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Do I need a visa to enter Thailand if I'm visa exempt?

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Jimi ************
asked May 15, 2025
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Can’t get Thai Visa website to work. 100% need for Visa exemption now?
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The discussion revolves around the difficulties faced accessing the Thai visa website, with users clarifying that if you are visa exempt, you do not need a visa at all and therefore do not require the website to function. Users highlight that as a visa-exempt traveler, you can enter Thailand by simply presenting your passport and filling out the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) for a 60-day stay. Confusion ensues regarding the requirement for the TDAC, with some believing that everyone now must apply online for entry. However, it’s clarified that entering as a visa-exempt individual does not necessitate a visa application but does require completion of the arrival card.
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Jo **********
Jo **********
I will ask the Admin! why is a post like this allowed?
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Jo *********
The admins don’t give a ….
Jimi ************
Jimi ************
OP
I was under the impression that as of May everyone needs to apply online even for a visa exempt. The website repeatedly does not work on many levels…
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
@Jimi ***********
it's for anyone who enters Thailand. It's an entry card. It's nothing to do with visas. Irrelevant whether you're on visa or not, if you enter you fill it in.
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Jimi ***********
Im not a native English speaker.

But I really wonder what in the word “exempt” people don’t understand!!!
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Judy *******
Judy *******
You don't need to apply for a visa as you are visa exempt. What you do have to do now is fill out the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC). Here is the website for that

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Jo **********
Jo **********
@Jimi ***********
what ? no this is not true
Andre ***********
Andre ***********
Exempt for you
Martin ********
Martin ********
Digital Arrival Card maybe?
Hoffman ******
Hoffman ******
Very demanding . Just take a deep breath and breathe
Martin ********
Martin ********
@Hoffman *****
ˈpatrənʌɪz/

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patronising

1.

treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
Hoffman ******
Hoffman ******
Phil ******
Phil ******
@Jimi ***********
you can't apply for Visa Exempt on Evisa website as it isn't a visa....just get stamped in for 60 days if your from 1 of 93 countries
Elías ********
Elías ********
If you're visa exempt, you don't need a visa 🤭🤷🏻
Robert *********
Robert *********
I’m guessing OP means the TDAC website not working although I just tried it and it’s working for me
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
Visa exempt means no visa, so you don't need a visa.
Garrett ***********
Garrett ***********
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
@Garrett **********
he said he was applying for a visa exempt visa. 🤦
Lynnette *******
Lynnette *******
@Garrett **********
he clearly says "Thai visa website" isn't working. As we are pointing out he doesn't need visa for an exempt entry.
Garrett ***********
Garrett ***********
@Lynnette ******
No he didn't
Elías ********
Elías ********
@Garrett **********
should use right words as they're not only two different things but two different websites, also.
Elías ********
Elías ********
@Tom ******
it's helpful, if he's visa exempt, he doesn't need to use the visa website, whether the website is working or not. (The TDAC website is a different one).
Tom *******
Tom *******
@Elías *******
Was that meant to be helpful? Maybe you should choose your words better too. "thighs?"
Wylie *******
Wylie *******
Visa exempt means you do not need a visa to enter. Therefore you do not need to apply for one and have no need for the website to work.
Jayson ********
Jayson ********
It's can be your browser, just use something else like Chrome or Edge ,
Andrew ********
Andrew ********
For visa exempt you just show up with passport and filled out the TDAC and you get 60 days. Tourist visa you can extend 30 days with a fee at immigration
Stephen ********
Stephen ********
@Andrew *******
you can also get an extension with visa exempt
Andrew ********
Andrew ********
@Stephen *******
yes that was mentioned at bottom
Andrew ********
Andrew ********
@Robert *******
wow you are a fucking MORON..... your passport says visa ... wow know what man you do you ... stamp in your book says visa lol you are fucking dumb what i told you came from the Thai government website directly. Here you go using AI 🙄 jfc I left the US to find balance and peace watching as morons like you rip each other apart.

I did my time fir my country in combat, I seen enough conflict. I guess you are bringing ignorance here.

Its ok your not the only one
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Andrew *******
A visa is used to enter the country. Once you enter, a visa is used(!) and you get a stamp saying how long you’re allowed to stay(!).

That’s also the reason why it’s call extension of stay and not extension of visa.

So if you don’t get a visa before entering, you don’t have one and you will not get one. You get a permit for staying in the country. That’s what the stamp is for.

I’m not a native English speaker, but I wonder that you don’t understand what an exemption is.
Andrew ********
Andrew ********
@Robert *******
look at the web site how it breaks down in THEIR OWN WORDS ... what a TOURIST VISA is ... in their words

1. 60 day tourist VISA which you can apply for ( certain passports require this, nationality) with option to extend this means they had to apply for 60 days before arriving

2. The THAI GOVERNEMNT gives certain nationally an automatic VISA under which means ME AND YOU and alot of people do not have to apply for. The STAMP in your book is a VISA the exempt part is you didnt have to apply show up at boarder with said passport and VISA STAMP 60 days these can also extend for 30 days ...

3. If your nationality DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR or on the list of countries you arrive and only get 15 days here... a VISA STAMP for 15 days .... still a VISA stamp in your book...

If you didnt have a stamp in your book and you are here in thailand ...congrats you are here illegally !!

VISA EXEMPT means you were EXEMPT from applying for 60 days and didnt have to pay

Look in your book what does that say

VISA ................ you have a visa ...... you just didnt apply for it

Want to try again ??
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Andrew *******
Tourist visa is a visa.

Visa exemption means you don’t need and don’t have a visa.
Ralph *******
Ralph *******
What visa are you trying to get?
Jo **********
Jo **********
why would you need a visa website if you’re visa exempt? crazy
Andrew ********
Andrew ********
@Jo *********
they dont know
Mark ********
Mark ********
Go for it!
Garrett ***********
Garrett ***********
It comes and goes throughout the day. Just check once an hour, it will work eventually.
Jimi ************
Jimi ************
OP
@Garrett **********
what a joke. I remember they tried to launch the same a few years ago. It’s 2025 and still can’t build a website
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Jimi ***********
Most problems on the Internet come from too much traffic, not from servers or software on them.

People streaming YouTube videos just to listen to the songs is a serious factor in Thailand.
Andy ************
Andy ************
@Jimi ***********
2025 and how many foreigners are melting down over the very simple to use TDAC entry card system! Often it's the users who are causing the problems!
Robert ********
Robert ********
@Andy ***********
Yup. As a senior software architect of many years I can only agree that the problem almost always sits in front of the display. 🤣
Paul ********
Paul ********
@Garrett **********
Same with the Pattaya ferry. ;-)

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