Thailand e-Visa 2026 — Apply Online for Every Visa Class

Which Thai visas are available online in 2026

The e-Visa portal now handles nearly every visa class previously issued at Royal Thai Embassies. Only a handful of special cases (Diplomatic, Official, one-off humanitarian) still require an in-person appointment.

• Tourist Visa (TR) — 60 days, extendable by 30
• Non-Immigrant B (business / employment) — 90 days, extendable in Thailand
• Non-Immigrant ED (study) — 90 days, extendable per course length
• Non-Immigrant O (family / marriage / retirement) — 90 days
• O-A / O-X retirement — 1 year / 10 years
• DTV (Destination Thailand Visa) — 5 years, multiple entry
• LTR (Long-Term Resident) — 10 years, multiple entry
• Smart Visa (S / T / I / E / O) — 1–4 years

2026 e-Visa fees

All fees are payable online by Visa, Mastercard, JCB, or AMEX. Fees vary by visa class and entry count and are non-refundable once submitted.

• Tourist single entry: THB 2,000
• Tourist multiple entry (6 months): THB 5,000
• Non-B single: THB 2,000
• Non-B multiple (1 year): THB 5,000
• Non-O retirement single: THB 2,000
• O-A (1 year): THB 5,000
• O-X (10 years): THB 15,000
• DTV: THB 10,000
• LTR (incl. work permit): THB 50,000

Documents to upload

Unlike the old embassy walk-in flow, e-Visa accepts scans and phone photos as long as they are readable at 300 DPI. Every file must be PDF or JPG, under 3 MB each.

• Passport bio page (6+ months validity)
• Recent 2-inch passport photo, white background
• Flight booking (confirmation email is fine)
• Accommodation proof — hotel booking, lease, or host invitation letter
• Bank statement 3–6 months (Tourist ≥ THB 20k, Non-B ≥ THB 200k, Retirement ≥ THB 800k)
• Employment / invitation letter (Non-B) or Letter of Acceptance (ED)
• Marriage certificate for Non-O family — must be apostilled and translated

Application flow, step by step

Standard processing is 14 working days; peak season (Nov–Feb) can slip to 21 days. Do not book non-refundable flights before the e-Visa is issued.

• 1. Create an account at thaievisa.go.th and verify email
• 2. Pick your country of residence and visa class
• 3. Complete the online form in English
• 4. Upload every required document
• 5. Pay the fee online
• 6. Wait for the decision by email (check spam folder)
• 7. Receive the e-Visa PDF with QR code
• 8. Present the QR at the Thai immigration counter

How e-Visa fits with TDAC and TM.30

e-Visa is the entry permission. TDAC (Thailand Digital Arrival Card) is the pre-arrival declaration filed 0–72 hours before landing — you need both. After arrival, TM.30 remains the house-master's duty (hotel or landlord), and the 90-day report (TM.47) remains yours if you stay past 90 consecutive days.

Why e-Visa applications are refused

Refusals are rarely about the applicant being unsuitable. They cluster around six documentary failures that the reviewing officer can decide on without contacting you.

• Financial evidence that does not match the class applied for — wrong balance, wrong holding period, statement not showing the account holder's name, or a screenshot instead of a bank-issued statement
• Passport validity below six months from the intended entry date, or fewer than two blank pages
• Supporting documents in a language other than Thai or English with no certified translation attached
• Purpose stated in the application inconsistent with the documents uploaded — a tourist application supported by an employment contract, for example
• Photograph not meeting the portal's specification: background, headwear, resolution, or an image cropped from a group photo
• Previous overstay or a prior refusal not disclosed where the form asks
• Documents uploaded as low-resolution phone photos where the seal, signature, or issuing date is not legible

If your application is refused

There is no formal appeal mechanism in the e-Visa system. The practical remedy is a fresh application with the defect corrected, and the fee is payable again because the original fee is consumed by the assessment, not by the outcome. Do not simply resubmit the same package hoping for a different officer — a repeated identical submission after refusal reads poorly on the applicant's record.

Read the refusal notice for the stated ground, fix that specific ground with better evidence, and where the ground is financial, allow the required holding period to run again from the date of the corrected balance rather than backdating it. If the refusal cites a prior immigration history issue, that is not curable by document quality and is worth taking advice on before spending another fee.

Timing matters. If you have already booked flights, a refusal 10 days before departure leaves no room for a second cycle at standard processing. This is the argument for applying at the outer end of the permitted window rather than the inner one.

Official sources

Thai e-Visa applications are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through thaievisa.go.th, which is the only official application portal and publishes the current fee schedule, eligible nationalities, and per-mission processing information. Arrival declarations are handled separately by the Immigration Bureau at tdac.immigration.go.th, and post-arrival obligations including TM.30 and the 90-day report at immigration.go.th.

Fees, document lists, and processing windows differ by Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate and change without notice. Nothing on this page creates any entitlement to a visa: issuance is at the discretion of the reviewing mission, and admission at the border remains at the discretion of the immigration officer even when a valid visa has been issued.