Retirement Visa Indonesia: Age, Income and the Two Routes

The retirement visa Indonesia offers is open to foreigners aged 55 or over who can show a pension or income of US$3,000 a month. It comes in two forms: E33E, for up to 5 years without a guarantor, and E33F, for up to 1 year with one.

Retirement is not a visa category of its own. It is one of the groups inside the second home purpose of the limited-stay visa, under the Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation No. 22 of 2023 on visas and stay permits (Permenkumham 22/2023), as amended by Permenkumham 11/2024 (Articles 33(2)(j)(4) and 189(d)). Article numbers below refer to it unless another instrument is named. The two codes come from the Ministerial Decree (Keputusan Menteri, Kepmen) of the Minister of Immigration and Corrections M.IP-08.GR.01.01 of 2025, and the Directorate General of Immigration lists both on its visa list. Each leads to an ITAS (Izin Tinggal Terbatas), the limited stay permit, whose card is the KITAS (Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas).

Who qualifies for a retirement visa in Indonesia

The age requirement is 55 or over when you apply (Articles 61(1) and 62(1)). You apply online through the Directorate General’s system, under the second-home visa for the elderly. You attach proof of income of US$3,000 a month (Articles 61(2) and 62(3)), a passport valid for at least 6 months, and proof that you can meet your living costs while you are here. The Director General, not the regulation, sets the amount for living costs (Articles 61(3) and 62(4)).

The two routes: E33E and E33F

The codes differ in what stands behind your stay. On E33E it is a deposit, which the regulation calls an Immigration Guarantee (Jaminan Keimigrasian); on E33F it is a guarantor.

The deposit is a commitment you make when you apply. You sign a statement then, and place the money in an account in your own name at a state-owned bank once the ITAS is granted (Article 62(2)).

On E33F the guarantor is an Indonesian citizen or a company (Article 191(2) and (3)). The guarantor is responsible for your presence and activities here, and reports changes in your civil status, immigration status and address (Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration, Undang-Undang or UU 6/2011, Article 63(2), as replaced by UU 6/2023).

How the E33E permit runs

The Directorate General’s E33E page says the ITAS and a re-entry permit are issued when you are admitted at the checkpoint. The rest of the course is set by the regulation.

1. 1
   First step

   Apply online

   With a signed statement of the deposit you commit to.

2. 2
   On entry

   ITAS issued

   Issued with a re-entry permit at the checkpoint.

3. 3
   Within 90 days

   Place the deposit

   In your own name, at a state-owned bank.

4. 4
   Every year

   Commitment checked

   Immigration confirms the deposit still holds.

5. 5
   After 3 years

   Permanent stay

   May be given, if the deposit was met.

What the permit lets you do

The Minister’s classification decree gives the two codes the same rights and prohibitions.

What you may do

• take part in activity connected with investment, business or buying goods
• travel as a tourist and visit family
• enter and leave Indonesia while your re-entry permit is valid
• bring your family to live here, within the immigration rules

What you may not do

• stay beyond the term of your permit
• sell goods or services directly
• take up activity outside these rights, unless you have applied for a dual activity or a change of activity

Bringing your husband or wife and children

Your husband or wife can join you on a family permit that relies on your guarantor or on your Immigration Guarantee (Article 44(1)(b)). So can your own child, if under 18 and unmarried (Article 47(1)). Their permits do not run beyond yours, and a child’s does not run beyond the age of 18 (Article 105(8)). We handle these family permits as well.

Extending the permit

A permit granted for up to 1 year can be extended from 30 days before it ends, up to its last day. A longer permit, such as E33E, can be extended from three months before it ends (Article 116(1)). If you apply and pay before the permit ends and the decision arrives after it has ended, that is not counted as an overstay (Article 116(2)).

On E33E, an extension application also attaches proof that the deposit commitment was met (Article 115(3)). How far extensions can take each route in total is in the table above.

Moving to permanent stay (KITAP)

A KITAP (Kartu Izin Tinggal Tetap) is the card for an ITAP (Izin Tinggal Tetap), the permanent stay permit. The Immigration Law lists second-home holders among those who may hold one (UU 6/2011, Article 54(1)(a), as replaced by UU 6/2023). The regulation names retirees aged 55 or over among the permits that may be changed to permanent stay (Article 173(f)(4)). The word is may: it is a grant, not an automatic step.

It opens after 3 consecutive years on the ITAS, counted from the day it was granted, and on signing an Integration Statement to the Government of Indonesia (UU 6/2011, Article 60(1); Article 179(1)). It cannot be given while the commitment made in the first application has not been met (Article 178), which is one more reason the deposit matters.

Permanent stay runs 5 years and can then be extended without a time limit, so long as it has not been cancelled. A holder of the unlimited permit reports to the immigration office every 5 years, free of charge (UU 6/2011, Article 59). The wider route is set out in our guide to moving from a KITAS to a KITAP, and we take care of that change for retirees once the qualifying years are complete.

Questions people ask

What this means for you

Start with two questions. Are you 55 or over, with US$3,000 a month in pension or income? And would you rather have a guarantor behind your stay, or a deposit in your own name? The answers point to E33F or E33E. Either can be the first step towards settling here for good.