straightforward enough. The wrinkle is the paperwork, because the system asks for specific electronic files and the visa only moves once payment clears.

You apply through Indonesia’s official e-visa system and related official guidance also points applicants to the Molina visa platform. The process starts with an account, then you upload your documents, pay the immigration fee with the billing code the system generates and wait for the internal checks.

• Passport: electronic copy.
• Bank statement: electronic copy showing the required funds or proof tied to qualifying property ownership.
• Photo: electronic file.
• CV: electronic copy.
• Travel history: electronic copy.
• Itinerary: electronic copy.

The official page says visa issuance takes four working days after payment is received by immigration, assuming the file is complete and passes verification. That’s the clean timeline. If anything is missing or off, it’ll slow down.

Once approved, the visa is issued electronically and is valid for 90 days from the date of issuance. If you don’t use it to enter Indonesia within that period, you’ll need to apply again.

You can apply from outside Indonesia and the official process doesn’t require the first application to be lodged inside the country. Payment can also be made from abroad through the government’s online PNBP payment system.

After you enter Indonesia, the immigration system automatically issues your limited stay permit or ITAS and your re-entry permit. You then have 90 days to submit proof that you’ve met the immigration guarantee commitment, either the funds or the property requirement, to the immigration office that issued your ITAS.

The Second Home Visa is built for long stays, not quick visits. The initial limited stay permit or ITAS, can run for up to 5 years and the total time you can spend in Indonesia under this route tops out at 10 years.

That cap matters. If you were hoping for a simple rolling renewal with no hard ceiling, this isn’t that. The visa can be extended, but only while you still meet the immigration guarantee requirements and stay within the 10-year total limit.

On the official Second Home guidance, the limited stay permit and re-entry permit are issued automatically on first entry. After that, extensions are handled online through the same immigration portal used for the visa application.

• Initial ITAS validity: up to 5 years
• Maximum total stay: 10 years
• Extension channel: online through the immigration e-visa portal
• Condition for renewal: you still have to meet the immigration guarantee rules

The program doesn’t give a path to permanent residency or citizenship on its own. If you later qualify for another stay category under different immigration rules, the ITAS can be converted, but that’s a separate process and not a built-in feature of the Second Home visa.

Fee-wise, renewals fall under the same national PNBP framework used for ITAS and re-entry permits. The official page gives a fee table for the initial 5-year grant, but it doesn’t spell out a separate public fee schedule for every extension step inside the 10-year cap.

So the practical takeaway is simple: the Second Home Visa gives you a long runway, but not an open-ended one. If you want to stay longer than 10 years, you’ll need to qualify under another immigration category.

The Second Home Visa is an immigration route, not a tax deal. The official visa guidance doesn’t set out any special tax residency status, reduced income tax rate or foreign-income exemption just because you hold this visa.

That matters because Indonesian tax residency is handled under tax law, not immigration rules. In general practice, residency can turn on spending more than 183 days in Indonesia in a 12-month period or keeping a domicile there, but the Second Home visa pages don’t spell that out.

So if you plan to stay long term, don’t assume the visa alone keeps you outside the tax net. It doesn’t. The tax outcome depends on where you live, how long you’re there and how Indonesian tax rules apply to your situation.

What the visa docs don't cover

• No special tax regime: The official Second Home materials don’t mention a preferential system for foreign-source income.
• No tax residency shortcut: They don’t say that holding the visa automatically makes you a tax resident or nonresident.
• No tax filing guidance: The visa pages don’t explain tax reporting, double-tax treaty treatment or how investment income is taxed.

That gap is annoying, but it’s normal. Immigration and taxation sit in different silos, so you’ll need to check the tax authority or a qualified tax adviser if you’re relying on foreign income, dividends or property income.

The Second Home Visa itself is still attractive for the right applicant because it’s a long-term stay route, with the research showing a 10-year stay option and a high financial threshold, about $130,000 in funds or $1 million in Indonesian real estate. But the visa’s value is residence access, not tax relief.

If you’re moving money, setting up investments or spending most of the year in Indonesia, get the tax side reviewed before you apply. The visa won’t answer those questions for you.