Thailand Tourist Visa Exemption

According to the Interior Ministerial Announcements dated 1 October B.E. 2545 (2002), 20 December B.E. 2545 (2002), 18 October B.E. 2547 (2004) and 6 May B.E. 2548 (2005), passport holders from 41 countries and 1 special administrative region – Hong Kong SAR – are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes and will be permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period of not exceeding 30 days on each visit.  Foreigners who enter the Kingdom under the Tourist Visa Exemption category may re-enter and stay in Thailand for a cumulative duration of stay of not exceeding 90 days within any 6-month period from the date of first entry.

- Please note that Tourist Visa Exemption does not apply to foreigners holding Travel Document for Aliens issued by these 48 countries.

- Foreigners entering Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category must possess adequate finances for the duration of stay in Thailand (i.e., cash 10,000 Baht per person and 20,000 Baht per family).

1. Australia	14. Iceland	27. Norway	40. United Kingdom
2. Austria	15. Indonesia	28. Oman	41. United States of America
3. Belgium	16. Ireland	29. Peru (****)	42. Vietnam
4. Brazil (****)	17. Israel	30. Phlippines	43. Czech
5. Bahrain	18. Italy	31. Portugal	44. Hungary
6. Brunei Darusaalam	19. Japan	32. Qatar	45. Liechtenstein
7. Canada	20. Korea (****)	33. Singapore	46. Poland
8. Denmark	21. Kuwait	34. Spain	47. Slovak
9. Finland	22. Luxembourg	35. South Africa	48. Slovenia
10. France	23. Malaysia	36. Sweden
11. Germany	24. Monaco	37. Switzerland
12. Greece	25. Netherlands	38. Turkey
13. Hong Kong	26. New Zealand	39. United Arab Emirates

(****)Thailand holds bilateral agreements on tourist visa exemption for holders of ordinary passports for a visit of not exceeding 90 days with Brazil, the Republic of Korea and Peru.  Therefore, nationals of these 3 countries are exempted from visa requirements and are permitted to enter and stay in Thailand for a period of not exceeding 90 days.

For more information on countries that have bilateral agreements on visa exemption with Thailand, please seeList of countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of visa requirements with Thailand.

Article Courtesy: Thailand Embassy