NOTE: Summary
Of New Visa Regulations
TOURIST
VISA:
This
type of visa will be issued to applicants who wishing to enter
the
Kingdom of Thailand for tourism purposes .
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
Passport
or travel document with validity not less than 6 months
Visa application
form completely filled out
Two recent(
4 x 5 cm.) photographs of the applicant
Air ticket
paid in full
Financial
means (20,000 Bahts per person and 40,000 Bahts per family)
Consular
officers reserve the rights to request for additional documents
as
deemed necessary
FEES:
VISA
FEE EUR€40.00 per entry
(Visa fee may be changed without prior notice)
VALIDITY
OF STAY:
On entry into Thailand, nationals from 38 designated countries
and passport
holders from Hong Kong and Macau who hold a Tourist Visa will
be permitted
by the Immigration Officer to stay in Thailand for a period
of not exceeding
60 days. As for nationals from other countries who hold a
Tourist Visa, they
will be permitted to stay in Thailand for a period of not
exceeding 30 days.
Should such nationals wish to extend their stay, they may
apply for
extension of stay at the Immigration Bureau for an additional
30 days but
must not exceed the cumulative duration of 90 days from the
day of first
entry. The grating of extension of stay is under the discretion
of the
Immigration Office (application fee 1,900 baht).
The
aforementioned 38 countries and 2 Special Administrative Regions:
Australia
Macau
Austria Malaysia
Bahrain Netherlands
Belgium New Zealand
Canada Norway
Denmark Oman
Finland Phillipines
France Portugal
Germany Qatar
Greece Singapore
Hong Kong South Africa
Iceland Spain
Indonesia Sweden
Ireland Switzerland
Israel Turkey
Italy UAE
Japan USA
Kuwait UK
Laos Vietnam
Luxembourg
REMARKS
:
The
applicant can be apply up to 3 entries.Duration of stay not
exceeding 60
days per entry (Please refer to Validation of Stay). Single
entry visa has 3
months validity, more than one entry visa has 6 mounts validity.
EXTENSION
OF STAY FOR THE ALIENS WHO OBTAINED TRANSIT AND TOURIST VISA
Those who wish to stay longer or may wish to change their
status of visa must file an
application for permission at the Office of Immigration Bureau
located on
Soi Suan Plu, off South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120 , Tel
(662) 287-3101-10
(or at http://www.police.go.th/thaiimb/frconten.htm ).
NOTE:
The
extension of stay as well as the change of certain type of
visa is
solely at the discretion of the Immigration officer.
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