Who Can Enter Thailand Without a Visa?

The Visa Exemption rule allows tourists from 64 countries to enter Thailand without applying for a visa. Travelers can visit Thailand for up to 30 days if they are entering Thailand through an international airport or land border checkpoint from a neighbouring country.

Provisions of the VISA EXEMPTION RULE and BILATERAL AGREEMENT, effective December 31, 2016, allowing passport holders from 64 countries to enter Thailand under this rule provided they meet the following criteria:

Be from an approved country.
Be visiting Thailand strictly for tourism.
Hold a passport with a valid expiry of over 6 months.
Can provide a valid address in Thailand on entry that can be verified. This address can be a hotel or an apartment.
Must have a confirmed return ticket exiting Thailand within 30 days. Open tickets do not qualify. Travelling overland by train, bus, etc to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (including en route to Singapore), Myanmar, etc is not accepted as proof of exiting Thailand.**
Provide proof of funds of at least 10,000 THB for single travellers, or 20,000 THB per family during your stay in Thailand.

You may be asked to show your flight ticket on entering Thailand. If you do not possess a flight ticket to show that you will exit Thailand within 30 days of entry, you will most likely be refused entry.

If entering Thailand by land or sea, eligible travellers holding normal passports will be granted visa-free travel to Thailand twice per calendar year. There is no limitation when entering by air.

Travellers from South Korea, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Chile will receive permission to stay in Thailand for up to 90 days under Visa Exemption. This applies to both airport and land border entries.

It is essential you check final immigration details for Thailand on your own Country's website prior to booking any flights or tours. For example, those of you in UK should check here. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

Countries included in this visa scheme are, but are not limited to:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czeck Rep
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
USA