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Transit Visa C — transport crew

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

The Thai Transit Visa, category "C", is issued to the person in charge or crew of a conveyance coming to a port, station or area in the Kingdom. It is one of the three purposes inside the Transit Visa type on the Ministry's Issuance of Visa page, alongside ordinary transit ("TS") and participation in sports activities ("S"). The page does not state which crew members or nationalities are exempt from needing this visa, and it adds that nationals of certain countries must apply only at the Thai Embassy or Consulate-General in their home or residence country, or at a designated Thai Embassy.

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  • The page gives no nationality matrix and states no exemption for crew arriving on a conveyance.
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    - the person in charge or crew of a conveyance coming to a port, station or area in the Kingdom (category "C")
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    This type of visa is issued to applicants who wish to enter the Kingdom for the following purposes :
  • Section heading
    1. TRANSIT VISA
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 7. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
    Nationals of certain countries are required to apply for a visa only at the Thai Embassy or Consulate-General in their home/residence country or at the designated Thai Embassy. Thereford, travellers are advised to contact the nearest Thai Embassy or Consulate-General to find out where they may apply for a visa to Thailand before departure.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether category "C" crew can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether crew cross immigration control, nor any crew-specific border procedure.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules for category "C" crew.

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Limits of the record
  • The page contains no baggage, terminal or self-transfer rule, and no crew-specific operational procedure.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The transit visa is valid for three months and the holder is permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period not exceeding 30 days. The transit section adds that those scheduled to stay longer than one month can be issued a Non-Immigrant Visa category "O" instead. Anyone wishing to stay longer or to change the type of visa must file an application at the Office of Immigration Bureau, and that is solely at the discretion of the Immigration officer. The page sets no rule on repeated port calls, overnight stops or changes of conveyance.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states nothing about repeated port calls, overnight stops or changes of conveyance for crew.
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 4. VALIDITY OF A VISA
    The validity of a visa is three months.
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 5. PERIOD OF STAY
    Travellers coming to Thailand with this type of visa will be permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period not exceeding 30 days.
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT (footnote)
    *** Those who are scheduled to stay in the Kingdom longer than one month , Non-Immigrant Visa category “O” can be issued to them
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 6. EXTENSION OF STAY
    Those who wish to stay longer or may wish to change their type of visa must file an application for permission at the Office of Immigration Bureau located on Government Center B, Chaengwattana Soi 7, Laksi, Bangkok 10210, Tel 0-2141-9889 (or at http://www.immigration.go.th ). The extension of stay as well as the change of certain type of visa is solely at the discretion of the Immigration officer.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is a Transit Visa in category "C", obtained from a Thai Embassy or Consulate-General, with nationals of certain countries required to apply only in their home or residence country or at a designated Thai Embassy. The documents listed for the transit type are a passport or travel document valid for not less than 6 months, a completely filled out visa application form, a recent 4 x 6 cm photograph, evidence of travel from Thailand in the form of a confirmed air ticket paid in full, evidence of adequate finance of 10,000 Baht per person or 20,000 Baht per family, and the visa of a third country. The fee is 800 Baht per entry, and consular officers may request additional documents.

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Limits of the record
  • The document list is given for the transit type as a whole; the page does not say which of those items a conveyance's crew must produce, for example an air ticket for sea or land crew.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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