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  • Thailand e-Visa — Apply for Thailand tourist visa online
    Checked against the official page on 2026-08-09
    How to file
    1. Check whether you need a tourist visa at all — the site's checker asks for the country or territory that issued your passport and how many days you plan to stay
    2. Pick the category that matches your purpose: tourist, transit, work and business, study, or diplomatic and official
    3. Create an account on the Thai e-Visa site — it is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' official site
    4. Fill in the application form
    5. Upload the supporting documents: the passport bio-data page, a photograph taken within the last six months, a document showing where you currently are, the travel booking confirmation, proof of accommodation in Thailand, and financial evidence of at least THB 20,000
    6. Some purposes need one more paper — a TCEB letter for MICE participants, or a letter of acceptance from the institute or company for training and recreational learning
    7. Pay the visa fee
    8. Wait for the application to be processed
    9. The e-Visa confirmation document arrives by email
    10. Check the website of the relevant embassy or consulate as well — required documents can differ by mission. A single-entry tourist visa is valid 3 months, a multiple-entry one 6 months
  • Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) — Digital arrival card that replaced the paper TM6 on 1 May 2025 — required online of every non-Thai traveller before entry
    Checked against the official page on 2026-08-09
    How to file
    1. Everyone who is not a Thai national must complete the TDAC before entering Thailand, by air, land or sea — it replaced the paper TM6 on 1 May 2025
    2. Submit it in the 3 days before your arrival date, on the Immigration Bureau site at tdac.immigration.go.th
    3. It is free; the Immigration Bureau charges nothing for it
    4. Have your passport, personal, trip and accommodation details ready, plus the health information the Ministry of Public Health requires
    5. Enter everything in English — you can scan the passport MRZ to fill fields automatically, but re-check whatever it pulls in
    6. A group submission takes up to 10 travellers at once
    7. Preview and correct, enter an email address, accept the terms and submit
    8. Download the card and keep the emailed copy for the whole of your stay
    9. You can update a submission any time before travel, except the name, nationality and date of birth. The TDAC is not a visa