Jika paspor merupakan identitas seseorang saat berada di luar negeri, maka visa merupakan surat ijin kamu boleh masuk ke negara lain atau tidak. Warga Negara Indonesia dapat berkunjung ke semua negara ASEAN tanpa visa sejakMyanmar menyatakan bergabung sejak tahun 2014.
Pada tanggal 9 Juni 2015 pemerintah telah mengesahkan wisatawan dari 45 negara bebas visa kunjungan, dan akan ditingkatkan lagi menjadi 92 negara Oktober mendatang. Efeknya baik, karena ditargetkan dengan diberlakukan kebijakan ini kunjungan wisatawan mancanegara akan meningkat.
Kenapa kita mesti melakukan ini, karena ternyata (kebijakan) bebas visa merupakan cara paling cepat untuk meningkatkan jumlah wisatawan dan tidak perlu biaya, – Rizal Ramli.
Bagaimana nasib bebas visa bagi WNI? Berdasar pengamatan Henly and Partners, menemukan bahwa terdapat 56 negara yang memberikan bebas visa ataupun visa on arrival bagi pemegang paspor Indonesia. Termasuk seberapa lama kamu dapat tinggal di negara tersebut.
Daftar ke 56 negara tersebut dapat dilihat dibawah ini.
Armenia
Visa on arrival – 120 days
Bahrain
eVisa – eVisa from October 2014
Belarus
Visa required – Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival
Burundi
Visa on arrival – 30 days; obtainable at Bujumbura International Airport
Cambodia
Visa not required – 30 days
Cape Verde
Visa on arrival
Chile Visa
not required for 90 days
China
Visa required – Indonesian citizens may travel without a visa to Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao. Reciprocal visa-waiver is currently under consideration.
Colombia
Visa not required – 90 days on arrival, extend another 90 days for 180 days total
Comoros
Visa on arrival
Djibouti
Visa on arrival
Dominica
Visa not required – 21 days
Ecuador
Visa not required – 90 days
Fiji
Visa not required – 4 months
Gambia
Visa not required – 90 days; must obtain an entry clearance from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel
Guinea-Bissau
Visa on arrival – 90 days
Haiti
Visa not required – 3 months
Hong Kong
Visa not required – 30 days
India*
Update: VOA for Indonesians phased out on 25 January 2015. Must now obtain the e-tourist Visa.
Iran
Visa on arrival – Conditions apply
Japan
Visa required – 15 days; (Conditional) Visa waiver for regular Indonesian e-passport holders is scheduled to begin from December 1st 2014
Jordan
Visa on arrival – 3 months
Kenya
Visa on arrival – 3 months
Kyrgyzstan
Visa on arrival – 1 month
Laos
Visa not required – 30 days
Madagascar
Visa on arrival – 90 days
Malaysia
Visa not required – 30 days
Maldives
Visa on arrival – 30 days
Mali
Visa on arrival
Mauritania
Visa on arrival
Micronesia
Visa not required – 30 days
Morocco
Visa not required – 3 months
Myanmar
Visa not required – 14 days (Visa waiver agreement signed), Also eVisa for 28 days; holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports.
Nepal
Visa on arrival – 90 days
Nicaragua
Visa on arrival – 90 days
Oman
Visa on arrival – 1 month 20 Rial (± $50) or 5 rial (±$15) for 10 days
Palau
Visa on arrival – 30 days
Papua New Guinea
Visa on arrival – 60 days
Peru
Visa not required – 183 days
Philippines
Visa not required – 30 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Visa not required – 1 month
Samoa
Entry Permit on arrival – 60 days
Serbia
Visa required – Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the European Union member states and the United States
Seychelles
Visitor’s Permit on arrival – 1 month
Singapore
Visa not required – 30 days
Somalia
Visa on arrival – 30 days, provided an invitation letter issued by the sponsor has been submitted to the Airport Immigration Department at least 2 days before arrival
Sri Lanka
Electronic Travel Authorisation – 30 days
Tajikistan
Visa on arrival – 45 days
Tanzania
Visa on arrival
Thailand
Visa not required – 30 days
Timor-Leste
Visa on arrival – 30 days
Togo
Visa on arrival – 7 days
Turkey
eVisa – 1 month
Tuvalu
Visa on arrival – 1 month
Uganda
Visa on arrival
Vietnam
Visa not required – 30 days
Zimbabwe
Visa on arrival – 3 months
Selain itu pemerintah melalui Menteri Luar Negeri RI, mengusahakan untukpembebasan Visa Schenge. Dengan visa ini traveler dapat berkunjung 26 negara anggotanya tanpa harus menyiapkan visa khusus untuk negara tersebut. Semoga kerjasama ini segera terwujud.
