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Do you need a visa to travel in Thailand?

New mandatory procedure for coming to Thailand: the TDAC

Starting from May 1st, 2025, it will be mandatory to create a Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC), a digital arrival card for Thailand, within 3 days before arrival in the country. This can be done in a few minutes online on the official website.

What visa do you need to travel to Thailand?

Like many countries, Thailand requires that your passport be valid for at least 6 months after your date of entry into the country. When planning a trip in Thailand, you need a visa. But if your stay in Thailand does not exceed 60 days (since July 15, 2024, it has gone from 30 to 60 days), you don't need to request for a visa before departure, you will have the equivalent of a 60-day visa free of charge on arrival, which is called an exemption of visa (see the list of countries concerned below). This is a measure by the Thai government to boost tourism.

Do I mandatory need a visa to go to Thailand?

No. If it is a tourist stay and you do not stay more than 60 days there, no need for a visa. The only thing you need you will need is a passport valid for up to 6 months after your arrival in Thailand. And that's it ! You will get a free visa (actually technically it's a visa exemption but that's pretty much the same) for a period of 60 days if you are a national of one of the 93 countries entitled to this visa exemption (also valid by land but limited to 2 land border crossings per calendar year while by air it is not there is no limit on the number of entries as long as you do not exceed 180 days of presence per year under a tourist visa). This visa waiver covers 93 countries including United States, United Kingdom, Australia and most European countries.

List of countries whose citizen do not need tourist visa for a 60 days stay in Thailand :

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos , Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman , Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, l South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Arab Emirates United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

What visa to stay more than 30 days in Thailand ?

Note that from 1st January 2025, all visa requests have to be submitted online on the website www.thaievisa.go.th.

Since October 1, 2022, there are no longer any constraints linked to COVID-19 to come to Thailand. All procedures and presentation of proof of vaccination or negative test have been lifted.

Note that it is possible to extend your visa waiver or tourist visa once and get additional 30 days upon request to the Immigration Office ).

List of elements required to obtain a 60 days tourist visa

arrow_circle_right The passport (original and photocopy). The passport must be valid for at least six months after the date of departure.

arrow_circle_right The completed form

arrow_circle_right A color photo ID

arrow_circle_right Photocopy of residence permit (for travel document holders)

arrow_circle_right A copy of the airline ticket booking with details (entry ticket and exit of Thai territory within less than 90 days)

arrow_circle_right A copy of financial proof: the statement of recent bank statement with an amount of 1,000 euros minimum (the copy of bank statement printed on the internet is not admissible or this copy must be signed and stamped by the bank) or a bank statement

arrow_circle_right The visa fee

Remote visa request

Some agencies can do the visa request process for you. You can easily find them on Google. Just check reviews first as some are not lefal or serious companies or even canbe scammers. But nw it is quite easy to request for a visa with the official online a evisa system available here: www.thaievisa.go.th

Overstaying in Thailand

The Thai authorities do not joke with visas overstay. So be vigilant! Legally you will have to pauy a fine per day of overstay whatever happens, but you also risk prison contrary to what some may say on forums. Even though in practice this is rare, it happens especially if you are unable to pay the fine . Overstays older than 90 days will result in a prohibition to return to Thailand, the number of years will vary depending on the overstay delay and if get busted or come yourself to Immigration. In short, avoid overtay !. The fine is 500 THB per day but you calso get more complications. Whatever happens, hotels and guesthouses may reject you if your visa is over.

Visa runs in Thailand

To avoid overstay or simply avoid going to extend visa and pay the visa extension fee, there is a very common practice in Thailand: the visa run. It consists in leaving the country through one of its borders and return immediately to get a new visa waiver. This is usually more expensive that asking for a visa extension at any Immigration office but most travel agencies especially in the cities relatively close to a border offer this type of service. Thai authorities want to fight this practice and limited to 2 per year the numbers of visa waivers you can get if you come to Thailand by land (since January 2017). By air, there are no limitations, each new entry on the Thai territory, you will get a new 60 days visa waiver permit (for the countries listed above).

The multiple entries tourist visa with METV

The tourist visa with multiple entries is available for tourists of all nationalities. The fee is 5,000 THB (Embassy of France demand 150 euros) and the visa validity period is 6 month with a duration of stay up to 60 days per visit. in other words, after 60 days maximum, the holders of such visas must leave Thailand and can then return to a period of maximum 60 days again and so on until expiry of the validity of the visa.

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