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The rules that keep changing, and the date we last checked each one against the authority that sets it.

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  • arrivalBali airport taxi, Grab and Gojek at Ngurah Rai: who sets the fare

    Bali's Ngurah Rai airport publishes no taxi fare: its text, updated 12 March 2026, says taxis charge by meter or fixed rate per provider. Grab and Gojek cars pick up by app or airport counter; GrabBike does not. No current Bali fare band for app cars was found.

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  • visaBali Digital Nomad Visa (E33G): How to Apply, and What It Allows

    Apply online for the E33G remote worker visa, no sponsor: Rp 7,000,000 in state fees for up to a year, extendable to six years in all. It needs a contract with a company abroad and at least US$60,000 a year in income. No visit visa or visa-free entry lists remote work as a right.

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  • drivingBali's scooter ban for tourists, checked against the circular that followed it

    No Perda or Pergub we found bans it; regency rules were not searched. SE 04/2023 lets tourists ride two-wheelers from a rental business or association. SE 7/2025, reported to require four-wheelers, was not found at source. Police enforce UU 22/2009 on every rider.

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  • seasonGalungan and Kuningan 2027: the Dates, and What Closes in Bali

    Galungan falls on 13 January and 11 August 2027, Kuningan on 23 January and 21 August; no decree fixes them yet. Not a national holiday. Bali's school calendar closes schools on the January days; no instrument orders shops or offices shut, and banks and hospitals stay staffed.

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  • visaHow to Apply for the Bali e-VOA, on the Two Sites Immigration Names

    If your passport is on the e-VOA list and not visa-free, apply at evisa.imigrasi.go.id, or indonesiavoa.vfsevisa.id for IDR 230,000 over the state fee. Upload passport, photo and return ticket; the state portal caps files at 200 kb and wants payment within 120 minutes.

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  • safetyIs Bali safe? What six governments and the volcano agency say, dated

    As of 10 September 2026, the US rates Indonesia Level 2, Ireland and New Zealand level two of four; Canada (second of its four levels) and Australia advise a high degree of caution. The UK sets no national level and advises against travel only near six volcanoes, none in Bali.

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  • moneyMoney in Bali: why it has to be rupiah, and where to change it

    Not to pay. UU 7/2011 Pasal 21 requires rupiah for every payment in Indonesia, and PBI 17/3/2015 applies it to cards. A licensed changer may not charge a separate fee; the margin is in the rate. Paying in foreign cash: a fine of at most Rp 50,000,000 since 2 January 2026.

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  • seasonNyepi, Bali's Day of Silence: What Actually Closes

    Nyepi shuts Bali for 24 hours, 06.00 to 06.00 WITA: all land, sea and air transport stops, the airport included, save approved medical and emergency flights. Nyepi 2026 fell on Thursday 19 March; the 2027 date is not yet fixed.

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  • healthRabies in Bali: what to do after a bite, and the figures with their dates

    Wash the wound with soap under running water for 15 minutes, then get rabies vaccine at once, even for a scratch that does not bleed. Indonesia's 2025 protocol gives it on days 0 and 7, runs it to day 21 if the animal dies within 14 days, and lets it stop if it stays healthy.

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  • connectivitySIM card or eSIM in Bali: what the operators charge and what the law asks

    Local number or roaming. A local SIM or eSIM is registered to your passport, often with the IMEI, and a tourist's phone may then get up to 90 days. Operators' own pages price tourist packs at Rp 45,000 to Rp 200,000 (10 September 2026). Airalo's eSIM runs with data roaming on.

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  • healthTap water in Bali: what the standard says, and where it is measured

    Australia's Smartraveller, as of 10 September 2026, says to boil drinking water or drink bottled water in Indonesia. Denpasar's utility reports 1,130 of 1,144 customer water tests passing in 2024 (unaudited) and 82.8% in 2023, naming no parameter or sampling point.

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  • arrivalThe All Indonesia arrival card for Bali: how to file it, and the law behind it

    File it free at allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id, from two calendar days before arrival, or on landing. One QR code serves immigration, customs and quarantine. Permenkumham 9/2024 Pasal 10 requires it. No fine for the card itself; undeclared goods or cash carry their own penalties.

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  • visaBali's Visa-Free Country List, and Why Being On It Is a Trap

    At most 30 days, for nineteen countries and territories across two instruments, Kazakhstan, Macao and Belarus added on 9 July 2026, plus a class of Singapore residence-permit holders. The permit can be neither extended nor converted in Indonesia: at day thirty the entrant leaves.

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  • healthBringing personal medication into Bali: what BPOM actually allows

    No narcotic of any golongan may enter: BPOM says 'Tidak diperbolehkan dibawa dari luar negeri'. Psychotropics: foreign nationals only, prescription, 60 days on its page (a 2024 report: 90). Other medicine: 30 solid or 3 cream or liquid per product, or 90 days by prescription.

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  • healthDoes travel insurance cover a scooter crash in Bali?

    Only on conditions. World Nomads: six, including a home motorbike licence for the class and a helmet; its page says both tick at purchase and covered automatically. 1Cover: motorcycle licence over 125cc, car licence medical only to 125cc. Neither pays for the bike or liability.

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  • safetyDrone Rules in Bali: The Altitude Limit and Who Can Register One

    PM 37/2020 allows up to 400 feet (120 m) in uncontrolled airspace without Director General approval; PM 63/2021 forbids a pilot above it except near structures. Controlled airspace needs approval at any height. A visitor cannot file the registration and needs a pilot certificate.

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  • arrivalEverything you must pay to enter Bali

    Two payments at most, two free filings. A single-entry visit visa at Rp 500,000 for up to 30 days unless your passport is on the visa-free list, the Bali tourist levy at Rp 150,000 unless you are in an exempt class, plus the arrival card and customs declaration, both free.

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  • visaExtending a Visa on Arrival in Bali (VOA and e-VOA)

    A 30 day Visa on Arrival: up to 30 more days for Rp 500,000, once, 60 days in total. File at the earliest 14 days, from an anchor the rule never prints, and before expiry; you attend in person for a photo and interview. A 7 day VOA and visa free entry cannot be extended.

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  • moneyHow much cash you can carry into and out of Bali

    Declare from Rp 100,000,000, cash and instruments combined, any currency, into or out of Indonesia. No traveller on their own account may carry foreign banknotes of Rp 1 billion or more; rupiah out from Rp 100,000,000 needs a BI permit. Silence: 10 percent, up to Rp 300 million.

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  • taxThe Bali tourist levy, from the regulation itself

    Every foreign tourist pays Rp 150,000 once per trip to Bali, cashless, before, during or on leaving; it stays valid until you leave Indonesia. Residence permit holders and five visa classes are exempt on sight; golden and other visa holders must apply 5 days before arrival.

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  • visaThe Return or Onward Ticket Rule to Enter Bali (VOA and Visa-Free)

    A return or onward ticket is a named attachment to the Visa on Arrival application (Permenkumham 22/2023 Pasal 27) and the visa-free one (Pasal 32); Pasal 72 lets an officer refuse a visa application without it. Entry refusal, Pasal 13 of UU 6/2011, omits the ticket.

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  • visaWhat happens if you overstay your visa in Bali

    Rp 1,000,000 per day up to the 60-day line, set by tariff regulation and not by the immigration law. Not paying converts it into deportation and a five-year ban, extendable, which Permenimipas 13/2025 Pasal 24(1)(c) ends once the arrears are paid and an official determines it.

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  • safetyWhat Indonesia's drug law means for a Bali holiday

    Since 2 January 2026, Indonesia's narcotics law carries no mandatory minimums. UU 1/2023's Pasal 609 caps Golongan I possession at 12 years and/or a fine to category VI. Import above threshold still risks death, already covering Golongan II before its floor was removed.

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  • customsWhat you can bring into Bali duty free

    USD 500 of personal goods per person per arrival enters free of duty. Each adult may also bring 200 cigarettes, 25 cigars or 100 grams of tobacco, and 1 litre of alcohol, set in PMK 82/2024 Pasal 36; the arrival form puts adult at 18 for tobacco and 21 for alcohol.

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  • connectivityWill your phone work in Bali? The IMEI rule

    Not on roaming, which is exempt. A local SIM may work for up to 90 days, but only after registering the SIM with your passport. Staying longer means registering the IMEI at customs: declare on arrival to keep the duty exemption, refused outright after 60 days.

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  • seasonWhen Bali's rainy season actually starts, per BMKG

    Per the official Bali climatology station, the current wet season began between October and November across the island's 20 climate zones, with the peak split between January, 9 zones, and February, 11 zones. The island does not switch seasons on one date.

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  • drivingWhat a traffic stop in Bali can actually cost

    Every figure circulating online is a statutory ceiling, not a price. The national police publish the schedule themselves: Rp 250,000 for a helmet or a licence you cannot produce, Rp 500,000 for missing registration, Rp 1,000,000 for holding no licence at all.

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  • drivingDo you need an International Driving Permit in Bali?

    Carry your national licence and an IDP. Indonesian law imposes no IDP duty on foreign drivers by name. It requires a licence valid here, and that validity depends on a treaty. Two articles apply, with two different maximum fines.

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