UK help and services in Indonesia

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Indonesia. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Indonesia.

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Emergency help for British nationals

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

  1. British Embassy Jakarta

    The British Embassy in Indonesia maintains and develops relations between the UK and Indonesia.

  2. Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

    Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  3. If you’re affected by a crisis abroad

    Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

  4. Indonesia: in prison abroad

    Information on the Indonesian legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.

  5. Rape and sexual assault in Indonesia: information for victims

    Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault in Indonesia, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.

  6. Support for British nationals abroad

    This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

  1. Apply for or renew a British passport if you're visiting the UK

    You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

  2. Cancel a lost or stolen passport

    What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently.

  3. Overseas British passport applications

    Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

  4. Travel urgently from abroad without your UK passport

    Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and have not got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

Travelling to Indonesia

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

  1. Getting married abroad

    Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

  2. Indonesia travel advice

    Latest FCDO travel advice for Indonesia including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.

  3. Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

    How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

Coming to the UK

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

  1. Check if you need a UK visa

    You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

  2. Contact UK Visas and Immigration for help

    How to contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for help with your application or immigration account, from inside and outside the UK.

  3. Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back

    Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently

  4. Indonesia: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visa

    Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia for your UK visa application.

Living in Indonesia

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

  1. Get your document legalised

    Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  2. Indonesia travel advice

    Latest FCDO travel advice for Indonesia including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.

  3. Indonesia: medical facilities and funeral directors

    List of English speaking medical facilities and funeral directors for British nationals in Indonesia.

  4. Living in Indonesia

    Advice for British people living in Indonesia, including information on health, education, benefits, residence requirements and more.

  5. Professional services if you are abroad

    Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical providers, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

  6. UK benefits if you’re going or living abroad

    Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

  7. Voting if you move or live abroad

    How to vote if you move or live abroad, including eligibility and registration

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

  1. Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

    Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  2. Moving or retiring abroad

    What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  3. National Insurance if you work abroad

    Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad

  4. State Pension if you retire abroad

    How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  5. Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

    Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

  6. Tax on foreign income

    Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  7. Tax on your UK income if you live abroad

    Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

  1. Affirmation or affidavit of marital status for Indonesia

    Template affirmation (non religious) and affidavit (religious) of marital status forms for British nationals in Indonesia.

  2. Getting married abroad

    Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

  3. Indonesia: bereavement: death abroad

    Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Indonesia.

  4. Register a birth abroad

    Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.

  5. Surrogacy overseas

    Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

  6. What to do when someone dies: step by step

    Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

News and events

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Indonesia.

  1. Indonesia and the UK

    Updates, news and events from the UK government in Indonesia

Trade and invest

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Indonesia.

  1. Department for Business and Trade Indonesia

    DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Indonesia, and Indonesian companies set up and invest in the UK.

  2. Overseas business risk for Indonesia

    Information on how UK businesses can control risks when operating in Indonesia.

  3. Set up a business

    What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.

  1. British Consulate Bali

    The British Consulate in Bali represents the UK government in Bali.

  2. British Embassy Jakarta

    The British Embassy in Indonesia maintains and develops relations between the UK and Indonesia.

  3. Indonesia – Consular Fees 2019

    Details of Consular Fees

  4. Indonesia: notarial and documentary services guide

    Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy in Indonesia.

  5. Support for British nationals abroad

    This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.