Written by Administrator | 07 August 2009

• Passport holders of countries that do not appear on the list below will require a visa before entering Thailand.

• Travelers entering Thailand for purposes other than tourism need a visa of specific type, i.e. non-immigrant visa.

List of countries NOT requiring visa: (TOURIST VISA EXEMPTION)

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.

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).

1. Australia:	Commonwealth of Australia		25. New Zealand
2. Austria:	Republic of Austria		26. Norway:	Kingdom of Norway
3. Belgium:	Kingdom of Belgium		27 Oman	Sultanate of Oman
4. Brazil:	Federative Republic of Brazil		28. Peru:	Republic of Peru
5. Bahrain:	State of Bahrain		29. Philippines:	Republic of the Philippines
6. Brunei Darussalam:	Negara Brunei Darussalam		30. Portugal:	Republic of Portugal
7. Canada			31. Qatar:	State of Qatar
8. Denmark:	Kingdom of Denmark		32. Singapore:	Republic of Singapore
9. Finland:	Republic of Finland		33. Spain:	Kingdom of Spain
10. France:	French Republic		34. South Africa:	Republic of South Africa
11. Germany:	Federal Republic of Germany		35. Sweden:	Kingdom of Sweden
12. Greece:	Hellenic Republic		36. Switzerland:	Swiss Confederation
13. Hong Kong:	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region		37. Turkey:	Republic of Turkey
14. Iceland			38. United Arab Emirates
15. Indonesia:	Republic of Indonesia		39. United Kingdom:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
16. Ireland:	Republic of Ireland		40. United States of America
17. Israel:	State of Israel		41. Vietnam:	Socialist Republic of Vietnam
18. Italy:	Republic of Italy		42. Monaco	Principality of Monaco（07Oct26～）
19. Japan			43. Czech	Czech Republic
20. Korea:	Republic of Korea		44. Hungary	Republic of Hungary
21. Kuwait:	State of Kuwait		45. Liechtenstein	Principality of Liechtenstein
22. Luxembourg :	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg		46. Poland	Republic of Poland
23. Malaysia			47. Slovak	Slovak Republic
24. Netherlands:	Kingdom of the Netherlands		48. Slovenia	Republic of Slovenia

LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE CONCLUDED AGREEMENTS ON THE EXEMPTION OF WITH THAILAND
I. List of Countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic or official or service/special passports with Thailand and permitted to stay for a period of not exceeding 30 and 90 days 30 DAYS 1. Cambodia 2. China 3. Laos 4. Mongolia 5. Myanmar 6. Oman 7. Vietnam 8. Hong Kong SAR 9. Macau SAR 90 DAYS 1. Argentina 20. Nepal 2. Austria 21. Peru 3. Belgium 22. The Philippines 4. Bhutan 23. Poland 5. Brazil 24. Romania 6. Chile 25. Russian Federation 7. Croatia 26. Singapore 8. Czech Republic 27. Slovak Republic 9. Germany 28. South Africa 10. Hungary 29. Switzerland  (including Liechtenstein) 11. India 30. Tunisia 12. Israel 31. Turkey 13. Italy 32. Panama 14. Japan 33. Costa Rica 15. Korea : Republic of Korea 34. Ukraine 16. Luxembourg 35. Uruguay 17. Malaysia 36. France (only Diplomatic passport, including times stay in other schengen countries) 18. Mexico 37. Spain  (only Diplomatic passport, including times stay in other schengen countries) 19. The Netherlands 38. Estonia (only Diplomatic passport) , ( 13, Aug 2012～) II. List of countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports with Thailand and permitted to stay for a period of not exceeding 14, 30 and 90 days   14 DAYS 1. Cambodia 30 DAYS 1. Laos 2. Vietnam 3. Hong Kong SAR 4. Macau SAR 5. Russia( 23 March 2007) 6.　Mongolia(13 Jan 2008～） 90 DAYS 1. Argentina 2. Brazil 3. Chile 4. Republic of Korea 5. Peru