Revision of the Visa Exemption Scheme Regulation

                        In compliance with the new visa exemption regulation issued by the Ministry of Interior of Thailand dated 26 May 2016, nationals entitled to be a 30 days visa exemption (as indicated in the list below) are eligible to enter Thailand without visas through land border check points only twice a calendar year. The entering through international airports will not be affected by this regulation.

            The implementation of this regulation will start from 31 December 2016. The limitation from this regulation does not apply to Malaysian nationals.

            Nationals of the following countries/territory entitled to a 30 days visa exemption: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Slovak, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

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