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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. If such foreigners enter the Kingdom at the immigration checkpoints which border neighboring countries, they will be allowed to stay for 15 days each time, except Malaysian nationals who cross the borderline from Malaysia whose granted period of stay will not exceed 30 days each time.
Please note that Tourist Visa Exemption does not apply to foreigners holding Travel Document for Aliens issued by these countries.
List of 41 countries and 1 special administrative region are as follow:
NO |
COUNTRIES |
NO |
COUNTRIES |
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1 |
Australia |
22 |
Kuwait |
2 |
Austria |
23 |
Luxembourg |
3 |
Belgium |
24 |
Malaysia |
4 |
Brazil |
25 |
Monaco |
5 |
Bahrain |
26 |
Netherlands |
6 |
Brunei Darussalam |
27 |
New Zealand |
7 |
Canada |
28 |
Norway |
8 |
Denmark |
29 |
Oman |
9 |
Finland |
30 |
Peru |
10 |
France |
31 |
Philippines |
11 |
Germany |
32 |
Portugal |
12 |
Greece |
33 |
Qatar |
13 |
Hong Kong |
34 |
Singapore |
14 |
Iceland |
35 |
Spain |
15 |
Indonesia |
36 |
South Africa |
16 |
Ireland |
37 |
Sweden |
17 |
Israel |
38 |
Switzerland |
18 |
Italy |
39 |
Turkey |
19 |
Japan |
40 |
United Arab Emirates |
20 |
United Kingdom |
41 |
United States of America |
21 |
Kuwait |
42 |
Vietnam |
provided
that
Their purpose of visit is only for tourism
They
have the nationality of the countries issuing their passports
or travel documents in lieu of passports which must be authentic
and valid more than 6 months from the date that you enter to Thailand (this excludes all certificates of identity)
They
arrive in and depart Thailand by any means of transport (air,
land or sea) through immigration checkpoints, any confirmed tickets
to leave Thailand within 30 days from the arrival date at the
port of entry in Thailand must be obtained.
Confirmed
tickets to leave Thailand within 30 days from the arrival date
at the port of entry in Thailand must be obtained.
Remarks :
1. Passport holders from nine countries namely
Laos, Vietnam, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Brazil, Chile, Republic
of Korea, Peru, and Argentina, which have concluded agreement on
the exemption of visa requirement with Thailand, will be permitted
to enter and stay in Thailand for period of stay specified in the
agreement.. (Please search for information at the section of a list
of countries which have concluded agreement on the exemption of
visa requirement with Thailand below.
List of Countries
which have concluded agreement.
2. The
applicant must possess means of living expenses at 10,000 baht per
person and 20,000 per family accordingly.
3. Please be advised that ordinary passport holders
of 43 countries who intend to engage in certain activities are eligible
to apply for a visa when entering the Kingdom if their qualifications
meet the conditions set forth by the Office of Immigration Bureau.
4. For more information, please contact the Office
of Immigration Bureau, Soi Suan Plu, off South Sathorn Road, Bangkok
10120, Tel. (662) 287-3101-10 or at web site http://www.immigration.go.th
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