Visa information for Phuket, Thailand

Do I need a tourist visa to visit Thailand? Is there a startup or entrepreneur visa available for Thailand? Here’s Teleport’s overview of travel visa requirements for citizens of various countries along with startup and entrepreneur visa options in Phuket, Thailand.

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For visits up to 90 days

Required with citizenship of

Tourist Visa access to Thailand by citizenship

Citizenship	Tourist visa	Comment
Afghanistan	Required
Albania	Required
Algeria	Required
Andorra	On arrival	15 days
Angola	Required
Argentina	Not required	3 months
Armenia	Required
Australia	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Austria	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Azerbaijan	Required
Bahamas	Required
Bahrain	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Bangladesh	Required
Barbados	Required
Belarus	Required
Belgium	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Belize	Required
Benin	Required
Bhutan	On arrival	15 days
Bolivia	Required
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Required
Botswana	Required
Brazil	Not required	3 months
Brunei	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Bulgaria	On arrival	15 days
Burkina Faso	Required
Burundi	Required
Cambodia	Not required	14 days
Cameroon	Required
Canada	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Cape Verde	Required
Central African Republic	Required
Chad	Required
Chile	Not required	3 months
China	Not required	30 days
Colombia	Required
Costa Rica	Required
Croatia	Required
Cuba	Required
Cyprus	On arrival	15 days
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Required
Denmark	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Djibouti	Required
Dominican Republic	Required
East Timor	Required
Ecuador	Required
Egypt	Required
El Salvador	Required
Eritrea	Required
Estonia	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Ethiopia	On arrival	15 days
Finland	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
France	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Gabon	Required
Gambia	Required
Georgia	Required
Germany	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Ghana	Required
Greece	Not required	30 days - extendable to 30 more days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Grenada	Required
Guatemala	Required
Guinea	Required
Guinea-Bissau	Required
Guyana	Required
Haiti	Required
Hungary	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Iceland	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
India	On arrival
Indonesia	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Iran	Required
Iraq	Required
Ireland	Not required	30 days
Israel	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Italy	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Jamaica	Required
Japan	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Jordan	Required
Kazakhstan	On arrival	15 days
Kenya	Required
Kiribati	Required
Kosovo	Required
Kuwait	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Kyrgyzstan	Required
Laos	Not required	30 days
Latvia	On arrival	15 days
Lebanon	Required
Liberia	Required
Libya	Required
Liechtenstein	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Lithuania	On arrival	15 days
Luxembourg	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Macedonia	Required
Madagascar	Required
Malawi	Required
Malaysia	Not required
Maldives	On arrival	15 days
Mali	Required
Malta	Unknown	15 days
Mauritania	Required
Mauritius	On arrival	15 days
Mexico	Required
Moldova	Required
Monaco	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Mongolia	Not required	30 days
Montenegro	Required
Morocco	Required
Mozambique	Required
Myanmar	Not required	14 days, by air only
Namibia	Required
Nepal	Required
Netherlands	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
New Zealand	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Nicaragua	Required
Niger	Required
Nigeria	Required
North Korea	Required
Norway	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Oman	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Pakistan	Required
Panama	Required
Papua New Guinea	On arrival	15 days
Paraguay	Required
Peru	Not required	90 days within 180 days. Extension possible.
Philippines	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Poland	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Portugal	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Republic of the Congo	Required
Romania	On arrival	15 days
Russia	Not required	30 days
Rwanda	Required
San Marino	On arrival	15 days
Saudi Arabia	On arrival	15 days
Senegal	Required
Serbia	Required
Sierra Leone	Required
Singapore	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Slovakia	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Slovenia	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Somalia	Required
South Africa	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
South Korea	Not required	3 months
South Sudan	Required
Spain	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Sri Lanka	Required
Sudan	Required
Suriname	Required
Sweden	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Switzerland	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Syria	Required
Tajikistan	Required
Tanzania	Required
Togo	Required
Tonga	Required
Trinidad and Tobago	Required
Tunisia	Required
Turkey	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Tuvalu	Required
Uganda	Required
Ukraine	On arrival	15 days
United Arab Emirates	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
United Kingdom	Required	30 days
United States	Not required	30 days (maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air)
Uruguay	Required
Uzbekistan	On arrival	15 days
Venezuela	Required
Vietnam	Not required	30 days
Yemen	Required
Zambia	Required
Zimbabwe	Required