Is the visa exemption for UK citizens traveling to Thailand now 60 days?

Nov 30, 2024
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Josh ********
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Hello if from the UK is the visa on arrival now 60 days ?
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Yes, citizens from the UK are granted a visa exemption for 60 days upon arrival in Thailand, which can be extended for an additional 30 days at a local immigration office. It's important to note that this is not the same as a visa on arrival, which only allows for a 15-day entry and does not apply to UK citizens.
Bent *************
No
Chris *********
Ok
So ********
Yes, 60 days on arrival that you can extend by another 30 days for the cost of 1900 Bahts if you go to the nearest Immigration Office where you are before your 60 days expire.
Luit *****************
@So *******
You should read answers before you post the wrong answer.

Visa On Arrival is 15 days, the correct answer that you do not need a visa when you have British nationality was given long before your incorrect answer.

This is called visa exempt and is no visa, it is a free entry of 60 days.
So ********
@Luit ****************
you are being pedantically annoying. The question was clear: does he get 60 days on arrival with a UK passport?

Answer: YES!!!
Luit *****************
You may think the correct answer is pedantically annoying, but spreading misinformation AFTER the correct answer already is given is not only completely useless, but also makes people think that the stamp you get on entry is a visa.

That visa exempt for you just looks like a visa is no reason to think the correct answer is annoying.

The question just was wrong, it mentions clearly visa on arrival, which is only available for certain nationalities, not British.

When you trravel to another country it might be useful just to check how the rules are, to prevent people like you spreading misinformation.

It is not problem this is too difficult for you to understand, but when you don't understand just do not respond to this kind of questions.
So ********
@Luit ****************
indeed, it is called Visa on Arrival or Visa Exempt meaning you can jump on the plane and they give you a 60 days visa stamp on your passport on arrival which can be extended for another 30 days.

I should know, I arrived 3 weeks ago!
Luit *****************
@So *******
Visa on Arrival and Visa Exempt are two completely different things, Visa on Arrival is the visa you can buy at the airport and gives you 15 days access.

Visa exempt is the free stamp you got, it is not a visa at all, so your answer in this post was wrong, and the correct answer was already given, so you only spread misinformation.

Maybe you should know as you say, but obviously you do not know, because you are mixing up things.
Mark *********
Yes
Jessie ******
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Jessie *****
@Ian ***********
Would love if you would actually be this rude to someones face locked profile says it all šŸ‘
Jessie ******
@Josh *******
If u have issues

Keep it to yourself

I don't want to hear ya drama
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Jessie *****
I donā€™t have issues but it comes across that you donā€™t understand the concept of a group labelled ā€œVisa Adviceā€ looks like your the one with issues potentially with your intellectual ability to understand basic concepts.
Jessie ******
@Josh *******
What's up your nose šŸ‘ƒ?
Ian ************
@Josh *******
oh do piss off.
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Thank you all for answering visa exempt is what I meant šŸ˜
Katrina ********
You will get your passport stamped for 60 days entry if you are from the UK. We are here on that
Ralph *******
@Katrina *******
I got mine in October and they never put an exit date! I wonder if I can stay forever?šŸ˜‰
Graham ******
@Ralph ******
look again, it's there
Ralph *******
@Graham *****
I have my last two. Entry 13 Jan 24, exit
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/24 then the one underneath is the latest, Entry 9 Oct 24, untilā€¦
Graham ******
@Ralph ******
ok so the stamp was there but no date. You didn't do as always advised on here to check your exit date before walking away.
Ralph *******
@Graham *****
Nope. I found out much later.
Dover **********
yes the visa exemption is for 60 days
Ian ************
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Ian ***********
You have rising contributor next to your name without contributing anything šŸ¤”
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Ian ***********
There is google yes but there is also a group here with up to date knowledgeable information that is specific
Peter *********
@Ian ***********
some of the questions you have asked and you tell others to use Google. What's the point of a group probably getting feedback from humans
Josh ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Peter ********
Well said humans who have actual up to date information from people who have literally just crossed the border this information might not be accurate on google
Lee-Ann *******
I think you mean visa exempt, 2 very different things, if so yes it is
Ralph *******
Visa exemption 60 days. No visa.
Frankie *******
Chai
Richard ********
You can stay without the need for a visa for 60 days. Note that it includes the day you arrive so itā€™s technically 59 nights.
Luit *****************
@Richard *******
If it is technically 59 or 60 nights depends on arrival time.
Richard ********
@Luit ****************
I donā€™t think thatā€™s correct. If you arrive on the 1st at 11pm then that would count as one night. If you arrived at 1am it wouldnā€™t as itā€™s just the start of the day before the first night.
Luit *****************
@Richard *******
better rethink.

When I arrive just ater midnight, I start immediately with my first night at day 1, why should you not count the first night, and only starting to count the night after the first day? That sounds ridiculous, and hotels also do not count in the strange way you do. I really had to pay for that first night, and not starting at the night after the first day.
Richard ********
@Luit ****************
ok thatā€™s great. Iā€™m not going to argue with a strange over it. Have a great day
Luit *****************
@Richard *******
so when you arrive at 0:05 and leave at 23:55 you stay there almost 60 x 24 hours, equals 60 days and 60 nights, only somebody who did not attend mathematics does not understand that.

When you arrive at 23:55 and leave at 0:05 it is a complete different story of course, then you have about 58 days.
Richard ********
@Luit ****************
sounds great. Have a good afternoon.
Mark *********
Basically you get a 60 day stamp on arrival, all very efficient. Then if you want an additional 30 days, a few days before the 60 is due to expire, visit the local immigration with necessary documents and they will stamp passport for 30 more days. I did this process in Hua Hin and it was very efficient.
Stephen ********
No, but you will get 60 days visa exempt entry. Visa on arrival is only 15 days and only applies to a handful of countries
Steven *******
No. Visa-exempt (no visa) is 60 days. Visa on Arrival (VOA) is for some other countries.
Henrik *****
Brandon ************
People from UK don't qualify for visa on arrival, which is where you apply for and pay for a 15 day visa at the airport.

You would qualify for visa exempt which is not any visa at all. It currently gives 60 days permission to stay in Thailand and can be extended once for 30 more days.
Peter *********
@Brandon ***********
with the visa exempt do I still need a TM30 ( staying in rented house )
Brandon ************
@Peter ********
you don't do TM30. The property owner does TM30. It has nothing to do with what visa you're on. It's a legal requirement for all property owners when any foreigner is staying there
Mario *********
@Brandon ***********
and if you do a border run I learned that you get an other visa exempt for 60 days.
Luit *****************
@Mario ********
As long as IO believes you are tourist, you can get new 60 days every entry.
Alfie ******
@Luit ****************
you are only allowed 2 a year
Mario *********
@Alfie *****
so right now at 60 days a pop it gives you 120 days?
Luit *****************
@Alfie *****
no, there is no limit, as long as you behave like a tourist you can enter many times, but a real tourist will not do a borderrun.

A real tourist will not stay 60 days at a single location, then go to the border, and return as soon as possible to the previous location.

That kind of behaviour will attract attention of the IO sooner or later.

But staying a few weeks in Thailand, then some time in another country, get back in Thailand for some time and that repeated will normally not give problems, even when you repeat this more than 2 times in a few months.
Richard *****
just watch out for any new tax law limits. Like many countries, you might soon have to pay tax if over 163 days in any year.
Brandon ************
@Mario ********
yes. Every entry
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