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Home » Reader question » Reader question: How long should my passport be valid when I enter Thailand?
Dear readers,
How long should my passport be valid when I enter Thailand? I read different stories. One says another 6 months when you leave Thailand, the other says another 6 months when you enter Thailand. That makes quite a difference because I plan to stay for 2 months.
Who knows?
Regards,
Arno
On the website http://diplomatie.belgium.be/nl/Diensten/Op_reis_in_het_buitenland/reisdocumenten literally says:
Passport with a validity of at least 6 months on the day of entry/arrival
And this is on the website of the Thai Embassy in Brussels:
Belgian citizens visiting Thailand for tourism can enter Thailand without a Visa and stay for 30 days, provided they are in the possession of a return airline ticket and of a passport that is still valid for at least 6 months.
See everything about travel documents Thailand:
https://www.thailandtravel.nl/reisvoorbereiding–thailand-tips/reisdocumenten-en-visum
A valid passport is required for Thailand. This passport must be valid for 6 months after returning from Thailand.
Yes indeed saves quite a bit 2 months on a passport which is valid for 10 years.
It is here, according to the Thai consulate in Berchem, 6 “months before departure. Also consult your embassy or consulate.
A valid passport is required for Thailand. This passport must be valid for 6 months after returning from Thailand. If you stay in Thailand for more than 30 days, you need a visa. If you need a visa, you can apply for it at the Thai embassy in The Hague, the Thai consulate in Amsterdam or at any other Thai embassy in the world.
source: https://www.thailandtravel.nl/reisvoorbereiding–thailand-tips/reisdocumenten-en-visum
Website with incorrect information. The passport must be valid for 6 months upon arrival in Thailand, and not 'after returning from Thailand'. It is also not true that you need a visa for a stay of longer than 30 days, because the 'visa exemption' that you receive upon entry for 39 days can be extended in Thailand for the same period.
Cornelis is correct, it is also stated on the ANWB site that the passport must still have a validity period of 6 months upon arrival in Thailand.
Also to my knowledge, a passport must be valid for 6 months on arrival and not on departure, but we are talking about Thailand here so you never know.
But don't need a visa? Yes, and then Truus says at the airline desk, sir, you do not have a visa, you can only stay in Thailand without a visa for 30 days, if you are unlucky you cannot leave, they can make it very difficult for you.
It is a problem that the desk staff often have no idea how the visa regulations work, to my great chagrin, they did not want to check me in at Schiphol at 22.00 p.m. because I did not have a return ticket, which is not necessary at all with a non-immigrant visa .
Well there you are, a greater feeling of powerlessness and frustration is hardly imaginable and I now know more people who have happened to that, and you don't have to count on compensation if you later come up with evidence that they acted incorrectly.
Schiphol is on my black list, passport control also asks the most impertinent questions, I've had it all with that, I do have a suitable name for these people, but I better not let it be heard on TB
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Brussels or Dusseldorf no problem at all, you will be treated nicely.
So yes, you don't actually need a visa if you want to stay longer than 30 days, but it's not without risk, and I don't advise anyone to go that route, unless you like stress.
The best solution is to buy a one-way ticket to Cambodia but not to use it, then you can prove that you are leaving the country, costs something like 60 euros, I would have preferred to give that to the orphanage.
Regards KhunKarel
You can stay in Thailand for a maximum of 60 days by extending your TM-6 document that you complete before arrival at customs with a TM-7 document at an immigration office for a maximum of 30 days for 1900 baht, so you can stay in Thailand for a maximum of 60 days.
That might also be interesting for you Arno, then you don't have to apply for a visa here.
“..by extending your TM-6 document that you complete before arrival at customs with a TM-7 document…”
You wonder where you keep getting it from.
1. It's not customs, it's immigration
2. A TM6 is an Arrival/Departure card. There is no proof of the period of residence and you cannot extend it. It is actually valid indefinitely and the validity only ends when you leave Thailand.
3. With a TM7 you extend the period of stay and this is stated in your passport. The TM6 is independent of the residence period.
Ronny, I don't envy you with the utter nonsense that is sometimes proclaimed as truth here. I would have given up sooner.....
Very simple upon return, still valid for 6 months for the Dutch.
Just google it and it's all over the site.
Perhaps more convenient if you don't take any risks, because the messages are contradictory. Just have your passport renewed for 10 years before then. Then you don't have these kinds of discussions.
I would also definitely go by number and ensure that my passport is valid for a long time.
Normally you read everywhere that the passport must be valid for another 6 months upon entry into Thailand.
However, if you want to stay longer in the country, this 6 months validity when applying for a Visa can also cause problems.
For example, for the application of a “non Immigrant O Visa (Multi entry)”, a passport is already required with a validity of at least 180 days.
In the case of a passport of less validity, the latter application will not be processed at all.
Before I want to stay longer in the country and apply for a visa, I would first contact the Thai consulate. Sure is sure!!
Sorry when applying for a "Non Immigrant O multiple entry" a passport validity of 18 months is required. And not as I wrote it incorrectly above 180 days.