Visa Exemption and Bilateral Agreement
(Last updated: May 26, 2017)
Passport Holders who can enter Thailand without a Visa
The VISA EXEMPTION RULE allows tourists from 55 countries
1 to enter Thailand without a visa. They are
granted to stay a maximum of
30 days if they are entering Thailand via an international airport or
entering through a land border checkpoint from neighboring countries.
Under the new provisions of the VISA EXEMPTION RULE and BILATERAL AGREEMENT effective December 31, 2016, passport holders of 55 countries are entitled to enter Thailand under this rule provided that they meet the following criteria:
- The visit is strictly for tourism purposes.
- They must have a confirmed return ticket to show that they are flying out of Thailand within 30 days of entry, as appropriate. Open tickets do not qualify. Traveling over land out of Thailand by train, bus, etc to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (including en route to Singapore), Myanmar, etc may be accepted as proof of exiting Thailand.