e-Visa Thailand 🇹🇭

The best time to visit Thailand is between November and March. There is very little rain and temperatures are high during the day.

Thailand Pass was a travel program proposed by the Thai government to enable international visitors to travel to Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program required compulsory health insurance to cover COVID-19-related medical expenses, as well as a hotel reservation for the first few days of stay in Thailand.

The document is no longer mandatory as of summer 2022.

If you wish to extend your stay in Thailand beyond the initial period allowed by your e-Visa, you need to apply for a visa extension at the immigration office. Some documents, such as the TR Single-entry visa (+30 days) or the very long-stay visa (+5 years), are very easy to extend online.

If you wish to stay in Thailand for a longer period, you can opt for the Long-stay visa (1 year with the O-A e-Visa) and the Very-long-stay visa (2x 5 years with the O-X e-Visa). However, these visas are only valid for people over 50. If you do not meet these conditions, please contact the embassy.

• The Long Stay e-Visa allows multiple entries for a period of 1 year.
• The Very Long Stay e-Visa allows multiple entries for a period of 5 years. This document is renewable for a further 5 years.

The choice of visa for this destination is wide and can be adapted to your objectives and wishes. Other information may be required, such as age, reason for stay or length of stay. You'll find all the information you need to help you choose the e-Visa best suited to your stay in our summary table.

Thai borders are currently open. You can travel to this country without any problems.

It is strictly impossible It is strictly impossible to apply for a visa for Thailand in a hurry, and the embassy even recommends 3 months' notice, even if in practice one month's notice is sufficient. In practice, applications must be submitted close to your place of residence.

Since December 28, 2020, nationals of 56 nationalities (including the French) are no longer required to have a visa or e-Visa to enter Thailand. The maximum length of stay is 30 days (until March 31, 2023, it was even 45 days). A return ticket certifying a maximum stay of 30 days must be presented on entry.

If your stay exceeds 30 days, you must obtain an e-Visa before departure.

Nationalities concerned: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam.

You can apply for a Thailand Visa by filling in our application form or by visiting the official website.

Before you apply, make sure you have all the documents and reservations you need to get your e-Visa quickly.

• January 1: New Year's Day
• February 19: Makha Bucha
• April 6 and 8: Chakri Day
• April 13 to 15: Songkran Festival
• May 6: Coronation Day of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X
• May 18 and 20: Visakha Bucha
• July 16: Asahna Bucha
• July 17: Khao Phansa Day
• July 28 - 29: Birthday of King Vajiralongkorn - Rama X
• August 12: Queen Sirikit's birthday / Mother's Day
• October 13 and 14: Commemoration of the death of King Rama IX
• October 23: Chulalongkorn Day
• December 5: Birthday of King Rama IX / Father's Day
• December 10: Constitution Day - วันรัฐธรรมนูญ
• December 31: New Year's Eve

The airline or immigration officials at the point of entry may check your e-Visa electronically. However, you are advised to keep your e-Visa as an electronic copy (tablet PC, smartphone, etc.) or as a paper copy in case of system failure.

The best thing to do is to contact the local authorities for a visa extension or conversion. With the help of VFS, Thailand offers an online procedure and information for visa extensions: https: //thaiextension.vfsevisa.com/information

To obtain an O-A retirement visa, or an O visa for those over 50, you must take out insurance covering repatriation, medical expenses and hospitalization for a minimum of €20,000 or THB 400,000. For an O visa, this insurance must cover a minimum duration of 6 months, while for an O-A visa, the minimum duration is 12 months.

In addition, because of the Covid-19 epidemic, all French and foreign travelers to Thailand must present a certificate of travel insurance covering Covid-19-related medical expenses for a minimum of €93,191 or THB 3,200,000. This insurance must be valid for a minimum period of 3 months.

Transit of up to 12 hours is authorized in Thailand without a visa if it takes place via Bangkok (Don Mueang International Airport or Suvarnabhumi Airport), but only with an Asian airline. Pakistanis must always apply for a specific visa, regardless of duration, airport or airline.

We advise you to apply at least one month before your planned arrival in Thailand, to compensate for consular overload, public holidays and weekends. Even if you apply early, you can expect the embassy to come back to you right up to the last minute.

Technically, embassies only accept applications within 3 months of your arrival in Thailand. If you send us your file in advance, we can prepare the documents for submission when the window opens.

Technically, all nationalities can apply for a visa for Thailand online, provided they live near one of the twenty or so embassies issuing online visas (all Western countries are covered, for example). The embassy recommends that nationals and/or refugees of certain nationalities contact them before submitting an application, although this is not forbidden: Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq and Nigeria.

Here is a table of those exempted according to duration and type of passport, provided by the Thai authorities.

The "O-X" e-Visa is reserved for people over 50 of these nationalities : France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Canada and USA.

The issuance of an e-Visa does not guarantee entry into Thailand. The e-Visa simply indicates that the individual is eligible to apply for entry for a specific purpose. The decision to enter remains with the respective immigration officer at the port of entry.

The embassy reserves the right to refuse a visa application for all travelers who have stayed for more than 90 days in the 6 months preceding the date of application.

No, most of the time you have 90 days to enter Thailand from the day you file your application with the Thai embassy.

Yes, the e-Visa is personal. In fact, Thailand has special visas for people accompanying long-stay visas.

The vaccination booklet is not required on arrival or on boarding if travelers do not reside in the following areas(yellow fever vaccine required): Angola, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela.

Only these nationalities can travel to Thailand and obtain a 15-day visa: Bulgaria, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Malta, Mexico, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu.

Be careful not to confuse this with visa exemption for many of the 30 nationalities: no visa is required either before or on arrival.

As long as you have a valid residence permit, refugees are welcome in Thailand.

Please note that if you fail to declare your overstay, you may be fined 500 baht(€13), with a maximum of 20,000 baht. This may also result in a partial or permanent ban from Thailand.