The C14 visa for Indonesia: stay, sponsor and conditions

By Film Permit Bali Editorial Desk

Sourced figures: prices in the table carry their source and check month. Fees change, and they are official or third-party figures, not our offers.

The C14 visa in Indonesia is a single-entry visit visa for film crews doing production work such as films, documentaries, music videos and broadcast programmes. A sponsor applies through the evisa portal. The first stay runs up to 60 days and, according to immigration, can be extended up to 180. Local pay is barred.

What is the C14 visa in Indonesia?

Indonesian Immigration describes C14 as a one-entry visit visa for productions that use Indonesian locations. Its list runs from films and documentaries through music videos and reality shows to television and radio programmes. A C14 visa for a Bali shoot is the same national category, and it sits on top of Indonesia's national film permit.

It sits at a particular place in the sequence. Only after the notification letter does the Embassy in Canberra send applicants to the two filming categories, C14 and its multiple-entry sibling D14, so the visa follows the film permit and does not start the process. The page on how to get a film permit in Bali shows that order.

One official page does not fit that picture: Washington's embassy cites a C5-index visit visa for film production. Get your own mission's answer before anyone files. Our filming visa page sets out the conflict.

Who applies for it?

Your sponsor, not you. Immigration requires a sponsor for every C14 applicant, and it is the sponsor, through its own account on the evisa portal, who lodges the application. So when people talk about how to apply for a C14 visa through eVisa, the practical task for a foreign crew is to find the sponsor and supply its file. Ask your local partner early whether it can act as sponsor. The film fixer page deals with vetting that partner.

The sponsor also matters later. Immigration allows a switch from C14 to a limited stay permit, but only with the same sponsor. A crew that changes partner midway should not assume that option survives.

How long can a crew stay?

Up to 60 days from arrival at first, extendable several times up to 180 days, according to the immigration page. The visa must be used to enter Indonesia within 90 days of issue, so one issued too early can lapse before a delayed shoot begins.

Those are three separate clocks, and it helps to keep them apart:

• Entry window: 90 days from issue to reach Indonesia.
• First stay: up to 60 days, counted from arrival.
• Extensions: several, under the immigration wording, to a total of up to 180 days.

Work backwards from the last shoot day. A delay to the permit moves the issue date and with it the entry window, while a slip after landing eats into the 60 days.

A source conflict needs naming here. Atlas Film Fixers, a production services company, says C14 cannot be extended. That contradicts the immigration page. The immigration wording is the stronger source. Even so, do not schedule a long shoot on the extension until your sponsor has confirmed it for your dates.

What documents does it ask for?

The eVisa page lists the following for this visa:

• a passport with six months or more left;
• bank statements for the last three months;
• a photo in colour;
• a letter from the guarantor;
• the relevant ministry's permit for the filming location.

The last item is the one that shapes your timeline. Immigration treats government permission to use the shooting location as a special requirement for C14, which is why this application comes after the national permit work. The full folder is on film permit requirements in Indonesia. The Canberra checklist words the passport rule a little differently, measuring the six months from entry, so check every crew member against the arrival date. A delay can push a passport under that line.

Fees are per person. Immigration amounts for C14 and D14 come first in the price table on this page, followed by a visa agency's listed rates for regular and express handling. The agency's figures bundle its own charges with government fees, so they are not official rates, and listing them is not a recommendation. The immigration page splits the C14 charge in two, one part for the visa and one for verification. For the wider budget, including the D14 visa fee in context, see what a film permit in Bali costs.

What does it forbid?

Immigration bars C14 holders from selling goods or services and from taking pay from anyone, person or company, in Indonesia. This matters most for a freelancer hired by an Indonesian client, or a crew member invoicing a Bali business directly. Both arrangements run into that wording.

The rule as written concerns pay from inside Indonesia. It does not describe every way a foreign production might pay its own staff, so if the money trail is at all mixed, put the question to your sponsor before you travel. A "C14 visa" is also not a general working permission: it is tied to the production activities listed above.

When is D14 better?

When the production keeps coming back. D14 covers the same activities on a multiple-entry basis, and each arrival allows up to 60 days. Here is how the two line up on the immigration pages:

In practice the choice turns on three things. A single continuous block in Bali, even a long one, points to C14. Several separate trips, such as a series returning for different seasons, point to D14. A plan that might turn into a longer stay on a limited stay permit points back to C14, because D14 cannot be converted. D14 also asks for more: a CV, an itinerary and a bank statement above a minimum balance set on the immigration page, and its fees depend on validity.

Whichever you choose, a change of crew feeds back into the permit file at some missions, so settle the list with your partner first. Site consent is separate again, under location permits for filming in Bali, and aerial work has its own track under drone rules in Bali and commercial drone filming in Bali.

What do film crews ask about C14 and D14?

What is a C14 visa?

A one-entry Indonesian visit visa for productions shot on location in the country, including films, documentaries, reality shows and broadcast programmes. It needs a sponsor and a permit covering the shooting location.

Can a C14 visa be extended?

The immigration page says yes, several times, up to 180 days in total. Atlas Film Fixers says it cannot be. Follow the immigration wording, and have your sponsor confirm the position for your dates before you rely on an extension.

How long is a D14 visa valid?

Immigration prices it for one year or two years of validity. Within that period, each arrival allows up to 60 days, so validity and permitted stay are separate questions.

Can I get paid on a C14 visa?

Not by individuals or companies in Indonesia. The immigration page bars holders from selling goods or services and from receiving pay from people or firms in the country. If an Indonesian client is involved in your fee, raise it with your sponsor before you travel.

Does C14 allow multiple entry?

No. It is listed as single entry. A crew that needs to leave and come back during a production should look at D14, which is the multiple-entry category for the same activities.

Which sources support this page?

• Indonesian Immigration: C14 visa
• Indonesian Embassy in Canberra: procedure for foreign film producers
• Indonesian Embassy in Washington: journalistic and film production
• Atlas Film Fixers: Bali
• Indonesian eVisa portal: C14 document list
• Indonesian Embassy in Canberra: filming permit checklist, September 2026
• Bali Visa Advisor: C14 filming visa service
• Indonesian Immigration: D14 visa

How do I reach the desk?

Send the desk your crew size, nationalities, shoot dates and whether you expect to leave and return. It can talk through the options, but it cannot grant a visa, and nothing on this page means the desk can act as your sponsor. Because a request may turn into paid work, we are not a neutral party; the about page says how. Terms exist only once a written offer names the fee and the contracting company. WhatsApp 6281139414563 or bd@juaraholding.com.