Visa on arrival

Indonesia visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Citizens of Papua New Guinea get an Indonesia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Jakarta: ≈ 4,450 km, about 6 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Indonesia without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Papua New Guinea get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Indonesia visa rules at a glance

With a Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Indonesia passport: 43.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia can travel together visa-free to 19 countries, for example: Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Palestine, Rwanda, Angola, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Haiti.
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Indonesia has an embassy in your country of citizenship, so you can apply without travelling abroad.
Citizens of Indonesia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Indonesia

Travelling to Indonesia: good to know

Port Moresby — Jakarta: about 4,450 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Jakarta 08:00.
Local currency: Indonesian Rupiah.
Languages: Indonesian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IDR 17,902.
Indonesia is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.