Thailand Limits Visa-Free Access to 57 Countries

I've read this whole thread and the linked articles, but nowhere does it explicitly say that those on the list will now get 30 days visa-free entry or whether they will still get 60 days. It does imply that to be the case but doesn't actually state it.

it does say that Thailand will revert to its previous visa-free entry policy so perhaps we're left to assume that those on the list will now get 30 days and if we want longer will have to get a visa.

It also says that those NOT on the list will need visas of course.

(Even the title of the thread "Thailand Limits Visa-Free Access to 57 Countries" makes no mention of how long said people may stay without a visa)

Just get the appropriate visa for your requirements i.e. length of stay. So simple nuff said

31 minutes ago, Toby1947 said:

Just get the appropriate visa for your requirements i.e. length of stay. So simple nuff said

Yes, easy. I don't have a problem spending £30/35 and 15 minutes of my life applying for a 60 day visa.

The first time I went to Thailand from New Zealand in the mid nineties we got ninety days, as did Thais going to NZ

So many Thais were coming here as visitors and working that NZ immigration reduced the period to thirty days and Thailand reciprocated with NZ visitors, as I recall.

7 hours ago, BerndD said:

Don't get upset about yagoda. This is just a small, insignificant, albeit loud, dwarf.

As opposed to conspiracist terrorist supporting Euro trash criticizing their betters

17 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Short sighted stupidity. We know that the problems were associated with certain countries.There are references to "30 day preferences", but the data to support the conclusion and the profitability of the impacted groups has ot been released, assuming it even exists.

Common sense would have seen the visa change apply to the problem countries and left at 60 days for the quality countries like Japan, Denmark etc. They never think things through. The change coincides with the increased costs to travel to Thailand. The Thailand winter stay value proposition is now in the palliative care zone, and Thailand has literally pushed its better quality, profitable older winter visitors to consider other options.

People not consider other options elsewhere lol, they already did since years, that is why they needed to be replaced with the C quality countries to make up on the statistics in tourist arrivals while in reality real spending and business is down since years already too.

Meanwhile beaches on Vietnam are full with the OG farang tourists on hundreds of meters beach stretches, while having beers and food in restaurants and bars from morning to evenings, that good old 24/7 vibrant feel alive thing Thailand once had.

Thailand just became like a new Spain/Ibiza where every new generation of mainstreamers goes to, despite it already having lost value for money and not being cheap, that is one to do one summer per lifetime or while being in the region. Hence lower quality too. But as you say with the certain increased costs and problems, as well the hostile behavior of Thai government, even this is now downhill, and they ran out of countries to mislead and trick next.

The irony is that even if Thailand sorted itself out and became pristine and clean everywhere, no more dodgy markets or bars at all existing too, it would be as boring as Singapore, and still lose in terms of tourism attractiveness. It's mustard after the meal today.

I mean let's be real, except for massive countrywide having freelance girls and bars and similar, there is like zero Thailand offers to compete, at least not with today's prices.

Hope Russia still on the list

1 minute ago, Operator2002 said:

Hope Russia still on the list

Of course they have trade agreement deals with visa access tied to it, same as Brazil with 90 days on arrival. Brics countries are smart.

10 hours ago, NanLaew said:

I believe that India, like China, Russia and Ukraine, were never on the original, pre- 2025 list of nations qualifying for VE entry to Thailand. They were all added bit-by-bit in 2024 under Thavisin's maladministration. There's no clarity on these latest changes beyond an undefined 57 countries, but I would guess that China will remain visa-exempt due to the mutual agreement that currently allows Thais to enter China visa-exempt.

Russia on visa exempt list to enter Thailand since 2007, 60/90 days to enter Thailand since 2023.

16 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Meanwhile beaches on Vietnam are full with the OG farang tourists on hundreds of meters beach stretches, while having beers and food in restaurants and bars from morning to evenings, that good old 24/7 vibrant feel alive thing Thailand once had.

The Vietnamese beaches are what now?

16 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I mean let's be real, except for massive countrywide having freelance girls and bars and similar, there is like zero Thailand offers to compete, at least not with today's prices.

Like Vietnam has?

20 hours ago, Yagoda said:

As long as the USA is on the list and the Russians, Chinese and Indians left off Im good, and I dont even care about the latter much.

Who the f*** wants the cossacks. 😡😡

Yanks are such bores. Go home to your addled country.

11 hours ago, NONG CHOK said:

So what does that say about the majority of God loving weirdos.

Better, smarter, richer and more powerful than you guys.

The locals like us more too.

1 hour ago, BerndD said:

Most of the MAGA morons are descended from €-trash. And the biggest MAGA idiot even from German trash! And which trash nation did you crawl out of the @ss?

Prince Charles has German ancestors 555

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

5 the generation here in the greatest country in the world peopled by descendants of the Euros smart enough to leave.

Yes the smart ones left cold UK for better nations. The UK is a dump.

6 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Prince Charles has German ancestors 555

Who is Prince Charles?

I suppose you, as usual, are so out of contact with the real world that you did not realize that there has not been a Prince Charles, in the UK since Sept 2022!

So maybe the 57 remaining will still get two 60-day visa-exempt entries with a 30 day extension then 7 on the 2nd entry per year.

That will do me at the moment till I choose a long-term visa.

The Thai visa dance continues....like women and decor...never done tweaking something.

On 4/27/2026 at 1:35 PM, snoop1130 said:

The minister emphasized that the focus will be on attracting tourists who contribute to long-term sustainable tourism instead of simply increasing visitor numbers.

Could it be that they actually finally realized quality matters more than quantity??? Nah... I'll believe it when I see it.

On 4/27/2026 at 1:42 PM, FlorC said:

Nor here nor khaosod gives a list of the 57 countries .

This is AI, but it looks accurate at a glance:
Middle East: Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE.

Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Peru, and USA.

Asia & Oceania: Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Africa: Mauritius and South Africa.

Note who's NOT on the list - China and India. Assuming this goes back to the original 57 countries then they're back to VOA for 15 days @ 2000 baht.

3 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Note who's NOT on the list - China and India. Assuming this goes back to the original 57 countries then they're back to VOA for 15 days @ 2000 baht.

If the relevant Thai authorities, and not just the Tourism and Sport Ministry (which is about to get broken up), decide to remove China or India from the visa-exempt club, I will eat my hat.

20 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

How is issuing free, visa-exempt entry to many people making it difficult to take a vacation in Thailand?

The TDAC might be one example.... and to be honest I lost track of whether there was an arrival charge to be introduced or not.....

If Thailand determines, from experience, some Nationalities are more trouble than benefit, and decide to require pre-vetting of them with a Visa obligation, up to them, and seems sensible.

12 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Better, smarter, richer and more powerful than you guys.

The locals like us more too.

What else does yagoda dream about when he sleeps off his intoxication?

An inflammatory post has been removed

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The TDAC might be one example.... and to be honest I lost track of whether there was an arrival charge to be introduced or not.....

If Thailand determines, from experience, some Nationalities are more trouble than benefit, and decide to require pre-vetting of them with a Visa obligation, up to them, and seems sensible.

The TDAC is just an arrival 'card' and takes less than 5 minutes to complete!

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The TDAC might be one example.... and to be honest I lost track of whether there was an arrival charge to be introduced or not.....

If Thailand determines, from experience, some Nationalities are more trouble than benefit, and decide to require pre-vetting of them with a Visa obligation, up to them, and seems sensible.

Many countries now require a visitor to complete an online, pre-flight entry registration procedure very similar to TDAC.

21 hours ago, Kandinski said:

What are those we read about daily called to day?

Today they are mostly drunken idiots.

The football hooligans of the 70's & 80's, for the most part, ONLY went to football matches to fight the opposition fans, not to watch the football. Some of the worst were the Arsenal bovver boys.

18 hours ago, NanLaew said:

The Vietnamese beaches are what now?

Like Vietnam has?

What are you even trying to say with the first question and with the second you say nothing as well, there is barely anything in the same way as in Thailand in Vietnam if it comes to girl bars. It is just massage shops and maybe some coyote dancers in Saigon at D1 district at best.

In terms of beaches, most Thai beaches are entirely empty, most resorts were not even booked 70% in last high season down south. And of what does come, most eats from 7/11 and Tops directly while most restaurant or bar is virtually empty. Even the prime beach areas barely are really full, yeah you can see 40-60-100 people but that's nothing on the amount of rooms etc in such areas.

While paying 2-3X to then be hassled over staying to long if you actually like it lol.

2 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

Today they are mostly drunken idiots.

The football hooligans of the 70's & 80's, for the most part, ONLY went to football matches to fight the opposition fans, not to watch the football. Some of the worst were the Arsenal bovver boys.

There were much more fights in almost every nightlife area, as well there was much more customers and spending and action in general, in history. The only difference is to now gaslight it into endless social media and news posts. Phuket has always been trash too, since I arrived it already had that reputation. It is even boring in most areas nowadays, while watching that was the fun part of going out.

And in what country exactly is there not always fights and some drama, where there is heavy nightlife and alcohol involved. The brits breakdown Amsterdam every single weekend, the police can handle that, also confirms it has zero to do with visa length or stays.

For Thailand specific it should not be that hard to check the visa dates of the people that were arrested in 'all the trouble they caused' to confirm what i say. But yeah that would require to actually use brains and do a job logically and reasonable.

Russia should most definitely be on the list and every Russian that enters Thailand should be scanned for potential problems. The general rule of thumb with Russians, is that they is that they should be presumed to be a criminal and trouble maker, unless proven otherwise.

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

Israel should most definitely be on the list and every Israeli that enters Thailand should be scanned for potential problems. The general of thumb with Israelis that they is that they should be presumed to be a criminal and trouble maker, unless proven otherwise.

Corrected that for you.

I must amend that to include the suggestion by @ChaiyaTH

The Israelis should also be on that list as they have been causing huge problems in Pai, and Koh Phangan, where they have more or less taken over the island. They party too hard, they misbehave, they treat Thailand as their own nation with a sense of entitlement, and they must be watched at all times.