Thailand
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Visa-free, 60 days
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
From 15 September 2026: Visa-free, 30 days
The rule changes for arrivals on or after this date.
The instrument that makes the change
ให้กำหนดรายชื่อประเทศและดินแดนที่ผู้ถือหนังสือเดินทางหรือเอกสารใช้แทน หนังสือเดินทางซึ่งเข้ามาในราชอาณาจักรเป็นการชั่วคราวเพื่อการท่องเที่ยวได้รับการยกเว้นการตรวจลงตรา และให้อยู่ในราชอาณาจักรได้ไม่เกินสามสิบวัน ดังนี้Open the document
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- Entering the Kingdom through land/sea boarder checkpoints under Tourist Visa Exemption Scheme is permitted only twice in a calendar year, except nationals of Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Singapore who may enter Thailand through such checkpoints more than twice in a calendar year.
Your stay
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Official wording
List of Countries and Territories whose Nationals are entitled to Visa Exemption Scheme for the Purpose of Tourism and Short-Term Business Engagements for a Period Not Exceeding 60 Days … 1. Albania 21. Dominican Republic 41. Jordan 61. New Zealand 81. Sweden 2. Andorra 22. Ecuador 42. Kazakhstan 62. Norway 82. Switzerland 3. Australia 23. Estonia 43. Korea (ROK) 63. Oman 83. Taiwan 4. Austria 24. Fiji 44. Kosovo 64. Panama 84. Tonga 5. Bahrain 25. Finland 45. Kuwait 65. Papua New Guinea 85. Trinidad and Tobago 6. Belgium 26. France 46. Laos 66. Peru 86. Türkiye 7. Bhutan 27. Georgia 47. Latvia 67. Philippines 87. Ukraine 8. Brazil 28. Germany 48. Liechtenstein 68. Poland 88. UAE 9. Brunei 29. Greece 49. Lithuania 69. Portugal 89. UK 10. Bulgaria 30. Guatemala 50. Luxembourg 70. Qatar 90. USA 11. Cambodia 31. Hong Kong 51. Macao 71. Romania 91. Uruguay 12. Canada 32. Hungary 52. Malaysia 72. Russia 92. Uzbekistan 13. China 33. Iceland 53. Maldives 73. San Marino 93. Vietnam 14. Colombia 34. India 54. Malta 74. Saudi Arabia 15. Croatia 35. Indonesia 55. Mauritius 75. Singapore 16. Cuba 36. Ireland 56. Mexico 76. Slovakia 17. Cyprus 37. Israel 57. Monaco 77. Slovenia 18. Czechia 38. Italy 58. Mongolia 78. Spain 19. Denmark 39. Jamaica 59. Morocco 79. Sri Lanka 20. Dominica 40. Japan 60. Netherlands 80. South Africa
Aevamo’s reading
The Immigration Act B.E. 2522 creates the obligation this regime enforces: Section 12(1) prohibits aliens from entering the Kingdom without a visa unless a special exemption applies, and Section 4 defines who is an alien. The visa-exemption and VOA lists are grants issued under that Act (the gazette notification cites 'มาตรา 5 แห่งพระราชบัญญัติคนเข้าเมือง พ.ศ. 2522' as its authority), so the Act is the instrument that creates the obligation, and the lists are the exemptions to it.
The list's header grants a stay not exceeding 60 days to the enumerated nationalities for tourism and short-term business engagements, and the numbered list names each of these 93 issuers, establishing the visa-free 60-day entitlement.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
ph60 and VOA lists footed 'Department of Consular Affairs, 15 July 2024'; bilateral list footed 'Department of Consular Affairs, 12 December 2025'; Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979), given 24 February 2522; Royal Gazette notifications of 31 August 2569 (Vol 143, special section 207 ง), signed 28 August 2569, effective 15 September 2569 (announcements take effect on expiry of fifteen days from gazette publication); MFA Department of Consular Affairs summary page dated 1 September 2569.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.