South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern AsiaThailand visa requirements
Travellers from 104 of 198 countries can visit Thailand easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Thailand
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed91 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival13 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa83 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed11 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Thailand visa
- Tourist entry9 optionsYour passport determines whether you can visit without a visa or need a tourist visa. A tourist visa allows an initial stay of 60 days.
- Transit visa4 optionsSome airport connections of less than 12 hours qualify for transit without a visa. The airport, airline and nationality rules matter.
- Business visa2 optionsType B covers business and business conferences. Some business travellers can enter without a visa using an APEC Business Travel Card.
- Study and training visas3 optionsType ED covers study and several kinds of training. Type B also covers scuba diving, muay Thai and massage courses.
- Work visas and work permits5 optionsSeveral visa types cover work. Foreigners must also apply for a work permit to work legally in Thailand.
- Family visits and permanent residence2 optionsType O covers family visits. Permanent residence has separate stay and income requirements.
- Medical treatment visa1 optionsType O covers visits for medical treatment.
- Thailand e-Visa3 optionsThailand offers online visa applications. Tourist e-Visas allow 60-day stays, with single-entry and multiple-entry options.
- Visa on arrival1 optionsCitizens of Azerbaijan, Belarus and Serbia can apply for a 15-day visa at designated entry checkpoints.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe60 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand60 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- BhutanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia60 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe60 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia60 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America60 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe60 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean60 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean60 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America60 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia60 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America60 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia60 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean60 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia60 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- LaosVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia60 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia60 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America60 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand60 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe60 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia60 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe60 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe60 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa60 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe60 days
- Sri LankaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia60 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe60 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America60 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe15 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America15 days
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America60 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia15 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa15 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia15 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe60 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa15 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa15 days
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America15 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa60 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia60 days
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean60 days
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BenineVisaWestern Africa
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe60 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa60 days
- Cape VerdeeVisaWestern Africa
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa60 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissaueVisaWestern Africa
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- HaitieVisaCaribbean30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KosovoeVisaSoutheast Europe60 days
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia60 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa60 days
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa60 days
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalieVisaWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia60 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe60 days
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- NigereVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia60 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- PalaueVisaMicronesia60 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia15 days
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- Vatican CityeVisaSouthern Europe
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahamasVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America60 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia60 days
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe40 of 46 countries
- Asia33 of 49 countries
- Americas19 of 35 countries
- Oceania7 of 14 countries
- Africa5 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Thailand without a visa?
104 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Thailand?
No visa needed: it applies to 91 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Thailand?
11 passports, including DR Congo, Uzbekistan, South Sudan, Honduras Panama, and 6 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
No visa needed, for up to 60 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
eVisa.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Thailand?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Thailand?
Europe: 40 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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