For people who come to Bali often, the multiple entry visa lets you enter and leave as many times as you like over one, two, or five years, with up to 60 days in the country each visit. D1 covers tourism, D2 covers business.
A multiple entry visa, the D index, is for foreigners who travel to Bali regularly rather than once. Inside its validity you can enter and leave any number of times, and each arrival gives you a fresh stay of up to 60 days. The 2025 reform replaced the old single business visa with a range of these indexes, each tied to a purpose.
It is built for visiting, not for staying. Every stay is capped, the visa needs an Indonesian sponsor, and it does not allow any work. If you mean to live in Bali, the route is a KITAS rather than this.
Multiple entry visas in Bali all sit under the D index, and each code is tied to a purpose of stay. The series runs from D1 to D17, all of it for non-salaried activity. For most people the relevant two are D1 for tourism and D2 for business. These are the categories the official e-Visa portal issues.
| Index | Purpose | Validity |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Tourism, family and social visits, meetings, conventions and exhibitions | 1, 2, or 5 years |
| D2 | Repeated business discussions, negotiations, agreement signing, purchasing, and visits to offices, factories, production or investment sites, or mines. No direct sales, local employment, continuous production supervision, or hands-on machinery work | 1, 2, or 5 years |
| D3 | Medical treatment | 1 or 2 years |
| D4 | Government and official business | 1 year |
| D7 | Art and cultural performances | 60 days per entry |
| D8 | Sports events | 60 days per entry |
| D12 | Pre-investment: field surveys, feasibility studies, preliminary meetings, often while scoping a PT PMA | 1 or 2 years |
| D14 | Filming and production | 1 or 2 years |
D7 and D8 also come as sub-variants, D7A and D7B, D8A and D8B, for different performer and event roles, and the framework reserves further codes up to D17. D12 usually allows a longer stay per entry, up to 180 days, which suits investors scoping the market. We confirm the exact index against your purpose before filing.
Each entry gives you up to 60 days in the country, and the count resets every time you arrive. The visa itself stays valid for one, two, or five years depending on what you are granted, with no limit on the number of entries during that time.
No D index allows paid work. You can travel, meet, and do business, but the work itself stays with your company abroad and you cannot earn from an Indonesian source.
Every multiple entry visa needs an Indonesian sponsor, and the sponsor has to fit the visa. A business D2 is sponsored by a registered Indonesian company. A tourism D1 is sponsored by family in Indonesia, or by Emerhub where you have no one local. The sponsor stands behind your visit and provides the invitation letter the application is built on, and the system rejects any file where the sponsor does not match the visa purpose. For most clients we act as the sponsor ourselves and handle the invitation, so you provide only your personal documents.
The application is online. We sponsor it or work with your company or family, and run it to issuance.
We act as your sponsor, or work with your Indonesian company or family, and prepare the invitation and your file under the correct D index.
The application is filed through the official immigration platform, and the e-visa comes back by email.
Once issued, you have 90 days to make your first entry. The visa is then live for its full one, two, or five years.
Each entry gives you up to 60 days, resetting on every visit for the life of the visa. We can also advise on converting to a KITAS later where the sponsor lines up.
If you have no company or family in Bali to sponsor the visa, we can be the sponsor ourselves. Our team then handles the whole application on your behalf, and matches the right D index to your purpose.
What frequent visitors ask most.
A D-index visa for foreigners who travel to Bali often. It lets you enter and leave any number of times over one, two, or five years, with up to 60 days in the country each visit. It needs an Indonesian sponsor and does not allow work.
D1 is for tourism and family or social visits. D2 is for repeated business visits such as meetings, negotiations, signing business agreements, purchasing goods, and visiting offices, factories, production sites, investment locations, or mines. It does not permit direct sales of goods or services, paid employment, continuous production supervision, operating or repairing machinery, or remuneration from an Indonesian individual or company. Both run for one, two, or five years with 60 days per entry. Which one you need depends on why you travel, and the sponsor and purpose on the application have to match the code.
Up to 60 days per entry, and that resets each time you arrive. The visa stays valid for its full term, with unlimited entries. You must leave before the 60 days run out, then you can return on the same visa.
No. No D index allows paid work or earning from an Indonesian source. A D2 covers business meetings and negotiations, but the paid work stays with your company abroad. For employment in Indonesia the route is a Work KITAS.
No. Each stay is capped, and cycling in and out to stay near permanently draws immigration scrutiny. To live in Bali continuously you need a KITAS — investor, retirement, work, or remote worker.
Yes. A business D2 needs a registered Indonesian company as sponsor. A tourism D1 can be sponsored by family in Indonesia, or by Emerhub where you have no one local. The sponsor also issues the invitation letter the application needs.
Sometimes, without leaving the country, but only where the sponsor of the D visa matches the sponsor of the future KITAS. If they differ, a sponsor change is needed first. We advise on the cleanest route for your case.
Our Bali team sponsors and files multiple entry visas, matches the right D index to your purpose, and converts to a KITAS later where it makes sense. Tell us how often you travel and why, and we will set up the right one.