Do you need a visa for Thailand?
Pick your passport, your purpose and how long you stay. The answer is the rule Thailand applies at the border today: 30 days visa-free for 60 countries and territories, 90 days for five treaty countries, Visa on Arrival for three, an e-Visa for everyone else.
Choose your passport to see the rule that applies to you since 15 September 2026.
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Seven groups
Who gets what, since 15 September 2026
Seven groups. The 2026 regulation rewrote the first, the fourth and the sixth; the treaty groups did not change. Every foreign passport holder files the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) inside the 72 hours before landing, whatever the visa status. It is free on the Immigration Bureau's portal.
30 days
Visa-free, 30 days
60 countries and territories. Until 14 September 2026 this passport got 60 days. Since 15 September 2026 it gets 30. Anyone stamped in before 15 September keeps the 60 days in the passport.
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bhutan
Brunei
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Malaysia
Maldives
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
90 days
Visa-free, 90 days (bilateral treaty)
5 countries and territories. Nothing changed on 15 September 2026. The treaty was not touched by the new regulation.
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
South Korea
30 days
Visa-free, 30 days (bilateral treaty)
9 countries and territories. Nothing changed on 15 September 2026. The treaty stay of 30 days continues as before.
China
Hong Kong
Kazakhstan
Laos
Macao
Mongolia
Russia
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
15 days
Visa-free, 15 days
2 countries and territories. Until 14 September 2026 this passport got 60 days. Since 15 September 2026 it gets 15, under a new tier created for two countries.
Mauritius
Seychelles
14 days
Visa-free, 14 days (bilateral treaty)
2 countries and territories. The treaty was not touched by the 2026 regulation.
Cambodia
Myanmar
15 days
Visa on Arrival
3 countries and territories. This passport kept Visa on Arrival on 15 September 2026, when 28 other countries lost it. The fee is 2,000 THB in cash at the airport.
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Serbia
Visa required
Visa required (lost visa-free entry on 15 September 2026)
24 countries and territories. Until 14 September 2026 this passport entered visa-free for 60 days. Since 15 September 2026 it needs a visa or e-Visa before departure. Airlines check at the gate.
Mexico
Colombia
Uruguay
Ecuador
Panama
Guatemala
El Salvador
Morocco
Sri Lanka
Uzbekistan
Albania
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Bahamas
Barbados
Andorra
Monaco
San Marino
Tonga
Papua New Guinea
Trinidad and Tobago
Passports not listed need a visa or e-Visa before departure. How the e-Visa works.
Timeline
What changed in 2026
15 September 2026
Visa-free stay cut from 60 to 30 days
Four Ministry of Interior regulations published in the Royal Gazette on 31 August 2026 came into force: the 60-day exemption for 93 countries ended, 60 countries and territories get 30 days, Visa on Arrival shrank from 31 countries to three, and Mauritius and the Seychelles got a new 15-day tier. Arrivals up to 14 September keep their 60-day stamp.
15 September 2026
Land entries capped at two per year
Visa-exempt entries over a land border count against a limit of two per calendar year. Air arrivals are not capped. Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore are exempt.
20 September 2026
Arrival auto gates open to 33 nationalities
Suvarnabhumi's arrival auto gates accept 33 nationalities with a filed Digital Arrival Card, a previous visit and visa-free entry.
Questions travellers ask
Do I need a visa for Thailand?
Not for a stay of up to 30 days if your passport is on the 30-day list of 60 countries and territories, which covers the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the EU and EFTA states, Japan, India, Singapore and the Gulf states. Five countries get 90 days by treaty. Everyone else applies for an e-Visa before departure, except Azerbaijan, Belarus and Serbia, which keep Visa on Arrival.
Did the 60-day visa-free stay end?
Yes, on 15 September 2026. Arrivals from that date get 30 days. Anyone stamped in before 15 September keeps the 60 days written in the passport.
Can I extend the 30 days?
Once, by up to 30 days, at an immigration office inside Thailand for 1,900 THB, applied for before the stamp expires. A second extension is granted only for medical or documented emergencies.
Can I do a visa run?
By air, repeated visa-free entries draw questions and can be refused. By land, visa-exempt entries are limited to two per calendar year. For a longer stay, apply for a 60-day e-Visa or the DTV before you travel.
Does the arrival card replace the visa?
No. The Thailand Digital Arrival Card is a separate, mandatory form for every foreign passport holder, filed inside the 72 hours before landing. You need it whether you enter visa-free, with an e-Visa or with Visa on Arrival.
Is the 300-baht entry fee being charged?
Not as of this update. It has been approved and delayed several times. Nobody should ask you for it at the border.
Visa sorted? Apply for your TDAC next
Every foreign passport files the Digital Arrival Card inside the 72 hours before landing, visa or no visa. Assisted filing checks your details against your passport and emails the QR code, US$29 per traveller.