My goodness, so much misinformation in these threads - one would think some of the posting people had never been to Bali airport. Okay:
1. There is a difference between the Visa on Arrival (VOA - bought at the airport) and eVisa (bought online before arrival) but they cost the same AND the eVisa DOES have a separate Immigration area at the airport (as of last week anyway). With an eVisa, only use the government site - contrary to an early post, QF does have out of date information from time to time - why is that not surprising? Get the correct address from your accommodation (AirBnB addresses tend to be inaccurate) I also don't print my eVisa, just have a PDF of it on your device (I use my phone) - they are scanning the QR Code anyway.
https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/ I also find that chrome has problems with Indonesian sites but Firefox and Bing work fine.
1a: Indonesia has a proposal to provide another 20 countries (plus ASEAN) with Visa Free stays from early next year. Includes Australia, China, India, South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The proposal is before the President.
1b: The Indonesian tourist tax of 150,000IDR (Bali and five other destinations) commences on Feb 14 2024. How it is to be collected is being "discussed", hopefully not at the airport.
2. Fast track is illegal at the airport, so tred carefully. Those maroon shirted staff were the airport staff moving people to international and domestic transfers.
3. Anyone who fills out the customs declaration at the airport is nuts - poor Wifi and limited terminals. THERE IS NO PAPER ALTERNATIVE.
Official Website Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai again, doesn't like Chrome. I filll out the form and then take a picture of the QR Code issued and just show that when going through customs - you DO NOT need to print anything. NB: There is a page asking for details of your phone IMEI. Unless you are staying longer than 90 days, scroll down and bypass this page.
4. ATMs - several at the airport - charges/FX rates depend on YOUR bank's relationship with the ATM owner. I get enough for a few days and then change cash at reputable FX dealers.
5. SIMs - very useful if you need data out and about but WiFi is in almost every restaurant, shop, cafe etc and of course if you are going to user Uber/GoJek etc. Plenty at the airport and I recommend Telkomsel.
8gb 200,000IDR
14gb 250,000 IDR
24gb 300,000 IDR
35gb 400,000 IDR
6. Airport transfers. Most of my guests arrange their transfers through me and I use an independent contractor (no %, just a service). I give him a bright red polo to wear and the villa name on an A4 pink sign - so easy to find in a sea of white shirts and white printouts - the first two pics shown above are NOT where the taxi/transfers are. I strongly suggest having your accommodation provide the transfer (it's not that expensive and saves all the hassles with taxi. Alternatively there are several transfer services just as you exit the customs hall, all are 'legit'. Here are reasonable prices for a people carrier (usual style) which is best for 5 plus normal luggage - 6 if just carry on bags. Canggu area IDR350,000 Umalas 300,000 Ubud 400,000 and Nusa Dua 300,000. If anyone wants Nyoman's contact details, just reply to me (If that is not allowed, please don't).
I have business in Bali and go to 4-6 times per year and use the above successfully everytime.
Happy travels
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