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Transit Visa TS — passage through Thailand

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

The Thai Transit Visa, category "TS", is issued to applicants who wish to travel in transit through the Kingdom in order to proceed to the country of destination or to re-enter their own country. The official page does not state which nationalities are exempt from needing it; any visa exemption or visa on arrival arrangement is governed by separate official material.

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  • The page gives no nationality matrix and does not state which travellers are exempt from the transit visa requirement.
  • 1. TRANSIT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    - to travel in transit through the Kingdom in order to proceed to the country of destination or to re-enter his/her own country (category "TS")
  • 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 "TS" travellers can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.

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  • The page does not state whether a traveller can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.

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 "TS" travellers.

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Limits of the record
  • The page contains no rule on baggage collection, terminal change, separate tickets or self-transfer.

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

The transit visa is valid for three months, and a traveller entering on it is permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period not exceeding 30 days. The page adds a footnote for the transit type that those scheduled to stay in the Kingdom longer than one month can be issued a Non-Immigrant Visa category "O" instead. Anyone wishing to stay longer, or to change their type of visa, must apply to the Office of Immigration Bureau, and that extension or change is solely at the discretion of the Immigration officer. The page sets no rule on overnight connections, airport changes or multiple stops.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no rule about overnight connections, airport changes or multiple-stop itineraries.
  • 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 "TS", obtained from a Thai Embassy or Consulate-General, and nationals of certain countries must apply only in their home or residence country or at a designated Thai Embassy. The documents 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 in the passport or travel document. The fee is 800 Baht per entry and the page notes it may change without prior notice.

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