Indonesia Arrival Card for Children and Babies: The 2026 Rules

The short answer for parents

Yes, children need an Indonesia arrival card. Every foreign passport holder entering the country must have one, and that includes infants. Since the All Indonesia Arrival Card went nationwide on 1 October 2025, there is no age threshold, no exemption for children traveling on a parent's booking, and no family bundle: one card per traveler, babies included.

In practice this is lighter than it sounds. A parent completes the child's card, the form is free at allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id, and the child's card mostly repeats the family's shared details, same flight, same address, same travel history. The one thing you cannot reuse is identity: each child's card carries that child's own passport data. Families who would rather not type four forms use our service at $15 per application, one order covering the family, every card checked against its own passport.

How a child's card differs from an adult's

The form is the same six blocks for every applicant; what changes is whose passport sits beside the keyboard. A child's card is the child's identity plus the family's logistics. The parent's name appears nowhere in the identity fields, and the parent's passport number appears nowhere at all.

For contact details, use a parent's email and phone: the QR code has to reach an inbox an adult controls. For the health declaration, answer the symptom and 21-day travel history questions for the child. For customs, children too often carry their own bag with electronics, so count their devices as well. The full field list is in our requirements guide.

Filing for a family, without the drudgery

One adult can prepare every card in the family; there is no rule that each traveler must type their own. File them in one sitting, inside the 3-day window before arrival, once flights and hotels are final. Families with mixed passports, say one Indonesian parent and foreign-passport children, should note the streams: the Indonesian parent files through Indonesian Citizen, the foreign-passport children through Foreign Visitor.

The risk in family filing is mismatch, and it is the most common error we see: a child's card carrying a sibling's passport number, a name typed the way the family says it rather than the way the passport prints it. Immigration matches each card to its own passport at the counter, so a swap between two children is as visible as a typo. Check each card against its own passport, letter by letter, before submitting. The portal walkthrough, including the passport MRZ scan that fills identity fields automatically, is in how to apply for the Indonesia arrival card.

The family filing checklist

Run down this table before you submit. Every row is a real error families make.

Newborns and very young infants

The rule does not soften with age: a newborn on their own passport needs a card. The practical catch is document-readiness rather than the form itself, because a very young infant may hold a passport only weeks old. If your baby's passport is in processing as your trip approaches, wait for it; you cannot file an accurate card without its number, and the 3-day window gives you the final stretch before departure to file once it arrives.

If the infant is included on a parent's passport rather than holding their own, the card follows the passport: the parent's card covers the passport holder, with the child noted per the passport's own arrangement, and you should confirm the current arrangement with your airline and, where needed, the Indonesian embassy, since the system is built around one card per passport.

Children and the other entry costs

The arrival card is free for children, like everyone else. The paid items do not automatically waive for age. The Visa on Arrival, Rp 500,000, applies per person to nationalities without visa-free access, and children holding those passports pay it like adults, though family pricing details and any concessions are worth confirming at evisa.imigrasi.go.id before you fly. The Bali tourist levy, Rp 150,000, is charged on foreign tourists entering Bali through the Love Bali system; check its official site for current exemption categories rather than assuming children are free.

So a family of four from the US flying to Bali should budget: four free arrival cards, four VoA fees, and four Bali levies, plus any extension fees if you stay past 30 days. The full cost picture, including the unconfirmed 2026 VoA increase proposal, is in our fees and processing time guide, and the system overview is in the complete Indonesia arrival card guide.

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