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.
What the E33G solves
Before it existed, people working remotely from Bali were doing so on visitor visas, which did not permit it. The E33G created a lawful route for someone employed by or contracted to a company established outside Indonesia to live here while continuing that work.
Given the enforcement position since April 2026, that distinction has stopped being theoretical.
The requirements
| Requirement | Position |
|---|---|
| Employment | A genuine contract with a company established outside Indonesia |
| Income | A minimum annual figure, commonly cited at USD 60,000, evidenced |
| Living funds | General funds of around USD 2,000 |
| Income source | Foreign only. No income from Indonesian entities |
| Validity | One year, renewable while conditions continue |
Verify the current threshold before applying. These figures have been revised and the published criteria are the authority, not an article.
The condition that catches people
No Indonesian clients. None. The permit exists specifically for foreign-sourced income, and taking on local work breaches the basis on which it was granted.
That includes arrangements people do not think of as clients: consulting for a business here, a share of a local venture, or being paid by an Indonesian entity for anything. If the money originates in Indonesia, it is outside what the permit covers.
Freelancers and contractors
The permit is straightforward for a salaried employee of a foreign company. It is harder for an independent freelancer, because both the employment relationship and the income level must be documented.
A consultant with clear, continuing contracts with foreign companies may qualify. Someone with irregular income from many small clients will struggle to evidence either limb. Check against the current official criteria rather than assuming.
Tax is a separate question
The permit governs what you may do. It does not determine your tax position.
Presence beyond 183 days in a twelve-month period generally makes you an Indonesian tax resident, regardless of the permit, the employer's location, or where the money is paid. Holders who assume the E33G settles their tax affairs are conflating two separate systems.
Why it is worth the paperwork
The alternative is working on a visitor visa, which is being actively enforced. Detection leads to deportation and a multi-year ban on re-entering Indonesia. Against that, the cost and effort of the correct permit is not a close call.
Common questions
What is the E33G visa?
It is Indonesia's remote worker permit, for people employed by or contracted to a company established outside Indonesia who want to live here without working for an Indonesian entity.
What income do you need for the E33G?
A minimum annual income commonly cited at USD 60,000, evidenced, plus general living funds of around USD 2,000. Verify the current threshold before applying.
How long does the E33G last?
One year, renewable while the foreign employment relationship and income level continue.
Can you work for Indonesian clients on the E33G?
No. The permit is explicitly for foreign-sourced income. Taking on Indonesian clients breaches the basis on which it was granted.
Do E33G holders pay Indonesian tax?
Tax residence follows physical presence. Past 183 days in a year you become an Indonesian tax resident, which is a separate question from the permit conditions.
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Kai, Bali property adviser