The short answer
Australians need an e-Visa on Arrival for Bali, bought in advance from the official immigration site, plus the All Indonesia Arrival Card completed within 72 hours of travel, plus the IDR 150,000 Bali tourist levy paid online.
The e-VOA is the visa. When we read the official site in July 2026 it cost IDR 500,000, about A$50, for a 30-day stay; the site itself is the only place the current price lives, and the only place to buy it. The arrival card is a newer requirement noted in Smartraveller's update of 11 September 2026, done within 72 hours of travel. The levy is a Bali provincial charge, IDR 150,000 per person, paid through the Love Bali site.
Do all three at home, screenshot all three, and you walk to the autogates at Denpasar with everything ready. Do none of them and you join a queue with everyone else who was told Bali was easy.
The e-Visa on Arrival (e-VOA)
The e-VOA is Indonesia's visa on arrival, applied for online before you travel. Australians are eligible. It is issued for a 30-day stay. The only official place to buy it is the Directorate General of Immigration's e-Visa site, evisa.imigrasi.go.id; Smartraveller now also points to the All Indonesia portal, where the arrival card and the e-VOA can be done together.
Price: IDR 500,000 (about A$50) when we read the official site in July 2026. We have not been able to re-read the price from the official site on 12 September 2026 because it is an application, not a page, so treat that figure as "July 2026" and read the current one on the site as you buy. You will need a passport with at least six months' validity, a passport-style photo, and a card.
Buy it a couple of weeks out and no later than 48 hours before you fly. That is our advice for the autogates, not an official rule; the official rule is simply that you have it on arrival.
Who
Australian passport holders, for tourism. Six months' validity required.
How long
30 days. Check the official site for extension rules; we have not verified them on the day.
Where
Only at evisa.imigrasi.go.id or the All Indonesia portal. Any other site is a reseller at best.
How much
IDR 500,000, about A$50, as read in July 2026. Confirm on the site when you buy.
The All Indonesia Arrival Card
Smartraveller's Indonesia advice, updated 11 September 2026, describes the current arrival process in one paragraph, which we quote rather than summarise:
Before arriving in Indonesia at international entry points (by plane or boat), you'll need to complete an arrival card and apply for an e-Visa on Arrival (e-VOA). Both can be completed on the All Indonesia website.
The same page says to complete the All Indonesia Arrival Card online within 72 hours (3 days) of your travel, and adds a warning we repeat: beware of fake websites charging a fee. The arrival card is at allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id. Screenshot the confirmation.
The Bali tourist levy
Separate from the visa and from national immigration, the Bali provincial government charges foreign tourists a levy. On 12 September 2026 the official Love Bali site shows it as IDR 150,000 per person, payable online as a single traveller or as a group, with exemptions applied for through the same site.
Pay it before you land at lovebali.baliprov.go.id and keep the QR receipt on your phone; spot-checks happen at attractions. There are payment counters at the airport too, but the online route avoids a queue. The levy is a Bali thing: it does not apply to the rest of Indonesia.
At Denpasar: the autogates
With the e-VOA and the arrival card done, Australian passport holders can use the automated gates at Ngurah Rai. Have the passport open at the photo page, the e-VOA ready to show if asked, and follow the signage; if the gate rejects you, the manned counters are next to them and the paperwork is the same.
Baggage, then customs. Then the taxi and ride-share scrum, which the Bali guide covers in the getting-around chapter; the short version is that the official taxi counter and the Gojek and Grab pickup points are both fine, and the people approaching you in the hall are not.
What the Australian Government currently advises for Indonesia
Smartraveller's overall advice level for Indonesia on 12 September 2026 is "exercise a high degree of caution", with higher levels applying in some areas (the current "reconsider your need to travel" areas are provinces in Papua, a long way from Bali). The page was updated on 11 September 2026. Read it in full before you go; your insurer will refer to it.
The same update notes cases of methanol poisoning, including in Bali and Lombok, and advises not leaving food or drinks unattended. That is drinks advice, not visa advice, but it sits on the same page and it is current.
Fake visa sites, and how to spot them
Search "bali visa" and the first results are often resellers charging two or three times the official price to submit the same form. Some are simply expensive; some are scams. The official sites end in imigrasi.go.id (immigration) and baliprov.go.id (the Bali province). If a site takes your money and does not end in go.id, you are paying a middleman at best.
Smartraveller's own words: "Beware of fake websites charging a fee." Bookmark the official links from this page and go direct.
The two-week countdown
- About two weeks out: check passport validity (six months from arrival). Buy the e-VOA at evisa.imigrasi.go.id or the All Indonesia portal. Screenshot it.
- About a week out: pay the tourist levy at lovebali.baliprov.go.id. Screenshot the QR.
- Within 72 hours of travel: complete the All Indonesia Arrival Card. Screenshot the confirmation.
- The day before: put the three screenshots, the insurance policy and the 24-hour claims number in one folder on your phone, and download an offline map of the area you are staying in.
- At Denpasar: passport open, autogates, baggage, customs, official taxi counter or the ride-share pickup point.
Visa and arrival questions
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What is the All Indonesia Arrival Card?
Can Australians use the autogates at Denpasar?
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Sources and dates
- Smartraveller, Indonesia travel advice, updated 11 September 2026, still current on the day we read it. Read 12 September 2026.
- Love Bali, the Bali provincial government's tourist levy site, levy amount. Read 12 September 2026.
- Directorate General of Immigration, official e-Visa site, the only place to buy an e-VOA; the price shown in the guide was read here in July 2026. Read 2 July 2026.
- All Indonesia, the arrival card and e-VOA portal. Read 12 September 2026.
Left out on purpose because we could not verify it from a primary source: the e-VOA price as of 12 September 2026 (the official site is an application, not a readable page; the July 2026 figure is shown and dated instead); e-VOA extension rules, not verified on the day.