Visa on Arrival?

[StaggerLee]

I did a quick search, but could not really find an answer.

 

Could somebody please direct me to information regarding a tourist VISA on Arrival?

 

I will have a confirmed round trip ticket in hand.

 

I've never done it on arrival in Thailand before.

 

 

Is it problematic? A long delay? I may not have enough time to get to a Thai Consul before my next 2 month jouney to LOS.

 

[Nervous_Dog]

Which country are you from? Some countries can get anywhere from 15 - 60 days on arrival, whereas some (Mexico) need a visa in advance.

 

How long are you coming for? If you want to stay longer than the time allowed by a visa on arrival, then the consulate can sometimes issue a tourist visa, Australians for example get 30 days on arrival, but a 60 tourist visa from teh embassy.

 

DOG

[ThaiHome]

Unless you are from India and few other countries, you cannot get a visa on arrival. If you are from a long list of mostly western countires, then what you can get is a 30 day visa wavier. Koreans and a couple of others get 90 day visa wavier.

Visa wavier means you don't get a visa, you only get the entry stamp.

TH

[Nervous_Dog]

Thai Home, correct, I knew it wasn;t a visa but couldn;t think of the word, seems t be a technicality

 

DOG

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LIST OF COUNTRIES EXEMPTED FROM VISA FEES (Based on Existing Agreements) :-

 

1. PHILIPPINES, Republic of (Maximum stay of 59 days)

2. KOREA, Republic of

3. MALAYSIA

4. SINGAPORE

5. TUNISIA

 

 

LIST OF COUNTRIES NOT REQUIRING VISA :-

 

1. Nationals of the following countries may enter Thailand without a visa in accordance with the Inter-Governmental Agreements for a maximum stay of 30 and 90 days for purposed of Tourism and Temporary Business only :-

 

30 Days

1. LAOS

2. VIETNAM

3. HONG KONG, SAR

4. MACAU, SAR

 

90 Days

1. BRAZIL

2. CHILE

3. KOREA, Republic of

 

2. Nationals of the following countries may enter Thailand without a visa in accordance with Ministry of Interior's regulation for a maximum stay of 30 days for purpose of Tourism only:-

 

1. AUSTRALIA

2. AUSTRIA

3. BAHRAIN

4. BELGIUM

5. BRAZIL

6. BRUNEI

7. CANADA

8. DENMARK

9. FINLAND

10. FRANCE

11. GERMANY

12. GREECE (Helenic Republic)

13. HONG KONG

14. INDONESIA

15. IRELAND

16. ISRAEL

17. ITALY

18. JAPAN

19. KOREA, Rep. of

20. KUWAIT

21. LUXEMBOURG

22. MALAYSIA

23. NETHERLANDS

24. NEW ZEALAND

25. NORWAY

26. OMAN

27. PERU

28. PHILIPPINES

29. PORTUGAL

30. QATAR

31. SINGAPORE

32. SOUTH AFRICA

33. SPAIN

34. SWEDEN

35. SWITZERLAND

36. TURKEY

37. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

38. UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

39. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

40. VIETNAM

 

 

LIST OF NATIONALITIES ARE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN TOURIST VISA ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS IN THAILAND AND ONCE THEY WERE GRANTED WITH TOURIST VISA THEY WILL BE ADMITTED INTO THE KINGDOM AND CAN STAY FOR 15 DAYS :-

 

1. BHUTAN

2. CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC and TAIWAN

3. CZECH REPUBLIC

4. CYPRUS

5. HUNGARY, Rep. of

6. INDIA

7. KAZAKHSTAN, Rep. of

8. MALDIVES

9. MAURITIUS

10. OMAN

11. RUSSIA

12. SAUDI ARABIA

13. POLAND, Rep. of

14. UKRAINE

 

From http://www.thaiembdc.org/consular/visa/visa.htm#101

 

Cheers,

SD

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StaggerLee said:

I may not have enough time to get to a Thai Consul before my next 2 month jouney to LOS.

If you plan upon staying 60 days on a entry stamp (visa waiver), then you will have to do a "visa run" at the end of 30 days (i.e., leave the country and return again).

 

Cheers,

SD

[StaggerLee]

 

 

Thanks to all. That is the information I was looking for. Much appreciated.

 

 

 

 

(Although, I HAVE heard rumours you can enter without a t/m card if you stay in Louis' Tavern for a short while, remove a transit sticker, dress up like a katoey baggage handler, and climb over a series of high fences with razor wire. I wonder if that is a good idea?)

[Grumpy]

It's 4/5ths of fuck-all, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs MFA has a slightly different list for 'visa exemption' and 'visa on arrival' --

 

Iceland has been added to the TOURIST VISA EXEMPTION list.

 

Estonia

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Slovakia

Slovenia

- have been added to the TEMPORARY TOURIST VISA: VISA ON ARRIVAL list

[StaggerLee]

2. Nationals of the following countries may enter Thailand without a visa in accordance with Ministry of Interior's regulation for a maximum stay of 30 days for purpose of Tourism only:-

 

1. AUSTRALIA

2. AUSTRIA

3. BAHRAIN

4. BELGIUM

5. BRAZIL

6. BRUNEI

7. CANADA

8. DENMARK

9. FINLAND

10. FRANCE

11. GERMANY

12. GREECE (Helenic Republic)

13. HONG KONG

14. INDONESIA

15. IRELAND

16. ISRAEL

17. ITALY

18. JAPAN

19. KOREA, Rep. of

20. KUWAIT

21. LUXEMBOURG

22. MALAYSIA

23. NETHERLANDS

24. NEW ZEALAND

25. NORWAY

26. OMAN

27. PERU

28. PHILIPPINES

29. PORTUGAL

30. QATAR

31. SINGAPORE

32. SOUTH AFRICA

33. SPAIN

34. SWEDEN

35. SWITZERLAND

36. TURKEY

37. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

38. UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

39. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

40. VIETNAM

 

 

 

basically, people from these countries are not able to show up at the airport, and obtain a 60 day tourist VISA, right?

 

[..]

Yes, as I said, you get 30 days just by showing up. NOBODY is able to show up and get a 60 tourist visa at the airport.

 

You want more days? Then you:

a) get a visa outside of the country before you come

or

leave the country after 30 days and come back and get another 30 day stamp (in theory you can do this forever, but in practice they get cranky after about six times). Do a search on the phrase "visa run" on this board.

 

Quite simple. Farang baa, think too mutt!

 

Cheers,

SD