In short. A visa on arrival gives 30 days from the entry date. The end date is still within your term, but a night flight after midnight is already an overstay. An extension application submitted and paid no later than the last day (article 97 of regulation No. 11/2024) protects you, even if the decision comes later. For an overstay of up to 60 days you pay a fee of 1,000,000 rupiah for each day under government tariffs. More than 60 days means deportation and an entry ban under articles 78 and 102 of law No. 6/2011, and the ban is lifted on a written application. There may be no stamp in your passport because of the automatic gates at the airport: check the term in your e-VOA. If an overstay has happened, do not leave quietly. Go as early as possible to the immigration office for your area, or go in advance to the immigration counter at the airport with your passport.
How the term is counted. A visa on arrival gives 30 days from the entry date. Immigration writes that the term runs from the moment of the entry mark in the passport (immigration on the e-VOA term). The end date is written in your e-VOA or in the extension decision. Count days: 30 days from 1 October end on 30 October.
Can you fly on the last day. The end date is still within your term: under article 97 of regulation No. 11/2024 an extension starts on the day after the end date, so the date itself is still yours. You can leave on that day. A flight after midnight is the next day, and at passport control it will be an overstay of one day. So book night flights so that departure is before midnight on the end date.
An extension application protects you if it is paid. Under the same article 97, an extension of a stay visa is applied for no earlier than 14 days before the end and no later than the last day. An application submitted and paid before the term ends does not count as an overstay, even if the decision comes later (regulation No. 11/2024 on peraturan.go.id). The condition is double: submitted and paid. If the site shows "waiting for payment" but the money was charged, keep the bank receipt and on the same day write or go to the immigration office for your area. Contacts are on the page about extending a visa on arrival. Since May 2025, an extension always means coming to the office for a photo and an interview (immigration press release).
The fine for each day. If the overstay is not more than 60 days, the foreigner pays a fee of 1,000,000 rupiah for each day over the term. The amount is written in the annex to Government Regulation No. 45/2024 (regulation page on the BPK site), and the duty to pay is in article 78 of the immigration law. Under the same article, whoever does not pay is deported and entered in the entry-ban list.
More than 60 days. With an overstay of more than 60 days a fine is not enough: article 78 of law No. 6/2011 directly names deportation and an entry ban. The length of the ban is set by article 102. After the amendments of law No. 63/2024, in force since 17 October 2024, it is up to ten years, with a possible extension by up to ten more (law No. 63/2024 on the BPK site). While the paperwork is processed, the person is held in an immigration detention centre.
How to return after deportation. The entry ban is lifted on a written application. It is submitted by the foreigner or their sponsor to the immigration supervision directorate of the Directorate General of Immigration. Lifting the ban for those who overstayed more than 60 days or did not pay is on the list of paid services in regulation No. 45/2024. It is better to submit such an application through a lawyer or a visa agency that knows the procedure.
Why there is no stamp in your passport. Since March 2024, automatic gates (autogate) work at Ngurah Rai airport for foreigners with a biometric passport and an electronic visa, and since November 2024 KITAS holders use them too. If you went through an autogate, there may be no manual stamp. Your length of stay does not change because of this: rely on the entry date and the end date in your e-VOA or in the extension decision, and keep your boarding pass and tickets until the end of the trip.
If an overstay has already happened. Do not try to leave quietly. Go to the immigration office for your area as early as possible, or in advance to the immigration counter at the airport, and take your passport, visa and ticket. Every day increases the amount, and an unpaid fine leads by law to deportation.
What this means for you. The end date of your visa is still yours, but a night flight after midnight is already an overstay. Submit and pay for the extension in advance, not on the last day: only a paid application protects you. An overstay costs a million rupiah a day, and after 60 days it means deportation and an entry ban. If you do not want to count days and watch deadlines, we can extend your visa for you. Message @buzz_visa. How the extension works for each visa, from VOA to KITAS, is on the visa extension page.