Thailand visa for Danes 2026: 30 days visa-free

What changed for Danes on 15 September 2026

Until 14 September 2026, Danish passport holders arriving in Thailand were stamped in for 60 days under the visa-exemption scheme. A Ministry of Interior regulation, published in the Royal Gazette on 31 August 2026, cut that allowance to 30 days for Danes arriving from 15 September 2026 onwards. If you were already stamped in before that date, the 60 days already in your passport still stands and won't be shortened retroactively. For anyone flying in now, the practical effect is a shorter window: a trip that once comfortably stretched to two months now needs tighter planning, and if you want to stay longer you'll need to apply for an extension or a different visa route before your 30 days run out.

Before you fly

• Check your Danish passport has at least six months of validity left from your arrival date and at least one blank page free for the entry stamp, or Thai immigration can turn you away.
• Carry proof you can cover your stay: immigration officers can ask Danish travellers to show around 20,000 baht per person, or 40,000 baht for a family, in cash or accessible funds.
• Fill in the Digital Arrival Card no earlier than 72 hours before landing; it's free to submit and the QR code you receive is what immigration staff scan on arrival.
• If your trip to Thailand will run longer than 30 days, apply for an e-visa at thaievisa.go.th before you leave Denmark, since approval usually takes three to ten working days.

Staying longer than 30 days

If 30 days isn't enough, you can apply for a single extension of up to 30 days at an immigration office inside Thailand for 1,900 baht, filed before your stamp expires. Danes planning a longer stay from the outset can instead apply for an e-visa before leaving Denmark, which grants 60 days and can also be extended once by 30 days. Remote workers or those on a long course of study may qualify for the five-year Destination Thailand Visa, covering stays of up to 180 days per entry, though it requires proof of substantial funds and must be arranged before you travel. Repeatedly leaving and re-entering Thailand to reset the clock isn't a legitimate substitute for these routes, and land crossings are capped at two visa-free entries a year besides.

At the airport

Landing in Bangkok, Danes are among the nationalities eligible to use the automated gates at Suvarnabhumi rather than queue at a manned counter, provided you've already filed your Digital Arrival Card, you're entering visa-free, and it isn't your first trip to Thailand. Either way, an officer or the gate reader scans the QR code from your arrival card alongside your passport, so have both ready on your phone or printed before you reach immigration. First-time visitors and anyone without the QR code should expect to use a staffed counter instead.

Facts checked on 30 September 2026. Sources: Royal Gazette notifications of 31 August 2026, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs bilateral list, the Immigration Bureau. Rules change; your embassy has the final word.