Thread: Thailand quarantine and entry conditions

>> Visa Exemption and Visa on Arrival


For a visit of up to 30 days**
(**Previous permitted period of stay was 30 days; the extension to 45 days will be in effect until 30 September 2021)


Passport holders from the following countries/territory 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 not exceeding 30 days on each visit:
Tourist Visa Exemption Scheme Andora, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein. Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Sweden, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam
Bilateral Agreement arrangement Lao, Macau, Mongolia, Russia

Originally Posted by aging one

>> Visa Exemption and Visa on Arrival


For a visit of up to 30 days**
(**Previous permitted period of stay was 30 days; the extension to 45 days will be in effect until 30 September 2021)


Passport holders from the following countries/territory 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 not exceeding 30 days on each visit:
Tourist Visa Exemption Scheme Andora, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein. Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Sweden, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam
Bilateral Agreement arrangement Lao, Macau, Mongolia, Russia

Seems a bit silly when people are still doing 7 or 10 day ASQ. Why don't they just stamp 30+Quarantine.

Too mathematically complex I suppose.

Originally Posted by Chico

wait until the Thailand pass gets rolled out.

There emails are coming back saying we may take 3-5 days to respond, god help anyone that has to get back in an emergency.

Luckily enough once there, I'm staying

Well the 3-5 day wait is now 5-7 day wait.

3 days I've tried to ring them fuk this I'm cancelling and waiting, lets just hope the Thailand pass ain't as stupid as what they are up to presently, now comes from my Covid vaccination isn't compatible with its system. Same NHS certificate every fucker gets.

It beggars belief to watch this unfold, the damage this is going to do to Tourism. I'm cancelling I was silly to make the application.I'll wait now until 1st November ,and cancel flight etc.

But once in I ain't leaving until this pesky pandemic has settled down.

Originally Posted by Norton

Wise move mate. Contrary to the nonsense headlines claiming Thailand is open for business 1 Nov, it clearly is not. The only real change is the length of quarantine.

A practical opening will be when you can come on visa on arrival, with a jab cert and negative test. Until then don't expect tourists to go through this convoluted bs process.

With luck 4th quarter 2022.

Originally Posted by Humbert

In the US they are quite good at responding by text. They are too busy to take phone calls now. I was told that they are extremely busy trying to get COE's out to people traveling in the next week. They told me that I could re-apply for a Thailand Pass on November 1st or wait for them to act on my COE approval. I don't travel until November 17th so I have time.

They have been rejecting COE's to people arriving from the 8th Nov onwards and telling them to apply through tp.consular.go.th when it opens on Friday.

And telling them they can apply for a COE as a backup!

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

They have been rejecting COE's to people arriving from the 8th Nov onwards and telling them to apply through tp.consular.go.th when it opens on Friday.

And telling them they can apply for a COE as a backup!

Yes, I received that notification this afternoon. Have to apply for a Thailand Pass starting on November 1st for flights arriving after November 7th.

I'll be travelling back to Thailand late November/early December so am interested in this topic.

One condition for the Thailand Pass:

'Note: Must reside in the eligible countries for at least 21 consecutive days'

Does anyone have any idea if/how the Thai authorities can determine this?

I'm hoping to get my second Pfizer jab in the UK, wait 14 days and then fly out.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Does anyone have any idea if/how the Thai authorities can determine this?

Passport stamps unless they have access to the UK immigration database?

Originally Posted by S Landreth

You’ve been vaccinated. I’ve been vaccinated in the states just as you have.

Get up! Travel within Thailand. The Andaman Sea is beautiful this time of year.

Thailand's Similan Islands reopen with limited tourist numbers allowed

We have 3 different trips planned. Give back. The Thai tourist industry needs the help. Just travel safely and enjoy yourself.

Thank you for that, I agree we are planning some trips.
But how about of proof of vaccine is required? Would domestic airlines accept my US certificate? do hotels in those areas require a vaccine certificate and ,again will they accept our US certificates.
Any suggestions where to go. I was thinking Kho Chang I have never been there, and I think we can drive and take the ferry there. I think I remember a thread of someone who went there in this forum, I'll see if I can find it.

^^^ Harry, that's exactly what I was wondering... but I can't really see that the Thais would have access to the UK immigration database. Would any country allow another country access to an immigration database?

If it's purely on passport stamps I can get stamped out of Turkey using a different passport, then as far as the Thais will be concerned my last passport stamp would be leaving Norway at the end of August.


^^ OhOh, that's precisely what I'm wondering. I would think they only have access to any travel history stored on their own database, ie in/out of Thailand and maybe the associated itineraries.

The 21 days is 21 consecutive days before leaving an 'approved' country. I plan to get my second Covid jab the first day after arriving in the UK, so should be clear to leave 14 days after that.

The 46 becomes 63....

^No doubt come Monday.

Visa on arrival

The important thing is Taiwan is on it and Russia isn't.

Oops, nearly forgot.

Warning: Be cautious if you are a fragile pink

Despite the naysayers, it's up and running as promised.

Thailand Pass Registration System (for air travel only)

Added: Couple of niggles apparently, some API errors and problems uploading PDFs, so use JPGs.

Yep can't upload certain things another fuck up

won't accept PDFs only Jpegs

Originally Posted by malmomike77

won't accept PDFs only Jpegs

Yeah, that's sort of why I said "problems uploading PDFs, so use JPGs.".

I get that Hazza, but why would anyone try when the upload box shows the formats supported and PDF is not one of them, its not a problem uploading PDFs is it

In the past with the COE proces if there was a flight cancelation or other change, you could amend your COEm it usually took 24 hrs or less to do,
If it takes 7 days for the application to be approved and if you had a change of plan , and your flight was changed to the next day or two , let's say.
How can you get a new Thai Pass if it takes 7 days to do another one?