Can international travelers sign up for Grab and Gojek in Bali using a foreign phone number?

From messages by 3 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 64 days ago

TL;DR

Travelers in June–July 2026 reported that Grab in Bali registers with a Russian (foreign) phone number without problems. For Gojek, a GoFood-first workaround was suggested in June, but in July 2026 a traveler reported that GoFood now requires a 10-digit number and rejects the signup. According to another participant, WhatsApp login works for Grab but is currently unavailable for Gojek.

What the community said

In July 2026 a traveler checked their Grab profile: it shows a Russian phone number and a linked virtual bank card, and they had logged in via WhatsApp. According to them, this WhatsApp login option is currently unavailable in Gojek.

85 days ago

By July 2026 a traveler who tried this method wrote that GoFood registration requires a 10-digit number and would not let them sign up. They asked whether the GoFood route into Gojek had stopped working — so test the registration before your trip and have a backup such as Grab.

87 days ago

In June 2026 the suggested route for Gojek was to register with a Russian number in the GoFood service and then use the same account to sign in to Gojek.

118 days ago Gojek via GoFood (June 2026 tip)

In June 2026 travelers wrote that they registered in Grab with a Russian phone number with no problems and use it to get around the island. Another participant confirmed in late June that Grab accepts a Russian number without problems. In their experience, a local SIM card was not needed to book rides through Grab.

124 days ago Grab — signup with a Russian number