What are the real requirements for the E33G remote worker KITAS?

One year of residency for remote workers — with an income floor and one rule people break immediately.

The E33G is Indonesia's remote worker permit, live since April 2024. It is a genuine stay permit rather than a long tourist visa, which means a local bank account, a long lease in your name, and no border runs.

Requirements

Employment or contract with a company incorporated outside Indonesia
Income of at least USD 60,000 per year, evidenced
Around USD 2,000 in a personal account, shown across three months of statements
Passport valid 6+ months, employment contract, proof of accommodation
Total cost lands around IDR 13,000,000 including agent handling

Valid for one year.

The rule people break

You may not earn income from an Indonesian source, and you may not be paid in rupiah. Not by an Indonesian client, not through an Indonesian entity, not as a "consulting fee" from a local business.

This is where the enforcement in 2025 landed. Foreigners on E33G doing paid work for Bali businesses — running marketing for a beach club, managing villas, taking photography jobs — have been deported. The visa is for work that happens to be done from Indonesia, not work in Indonesia.

The tax question nobody raises at application

If you spend 183 days or more in Indonesia in a twelve-month period, you become an Indonesian tax resident. Tax residents are taxed on worldwide income at progressive rates up to 35%.

The E33G is a one-year permit. Holding it and actually living here means you cross 183 days by design.

Whether your home country's treaty with Indonesia relieves any of that depends on the treaty and your circumstances. What is not in doubt is that the question applies to you. A large number of E33G holders have never asked it.

Where it fits for property

The E33G is a KITAS, so it satisfies the residency condition for Hak Pakai. If you are living in Bali on remote income and buying somewhere to live, that combination is worth looking at properly — it is a certificate in your own name rather than a contract with a landowner.

It does not let you run a rental business. That needs a company and a different permit.