Official Thailand visa and immigration resources

Links checked 20 September 2026. An official link identifies the authority; it does not guarantee that a service, category or filing method applies to your case.

  • MFA Thai e-Visa: application categories and responsible overseas post; apply only while outside Thailand.
  • MFA Consular Affairs: current visa-exemption and VOA lists and official announcements.
  • Royal Gazette: enacted instruments and commencement; Thai text controls.
  • Immigration Bureau: admission, stay, extensions, forms and local-office instructions.
  • TDAC: free official arrival-card portal.
  • 90-day online reporting: current online instructions for eligible users.
  • TM30: accommodation-report service and instructions.
  • BOI LTR: current LTR criteria and process.
  • BOI SMART: current startup-focused criteria and endorsement process.
  • Department of Employment: work-authorisation information.

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Review status: Reviewed against each cited authority route on 20 September 2026, including the current Consular Affairs exemption/VOA source and the BOI SMART instruments. Next scheduled review: 20 December 2026.

Professional review: Not performed. No qualified Thai immigration, employment or legal approval.

Current exemption and Visa on Arrival source

The MFA/Consular material effective 15 September 2026 (https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/1-9-69-00) supersedes the 2024 holding baseline only for visa-exemption and Visa on Arrival measures. Other routes and transactions remain controlled by their responsible authority and current procedure.