Regulations on Permission of Stay in Thailand (updated 23 April 2010)
Regulations on Permission of Stay in the Kingdom of Thailand
For Holders of Ordinary Passports
Categorized by Visa Type
- Honorary Consuls are to refrain from issuing Diplomatic, Official, Courtesy, Non-Immigrant O-A Visas, and are restricted to issuing visas only to nationals who have permanent residence within the country of each Honorary Consul’s jurisdiction, unless otherwise instructed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Royal Thai Embassy.
- Group 1: 42 listed countries which have been granted unilateral privilege to enter the Kingdom of Thailand with exemption of visa requirements for tourism purposes, include ordinary passport holders from: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Qatar, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, Great Britain, USA, Vietnam.
- Group 2: All other countries not included in the 42 listed above, must apply for visas in order to enter the Kingdom of Thailand.
- Visa on Arrival (VOA) privilege: include ordinary passport holders of the following 20 countries/Special Economic Zones: Bhutan, China (including Taiwan), Cyprus, Czech, Estonia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Mauritius, Oman, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
- Group 3: 11 listed countries which have included bilateral agreements with Thailand on the exemption of visa requirements, for holders of ordinary passports, include: Argentina (90 Days), Brazil (90 Days), Chile (90 Days), Hong Kong (30 Days), South Korea (90 Days), Laos PDR (30 Days), Macau (30 Days), Mongolia (30 Days), Peru (90 Days), Russia (30 Days), Vietnam (30 Days).
- Information as appears, updated and valid from 23 April 2010.
