Content Creator Visa (C5A)
For sponsored content, brand partnerships, and commercial shoots. Immigration now actively enforces against tourist-visa holders doing this work.
The facts, not the fine print.
What it actually is.
A visa created specifically for foreign content creators, photographers, and videographers producing paid content in Indonesia. Covers sponsored posts, brand collaborations, commercial shoots, and paid influencer work. Introduced in response to immigration’s active enforcement against creators working on tourist visas. The C5A is the compliant route: it acknowledges the work, it is issued with the sponsor’s cooperation, and it keeps you clear of the enforcement risk that VoA and tourist-visa holders face. The C5A is not yet available through the online e-visa system, so the application runs offline with the sponsor.
Content creators with paid brand partnerships or sponsored posts featuring Indonesia
Photographers and videographers on commercial shoots for Indonesian or international clients
Influencers receiving payment, product, or hospitality in exchange for coverage
Where the line sits.
It lets you
Produce sponsored content, brand collaborations, and commercial shoots legally in Indonesia
Receive payment or in-kind consideration for the content work named in the application
Work openly at the locations and dates named in the application, without the enforcement risk tourist-visa holders carry
It does not let you
Take employment or work outside the sponsored content activity in the application
Perform live at a paid event. Live performance requires the Performer Visa (C7A or C7B) instead
Extend the sixty days. A longer or later engagement needs a fresh C5A
What you bring, what we handle.
Passport valid for at least 6 months
Signed content or shoot agreement with the Indonesian sponsor
Scope of work: dates, locations, and deliverables
Portfolio or evidence of previous professional content work
Route and sponsor
Verify C5A actually fits your engagement rather than a Performer or business route, coordinate the Indonesian sponsor’s role.
Prepare and file
Assemble the content agreement, scope of work, and application, submit through the immigration portal.
Arrival and coordination
Support your arrival and align on-the-ground formalities with the shoot timeline.
Post-engagement exit
Plan the departure aligned with the visa’s expiry so you do not overstay after wrap.
If this isn't the one.
Performer Visa (C7A/C7B)
If the work is live performance rather than filmed or photographed content.
Multiple Entry Business Visa (D1/D2)
If you are returning repeatedly for shoots over the year.
Working KITAS (E23/E25)
If the engagement becomes ongoing residency with an Indonesian entity.
The conversation happens in the language you think in.
Talk to us before you commit.
A first conversation costs nothing and usually saves more than it costs. Tell us what you are planning; we will tell you straight what it takes.