The 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.

- 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).

 

List of countries are as follows:

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

 

Thailand holds bilateral agreements on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, official and 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 see list of countries which have concluded.