Visa requirements for visiting Thailand

If visiting the ‘Land of Smiles’ Thailand is on your wish list, first of all you will need to get a tourist visa for yourself.

To avail the tourist visa, you will need the following documents:

Document Required:

• Filled out Visa Application Form
• Valid passport not less than six months
• Paid Airplane Ticket
• Recent Photograph ( 4 X 6 cm.)

The proof of financial means: You will need twenty thousand Baht per person and forty thousand baht per family.

$ 25.00 USD for visa fee

However, since tourist visas are available only for the period of three months, if you wish to stay longer, you must file an extension of stay permission at the Office of Immigration Bureau. The address of the bureau is as follows:

Office Immigration Bureau
Soi Suan Plu  South Sathorn Road
Bangkok  10120
Tel( 662) 287 – 3101-10

On thing may be noted here that people holding the tourist visa are not allowed to do business in the country.

Also, according to Interior Ministerial Announcements,a passport holder from some countries will not need to get tourist visa to enter Thailand, if your stay does not exceed 30 days. Some of the countries whose citizens will need to obtain a tourist visa for visiting Thailand include Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belguim, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isarel, italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Laos,Malaysia, NewZealand, Peru, Phillippines, Polan, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Swizerland, Turkey, Ukraine,UK, USA, and Vietnam

Passport holders of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Palestinian, are required to file the tourist application at the Thai Embassy of your home country.