Thailand Reduces Visa on Arrival Eligibility to Three Countries and Territories

Following the Cabinet's approval of the review of Thailand's visa measures on 19 May 2026, the revised measures were published in the Royal Gazette as of 31 August 2026. The Government Public Relations Department's announcement of 4 September 2026 states that the Visa on Arrival scheme is revised to reduce the number of eligible countries and territories to three, and that the measures take effect from 15 September 2026. The official announcement reviewed does not list the three countries. It is dated before the effective date, so it describes the effective date as upcoming.

Travelers who planned to use Visa on Arrival at a Thai border checkpoint. The official announcement reviewed does not name the three eligible countries and territories, so eligibility for any specific nationality must be confirmed with an official source. According to the announcement, the review covers only the tourism-purpose visa exemption and Visa on Arrival schemes and does not affect other visa categories at this point.

Thai official sources state that the Visa on Arrival scheme was revised in a measure published in the Royal Gazette on 31 August 2026, reducing eligibility to three countries and territories from 15 September 2026. The three countries are not named in the official announcement reviewed, so confirm eligibility with an official source.