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Visa Exemption

Passport Holders who can enter Thailand without a Visa

The VISA EXEMPTION RULE allows tourists from 48* countries to enter without a visa. They are granted a stay of maximum 30 days but only if entering Thailand via an international airport. However, persons, entering through a land border checkpoint from neighboring countries will be granted a maximum stay of 15 days.

Under the new provisions of the VISA EXEMPTION RULE effective December 6, 2008, passport holders of 48* countries are entitled to enter Thailand under this rule provided that they meet the following criteria:

  1. The visit is strictly for tourism purposes.
  2. They must have a confirmed return ticket to show that they are flying out of Thailand within 30 or 15 days of entry, as appropriate. Open tickets do not qualify. Travelling overland out of Thailand by train, bus, etc to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (including en route to Singapore), Myanmar, etc is not accepted as proof of exiting Thailand.

    You may be asked to show your flight ticket on entering Thailand. If you do not possess a flight ticket to show you will be exiting Thailand within 30 or 15 days of entry you will be most likely to be refused entry.

  3. It will also be necessary to prove that you have funds of at least 20,000 THB per person during your stay in Thailand.

A fee may be levied on persons entering Thailand under the VISA EXEMPTION RULE.

Note that a person traveling using a “UK Travel Document”, a “UK Certificate of Identity”, or a “British National Overseas Passport”, cannot enter Thailand whatever their nationality. They are subject to visa rules concerning their nationality.
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*48 Countries allowed to enter Thailand under the VISA EXEMPTION RULE:

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