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Thai citizens are allowed visa-free access to approximately 90 countries and territories for short-term tourism visits included visa on arrival.

18/01/2015

Myanmar extends eVisa: Now Thailand is in the List.

YANGON, 6 January 2015: Myanmar’s Ministry of Immigration and Population officially included another 32 nationalities that are now eligible for an eVisa, effective 2 January, 2015.
They join a list of 68 countries that were eligible for eVisas when the scheme rolled out 1 September 2014.
The eVisa costs USD50 paid for by Visa or American Express, but applicants should be aware there are other web services that compete for attention; one paying Google to have a top ranking (Myanmar-visa.org).
They have similar internet addresses that could give applicants the impression they are contacting the official website for eVisas. Fees charged by the sites are much higher possibly exceeding USD100.
The official site is evisa.moip.gov.mm, while information on restricted no-go areas can be found at mip.gov.mm.
Also, effective 2 January, the eVisa is now available for travellers entering the country at Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Daw airports (first point of entry).
This is particularly useful for travellers flying to Mandalay and Nay Pyi Daw directly from Bangkok and Singapore.
Despite assurances by the Myanmar government last year, not all ASEAN citizens are eligible for visa-free entry for up to 14 days.
That privilege is available to citizens of Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia and Cambodia.
Surprisingly, the big three investment countries for Myanmar (Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia) are not on the visa-free list.
According to the ASEAN charter all member countries are expected to offer visa-free travel to citizens of the 10 member bloc. Myanmar is the last country to comply with that requirement and it was thought it would introduce visa-free travel across ASEAN before it relinquishes the ASEAN chair at the end of January. That is now unlikely.
Travellers applying for an eVisa, must complete the online form, provide a 4.8 cm x 3.8 cm colour photo that can be attached to the online file and have a valid passport of more than six months.
They have to identify they are staying in a registered hotel, or guesthouse, to meet visa conditions and the visa is limited to tourism purposes excluding business, event or seminar related trips. This is again counter productive for a country that is keen to attract quality visitors. Business tourism is a top earner with much higher daily spend than registered by leisure travellers.
Once the online process is approved the applicant receives an approval letter that is valid for just 90 days and must be presented to immigration officials at the first point of entry.
An eVisa is valid for a stay of just 28 days and cannot be extended.
An application is confirmed within one hour of filing online and it usually takes three days for the ministry to email the confirmation or rejection. Fees are non-refundable, whatever the outcome.

Original list of 68 countries and Taiwan that eligible to apply eVisa:
1. Argentina 35. Latvia
2. Australia 36. Lithuania
3. Austria 37. Luxembourg
4. Bangladesh 38. Malaysia
5. Belgium 39. Malta
6. Brazil 40. Mexico
7. Brunei 41. Mongolia
8. Bulgaria 42. Nepal
9. Cambodia 43. Netherlands
10. Canada 44. New Zeland
11. Chile 45. Norway
12. China 46. Pakistan
13. Colombia 47. Panama
14. Croatia 48. Peru
15. Cyprus 49. Philippines
16. CZECH 50. Poland
17. Denmark 51. Portugal
18. Egypt 52. Romania
19. Estonia 53. Russia
20. Finland 54. Saudi Arabia
21. France 55. Serbia
22. Germany 56. Singapore
23. Greece 57. Slovakia
24. Hungary 58. Slovenia
25. India 59. Spain
26. Indonesia 60. Sri lanka
27. Ireland 61. Sweden
28. Israel 62. Switzerland
29. Italy 63. Thailand
30. Japan 64. Turkey
31. Korea, DPR 65. United Kingdom
32. Korea, Republic 66. United States of America
33. Kuwait 67. Venezuela
34. Laos 68. Vietnam

soure: www.evisa.moip.gov.mm

25/12/2013

Ireland announces addition of Thailand to Visa Waiver Programme.

Tourist and other short-stay visitor numbers likely to rise.
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, TD, today announced that, from next Monday, 18 November, citizens of Thailand will be able to avail of the Irish Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme. Based on current experience with other visa waiver countries in Asia, this is likely to prove a significant boost to efforts to attract more visitors to Ireland from Thailand.
The Minister has signed the necessary legislation to add Thailand to the list of seventeen countries currently covered by the Programme. The Minister launched the Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme, the first programme of its kind in the history of the State, on 1 July 2011. This allows visitors or business people from seventeen countries who have lawfully entered the UK, including Northern Ireland, on a valid UK visa, to travel on to Ireland without the requirement to obtain an Irish visa. CSO figures that there was a 38% increase in the number of visitors from the countries involved in 2012 compared to 2010, the last full year before the introduction of the Programme.
The Minister said that the Programme was an "unqualified success" and that the CSO figures demonstrated a real positive impact of the Government’s initiative.
"Tourists have started to come back again to Ireland in increasing numbers and the introduction of the visa waiver programme as an aid to this resurgence in the market has been described as a step change. I am delighted to add the growing tourism and business market of Thailand to the list of countries covered by the Programme", he added. The Minister pointed out that well over 500,000 Thais visited Europe in 2012 with about 140,000 going to the UK but less than 6,000 coming to Ireland. "This shows the potential of this move", the Minister said. The waiver opens up visa free travel to Ireland via the UK for this large pool of visitors. As a side trip they may now travel on here for up to 90 days without an Irish visa and without the necessity to complete any further paperwork. In addition to the paperwork involved, Thai nationals would also have had to pay the cost of a visit visa i.e. €60 per adult and child. Like all other nationals of countries in the Irish visa waiver programme, they will no longer bear these costs.
He also pointed out that officials of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of his Department continue to work with their UK counterparts on developing reciprocal visa arrangements for the Common Travel Area for introduction in the middle of next year. "The eventual plan is to have a system whereby only one visa is required to travel to and around the Common Travel Area", explained the Minister. "In the meantime, the Irish Visa Waiver Programme continues to bring significant benefits to the economy."

Source: Irish Immigration service

22/09/2013

Air Asia X to open new hub in Bangkok

The Thai fever is not over but coming on strong. Millions of tourists visit Thailand every year and there are many tourists who are actually repeat visitors! So, fellow Thai-fans, how about getting there with a ridiculously cheap flight? Thai AirAsia has been starting its operation in year 2004 but now, they are going to introduce us with something even better – Thai Air Asia X!

The newly introduced carrier will be operating from Bangkok, with the main hub inone of the two international airports - Bangkok Don Mueng Airport, serving travellers who wants to travel as far as eight hours from Bangkok. However, this new airline formation was expected to be operated only in the year of 2014 as it is now still awaiting approval from the government. According to TassaponBijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia, the first two countries that would be served are South Korea and Japan since they are among the countries that Thais fond of travelling to and vice versa, then slowly expanding to Australia and Nepal just to name a few.

Currently, the main hub of Air Asia X is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) and once it is approved to start its operation in Bangkok Don Mueng Airport, AirAsia could form a first global multi-hub low-cost carrier network! Anyways don’t get too excited of the flight and forget all about the visa, if you’re going to travel to Thailand soon, make sure to check on the requirements of Thai Visa since not all countries are entitled with the 15 days VOA scheme.

26/08/2013

Starting August, visitors from 151 countries can enter the Philippines without a visa and can extend their stay up to 30 days, according to the Bureau of Immigration.....

12/07/2013

Mandatory travel insurance for Thailand visitors under consideration!!

In your next trip to The Land of Smiles whether it is shopping in Bangkok, partying in Phuket or island-hopping in Krabi, you might have to get yourself insured. This is because Thailand’s Public Health Ministry recently proposed to have all foreign tourists to purchase travel insurance before arrival.

The reason of the implementation of mandatory travel insurance is due to complaints from numerous hospitals which alleged that visitors seek medical treatment but fail to foot the bill. For instance, Phuket Hospital was unable to recover a relatively huge sum of about 3 million baht spent on tourists for free medical services last year.

According to the Bangkok Post, various state agencies agreed with the Public Health Ministry’s proposal, which was made with representatives from the Royal Thai Police, Airports of Thailand and other relevant government agencies. Public Health Minister, Pradit Sinthawanarong, stated that the cost of health insurance coverage might be incorporated into the visa fees. For those who enjoy visa exemption, the health insurance coverage will be paid at immigration checkpoints or added to the air fare.

Currently, the Thailand tourist visa is priced at 1,000 baht for a length of stay of 15 days and can be obtained at a handful of ports of entry. The visa acquisition is rather straight forward: Just hand in your passport, a recent passport-size photograph, a visa application form and visa fees at the visa booth.

Let’s see how we are going to pay for the health insurance coverage next.

26/06/2013

Japan's Visa Waiver To Thai Tourists Begins July for up to 15 days!!!!

The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Japan will give visa exemption to Thai tourists as of July 1, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Manasvi Srisodapol told journalists on Tuesday that his ministry has been informed by the Japanese Embassy in Thailand that Japan's visa waiver for Thai tourists, covers each stay of up to 15 days.

Manasvi, who is also Director-General of the ministry's Department of Information, acknowledged, however, that Thai visitors' entry to Japan, each, remains subject to the Japanese immigration officers' consideration and decision.

The spokesman explained that despite the visa exemption, Thai tourists are to prepare for Japan's immigration process by, for instance, presenting round-trip tickets and financial evidence to show that they can afford their vacation in Japan.

The spokesman noted that Japan's visa exemption is a pleasant development and further enhance bilateral relations between Bangkok and Tokyo, so Thai people should maintain a positive image by not violating any law or norm during their stays in Japan.

Source: Japanese Embassy Bangkok..

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22/06/2013

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Papua New Guinea VOA for 60 days. This VOA costs 100 PGK.

13/06/2013

Relaxing of Visa Requirements for Thai Nationals!!!!!

1. On June 11, Thai nationals traveling to Japan for a short-term period will be exempted from visas.

2. We hope that the exchanges between Japan and Thailand will further promoted by this visa relaxation.

3. This new measure will start within summer season (in coming months). The effective date of the implementation and the length of stay without visa will be announced soon. (For those who plan to visit Japan in the near future, please keep in mind of the starting date of this new measure. The Embassy of Japan will not return visa and service fees for all visas that have been issued before the effective date of implementation.)

source: Embassy of Japan in Thailand

11/05/2013

Hopefully this will come to be affected soon...

Good news for Southeast Asian travellers with Japan considers relaxing visa requirements....

The figures from JTA show that in 2012, 8.37 million foreigners travelled to Japan with 260,000 of those visitors came from Thailand, 130,000 from Malaysia, 90,000 from the Philippines and 60,000 from Vietnam. Furthermore, the Japan government has realized that they need to target these fast-growing economies in order to grow the country’s tourism industry. Kyodo reported that it is necessary to attract more travellers to increase the number of foreign visitors by 25 million by 2020 according to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Therefore, the Japan government will explore relaxing visa requirements to encourage more tourists from Southeast Asia to visit Japan.

According to sources, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has created a panel to look into waiving visas for tourists from Thailand and Malaysia. For those from the Philippines and Vietnam, they are contemplating offering multiple-visa entries to travellers from these growing economies. Nevertheless, there are concerns that if they relax on the visa requirements, the number of people working illegally in Japan will also increase. Several discussions to protect situations like this will be held by the The Japan Tourism Agency, the Justice Ministry and the Foreign Ministry.

It will take time for Japan visa requirements to be relaxed and Japan is a beautiful country to visit for all seasons. Visa requirements varied from country to country to enter Japan. While waiting for the Japan visa requirements to be relaxed, travellers can check out Japan visa requirements if planning to travel to Japan.

source: Japantimes

28/08/2012

Great news for THAI passport holders again...

Turkey to lift entry visa restrictions for ordinary passports for 30 days.

PRESS RELEASE
REGARDING THE VISA EXEMPTION
GRANTED TO THAI CITIZENS
According to the decision taken by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Turkey and published in the Official Gazette number 28333, citizens of Thailand holding ordinary passports are granted visa exemption on their touristic visits to Turkey for a period of not exceeding 30 days on each of their visits for a cumulative of 90 days within 180 days period from the date of first entry.
Turkey and Thailand already has an agreement on the exemption of visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic or official or service/special passports for a period of not exceeding 90 days.

source: Turkish Embassy Bangkok

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