Doing Business in Indonesia — Guides

Since the third week of May 2026 the Bali provincial government, with the approval of the Minister of Investment, has shut the Online Single Submission OSS licensing system to new…

Batam sits about 40 minutes by fast ferry from downtown Singapore, and most of the questions it generates arrive from that direction: which visa covers a week of work at a Batam…

The E28C is the Golden Visa for an individual who wants a five- or ten-year stay in Indonesia without founding a company: a commitment to put USD 350,000 into Indonesian…

Indonesia does not have one retirement visa. It has a family of them, filed under the "second home" rumah kedua heading, sitting alongside a separate family of investor Golden…

An Indonesian local PT company may not have a single foreign shareholder. The moment any share passes to a foreign national or a foreign company, the entity becomes, in the eyes…

Most of what is written about Indonesian work permits describes the process: the Foreign Worker Utilisation Plan Rencana Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing, RPTKA, its ratification by…

Of all the steps in establishing a foreign-owned company Penanaman Modal Asing, PMA in Indonesia, the bank account is the one the state does not control. Notaries, the Ministry of…

Since 1 June 2026 every Indonesian limited liability company must lodge its annual report, approved by the annual general meeting of shareholders Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham, RUPS,…

Indonesia replaced its standard industrial classification on 18 December 2025. Peraturan BPS Nomor 7 Tahun 2025 put the KBLI 2025 Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indonesia in…

Every week someone asks whether they can buy a Bali villa freehold. The answer is no. Not with a clever notary, not through a trusted Indonesian friend, not via a company. Hak…

An Indonesian PT does not die of neglect. It must be dissolved and liquidated under the Limited Liability Company Law Law No. 40 of 2007, Article 142, and until that process…

Indonesia's remote-worker visa is the E33G — Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh — a member of the 'second home' E33 family of limited stay visas created when Permenkumham…

Indonesia runs a self-assessment tax system: the company calculates, pays and reports its own taxes, every month, and the tax office checks later. For a foreign-owned company PMA…

In October 2025 Indonesia reduced the minimum paid-up capital for a foreign-owned company PT PMA from IDR 10 billion to IDR 2.5 billion. The reduction is real. It is also only…

A foreign-owned company PT PMA is established in Indonesia through a fixed sequence: sector screening, notarial deed, Ministry of Law ratification, tax registration, and…