Doing Business in Indonesia — Guides

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…