Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

September 30, 2015: In bilateral meeting with foreign minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz Massieu in United Nations headquarter in New York, Retno Marsudi requested Mexico to give reciprocal treatment of visa waiver policy for Indonesians to visit Mexico.^[261]

October 26, 2015: In response to Indonesia's recent policy to abolish visa requirements for American citizens, United States Government plans to extend a Non-Immigrant visas validity issued to nationals of Indonesia for up to 10 years.^[262]

August 5, 2015: During her visit at 48th AMM in Kuala Lumpur on 5 August 2015, foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and foreign minister of South Korea, Yun Byung-se has discussed further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to South Korea. Negotiation for the same agreements also discussed with her Russian counterpart, foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov for further implementation of visa exemption agreements for Indonesians to travel to Russia.^{[267][268][269][270][271]}

October 21, 2015: In the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting between Indonesia and Mongolia in Jakarta, Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, A.M. Fachir and Mongolia State Secretary/Acting Foreign Affairs Vice Minister, Damba Gankhuyag are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.^[272]

October 24, 2015: On the sidelines meeting of the Ocean Rim Association in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh are planning to arrange a mutual reciprocal visa waiver for holders of ordinary passport of both countries.^[273][274]

June 8, 2016: Taiwan government plans to extend its visa exemption scheme to Indonesian passport holders, as well as visa simplification to the rest 7 ASEAN nations. Visitors from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam will be granted entry privileges such as visa waivers, landing visas or e-visas, according to the report. Visitors from two other ASEAN member nations, Malaysia and Singapore, already enjoy visa exemptions for stays of up to 30 days in Taiwan.^{[275][276][277]}

July 10, 2015: Foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi and European Commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans are planning to have a mutual reciprocal visa waiver arrangements for holders of ordinary passport of Indonesia and European Union.^{[280][281][282][283][284]} During her meeting with Federica Mogherini at 48th AMM that was held in Kuala Lumpur early August 2015, Minister Retno Marsudi requested support from the European Union counterpart for abolishing Schengen visa requirements for Indonesian citizens.^[285]

July 27, 2015: During his visit in Indonesia, Prime Minister of United Kingdom, David Cameron and President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service and ordinary passport of Indonesia.^{[286][287][288][289][290]}

July 31, 2015: Indonesian Ambassador to Bulgaria and Albania and Bulgarian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs have raised possibility of waiving visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports of both countries.^[291]

August 26, 2015: In an interview to Indonesian media on 26 August 2015, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mikhail Y Galuzin told that his government is ready to waive visa requirements to ordinary passport of Indonesia. Date of implementation is not determined yet because talks and negotiations are still on going.^[292]

September 28, 2015: On 70th UN General Assembly in New York, foreign minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi requested support from her France and Germany counterparts to secure visa-free access to the Schengen Area for Indonesian citizens. Foreign minister of France, Laurent Fabius and foreign minister of Germany, Frank Walter Steinmeier are committed to support Indonesia's request by the time this issue is discussed at the EU Commission. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania also give their support for Indonesia to get a visa-free access to Schengen Area.^{[293][294][295]}

November 5, 2015: On the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Luxembourg on 5 November 2015, the European Commission has reportedly included Indonesia in a list of countries proposed for review by the European Council. Indonesia's proposal will be submitted to the council early next year. European Council then will ask three main entities (Frontex, Europol and EASO) to study and review Indonesia's eligibility. If the study results are positive then the Council and the European Commission will propose a new regulation regarding the status change of Indonesia to get visa-free Schengen.^{[296][297][298]}

April 27, 2016: During his visit in Indonesia, President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić and President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo raised a possibility to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.^[299]