Study in Korea from Indonesia

The Korean Embassy in Jakarta only handles diplomatic and official visas directly — ordinary visa applications, including student visas, go through the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) at Lotte Shopping Avenue, South Jakarta. There's also an official Korean branch office in Denpasar, Bali, opened in 2021.

The Korean embassy's own notice confirms Indonesia is on Korea's tuberculosis high-risk country list: any visa for a stay of 91 days or longer — including the D-2 study visa — requires a tuberculosis medical certificate from a designated clinic. This requirement has been updated over time (most recently in 2022), so confirm the current designated-clinic list directly at HiKorea before you apply.

Indonesia is one of the countries that sends workers to Korea under the EPS labor programme (E-9 visa) — a completely separate track from student visas. If you're searching for "Korea visa from Indonesia," make sure what you find is actually about D-2/D-4 study visas, not E-9 work visas.

Indonesia has been a party to the Hague Apostille Convention since 2022, so Indonesian diplomas and transcripts can be authenticated with a single apostille rather than full consular legalization.

Korean universities typically ask for a bank balance of roughly 10,000,000–20,000,000 KRW, held in your name for at least three months before you apply — that's approximately 129–257 million IDR at recent exchange rates. A large deposit made right before applying is treated as borrowed money and rejected; the balance history matters more than the total.

PERPIKA (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia di Korea), founded in 2002, is the recognized national association for Indonesian students in Korea and runs its own website.