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Do I receive a 60-day visa exemption stamp when entering Thailand from Malaysia with a Swiss passport?

Dec 27, 2025
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Yves *************
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Do I get a 60 visa except stamp when entering Thailand from Malaysia over land? Holding a Swiss passport.
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If you hold a Swiss passport and are entering Thailand from Malaysia overland, you generally will receive a visa-exempt stamp, provided you qualify for it. However, some commenters noted that entry conditions might differ based on the method of arrival; it is often mentioned that only those arriving by air might automatically receive the full 60-day visa exemption. Always verify current immigration policies prior to travel, as rules can change.
Parichart ************
No. Only flight.
Herbert *********
Stuart *********
@Parichart ***********
Totally wrong. It’s irrelevant how you enter, land sea or air. If you qualify for visa exempt then you’ll get 60 days regardless.
Yves *************
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@Stuart ********
that is great news, just wanted that confirmed, thank you.
Greg ***********
@Yves ************
well, it also depends on your recent stamp history if your get allowed a visa-exempt entry.

In case you have already spent more than 120 visa-exempt days inside Thailand within the recent one-year period, the 60 newly admitted days would sum up to a total of 180 days, by which an Immigration official might come to the conclusion that you are misusing visa-exemptions for a longstay in Thailand.

If your travel history is nothing such, then you won't have any problem getting stamped in.

It is however always good to be prepared to show the famous three proofs:

*** 20,000 THB in CASH or equivalent in CASH (and in cash only) in another major currency

*** an onward travel proof out of Thailand within the 60 days you will get stamped in. Please be aware that the airline can ask you for such. Immigration normally is not interested in such a proof, and even in the TDAC digital arrival card, the “departure” section is not a mandatory to fill out information

Be careful, those cheap fake “onwardtickets” can get you denied entry. You better buy a cheap “real” flight ticket for a budget carrier one-way flight to a neighbor country

*** a booked accommodation for a few nights
Yves *************
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@Greg **********
thanks mate, yes, no problem, we have not been to Thailand in three years, so the travel history will not be a problem, no onward ticket as we travel overland through Laos into China, but I have never been asked for an onward ticket.
Yves *************
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@Parichart ***********
why would you say that?
Brandon ************
Where you enter is irrelevant. If you qualify for visa exempt and enter without a visa, you'll get a visa exempt stamp if you're admitted into Thailand. I don't know if you'll get one since you don't say what passport you have.
Yves *************
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@Brandon ***********
Swiss passport.
Phil ******
@Yves ************
yep its on the list
Yves *************
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@Phil *****
great guys thanks
Phil ******
@Yves ************
always check your stamp before you leave immigration
Yves *************
ORIGINAL POSTER
looks like this is on the list. So flying or overland seems to be no difference?
Brandon ************
@Yves ************
No difference how you enter
Yves *************
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@Brandon ***********
good, because it used to matter, when it was 30 days I had received 15 days only once.
Brandon ************
@Yves ************
yes it used to matter, but it's been quite a while since it did.
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