Hello,

Me and my friends will fly on Thursday next week to Thailand - can you please clarify the following issue:

We are 6 in total, 2 of us have normal passports and we aim for visa on arrival, and 4 of us have temporary passports (valid for 1 year) and hopefully can get visa on arrival too. All passports are romanian.

On the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Romania concerning Thailand, it is clearly specified that temporary passports ARE allowed in the Suvarnabhumi Bangkok airport, as being valid for a Visa On Arrival.

However when asking the embassy in our country, they said it's not, we must absolutely get a tourist visa for the temporary passports. I find this information conflicting with what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. Moreover, we only want to stay 8 days (so, much under those allowed 15 days), and of course we have also return tickets to our home country, as well as money to prove at the airport that we qualify for Visa On Arrival.

Can someone please explain out of your actual experience, are temporary passports valid for Visa On Arrival? Or should we expect being denied the visa on arrival at the Bangkok airport, despite us having return ticket, proof of accommodation, and money to show?

Many thanks in advance,

Regards,

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by andreimc81

IATA database shows emergency passport allowed, must be valid for at least 6 months.

National Romania (RO) Embarkation United Kingdom (GB)/Destination Thailand (TH)

Thailand (TH)



Passport required.
- Passports and/or passport replacing documents must be valid
for at least 6 months from date of arrival.
Passport Exemptions:

- Holders of emergency or temporary passports.

I had to enter another country as part of origin, that is why it shows the UK.

Temporary passports should be valid for visa on arrival issue if valid for six months beyond entry. This is specific to Romania per website:

http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/visa-and-health/

Visa Issuance:
- Those traveling as a tourist can obtain a visa on arrival
for a max. stay of 15 days, provided:
- passport contains at least one 1 unused visa page for visa
stamp; and
- holding 2 recent passport photos (size 4 x 6 cm, taken not
less than 6 months ago) (SEE NOTE 45339).
NOTE 45339: Furthermore, passengers must hold confirmed
tickets for onward/return journey within 15 days from

arrival date, at least THB 10,000.- per person (or THB
20,000.- per family) and must clear Customs and Immigration

Applicable to holders of normal, emergency or temporary
passports issued to nationals of Bhutan, China (People's

Rep.), India, Romania and Ukraine.