Thailand visa for Lithuanians 2026: 30 days visa-free

What changed for Lithuanians on 15 September 2026

Before 15 September 2026, Lithuanians travelling to Thailand without a visa were granted 60 days on arrival. A Ministry of Interior regulation, published in the Royal Gazette on 31 August 2026 and in force from 15 September 2026, cut that allowance to 30 days for Lithuanian passport holders arriving from that date onward. If your passport was stamped in before 15 September 2026, the 60 days already granted still stands; the change only affects entries made on or after that date. For anyone planning a trip now, this means building an itinerary around a single month rather than two, and checking early whether you will need to extend or apply for a visa in advance if you intend to stay longer than the new 30-day allowance permits.

Before you fly

• Check that your Lithuanian passport has at least six months of validity remaining on your arrival date in Thailand, plus one blank page free for any stamp.
• Keep proof of onward or return travel to hand, since immigration officers can ask Lithuanians for evidence that you plan to leave Thailand within your 30-day stay.
• Carry enough cash or accessible funds to cover a spot check, since Thai immigration can ask travellers to show 20,000 THB per person or 40,000 THB per family.
• File your Digital Arrival Card in the 72 hours before you land, using the Immigration Bureau's free portal, since every Lithuanian traveller needs a QR code ready for the checkpoint.

Staying longer than 30 days

If 30 days is not enough, Lithuanians have a few legitimate ways to stay longer. Once inside Thailand, you can apply at an immigration office for a single extension of up to 30 days, paying 1,900 THB before your stamp expires. If you plan ahead, an e-Visa applied for before travel gives a 60-day single stay, itself extendable once by 30 days on the same terms. Remote workers or long-course students can look into the Destination Thailand Visa, arranged from outside Thailand, covering five years with 180 days per entry. Repeatedly crossing a border to reset the clock is not a workable substitute, since visa-free land entries are capped at two a year and overstaying brings daily fines and bans.

At the airport

As Lithuanians are not among the 33 nationalities routed through the automated gates at Suvarnabhumi, you will queue at the Foreign Passport counters instead. An immigration officer checks your passport and stamps it there rather than a machine doing the work. Before that, make sure you have filed your Digital Arrival Card, since the officer scans the QR code it generates to confirm your details and entry conditions, whatever type of visa-free or visa entry you are using.

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.