Is it safe to travel to Thailand with less than 7 months left on my UK passport?

@Andrew ******

should be sorted then bro. Good luck 👍

@Andrew ******

then you should be fine as long as you have a return flight booked showing your leaving the country before the expiry date and it has 6 months left x

I understand. You say you wish to stay in thailand for a month. Your passport will have less than six months life when you decide to return. There are airlines which require six months on a passport for boarding. You will need to do some homework to make sure you can travel ok.

"To enter Thailand, your passport must generally be valid for at least 6 months from your arrival date"

@Alan *********

And they are behind (least time validity) around their SE Asian neighbours. How is that encouraging tourists?

@Andrew ******

I assume you found this information on the website of the Thai Embassy in London. You must have at least six months validity remaining on your passport to apply for a visa, and this is also a general recommendation because airlines will often deny boarding on flights to Thailand if the passport validity is shorter, based on their own policies. However, there is no specific immigration regulation in Thailand that formally requires six months validity for entry. I have personally flown with KLM from Amsterdam with a passport that had only three months validity remaining, after the airline checked with Thai immigration. Entry at land borders is possible as long as the passport is valid for at least the length of stay you are stamped in for. The only explicit immigration rule regarding passport validity is that you must have at least 30 days validity remaining to be granted a 15 day Visa on Arrival.

@Joanna *******

Ok, show it to me.

@Andrew ******

Yes, as mentioned, this is primarily an airline issue, and you will also need a minimum of six months passport validity to apply for a visa. For immigration purposes, the formal requirement is that your passport must be valid for at least the full period you are stamped in for. (15 day Visa on Arrival requires a minimum of 30 days passport validity). With the expiry date of your passport, you are clearly well within the required limits.