Thailand Visa for Chinese Citizens: Visa on Arrival

Thailand visa for Chinese can be acquired quite easily, as if you're hold a passport of China and planning to visit Thailand for up to 15 days, you can get a Thailand Visa on Arrival at the time of your arrival to Thailand. This kind of Thailand Visa can be received at the airport in Thailand and you just need to prepare all the required documents for getting it.

Thailand Visa Fee for Chinese

Thailand Visa on Arrival fee for Chinese currently is 2000 THB. Visa on Arrival fee must be paid at the airport and only cash in local currency (Thai baht) is accepted. There are plenty of currency exchange booths at the airport so you just need to bring cash in Chinese Yuan or other popular currency and exchange it here for paying Thailand Visa on Arrival fee.

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Thailand Visa Free for Chinese 2023/2024

Visa on Arrival requirement was temporarily removed for Chinese who can enter Thailand without the need to apply for Visa on Arrival from 25 September 2023 to 29 February 2024.

Thailand Visa on Arrival Requirements 

When applying for Thailand Visa on Arrival Chinese need to provide these required documents:

1. Passport issued by the People's Republic of China that is valid for at least 30 days from the day of your arrival to Thailand.
2. A ticket for your journey from Thailand to China or any other foreign country. Your flight or bus ticket must be within the next 15 days from your arrival. Flights from China to Thailand can be booked here: Cheap Flights from China to Thailand.
3. Address of hotel in Thailand and hotel booking confirmation. If you haven’t booked your accommodation yet, book your hotel on Booking.com or Agoda. 
4. One passport size (4 x 6 cm) photo. If you won't bring one from China, you can get them made at the airport.
5. Visa on Arrival application form.
6. Visa on Arrival fee for Chinese is 2000 THB.
7. Thailand Arrival Card (currently needed only when arriving by land or by sea).
8. A proof that you have funds of at least 10,000 THB per person and 20,000 THB per family for your stay in Thailand. Funds can be shown in any currency, showing this amount in Chinese Yuan is fine too.

Where can you get Thailand Visa on Arrival?

Chinese can get Visa on Arrival at all Thailand international airports:

• Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok - Visa at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)
• Don Mueang Airport, Bangkok - Visa at Bangkok Don Mueang Airport (DMK)
• Chiangmai International Airport, Chiang Mai - Visa at Chiang Mai Airport (CNX)
• Phuket International Airport, Phuket - Visa at Phuket Airport (HKT)
• Krabi International Airport, Krabi - Visa at Krabi Airport (KBV)
• U Tapao Airport, Rayong (Pattaya)
• Samui Airport, Surat Thani (Koh Samui)
• Sukhothai International Airport, Tak Immigration Checkpoint (Sukhothai)
• Chiangrai Airport, Chiang Rai
• Surat Thani Airport, Surat Thani (Koh Samui, Koh Phangan)
• Hua Hin Airport, Hua Hin
• Trang Airport, Trang (Koh Chang)
• Hatyai International Airport, Songkhla

Thailand Visa on Arrival for Chinese is also issued at the border crossings when arriving by land from Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia.

Full list of Immigration checkpoints issuing Visa on Arrival for Chinese can be found here: Points where you can get Thailand Visa on Arrival.

E-Visa on Arrival Thailand

There is Thailand E-Visa on Arrival online application system that is supposed to simplify and speedup the process of application for Thailand Visa on Arrival. This way of application is available for Chinese at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport and three other international airports. More info about the online application system can be found here: E-Visa on Arrival Thailand (E-VoA).

Detailed information about how to how to apply for E-Visa on Arrival Thailand and how to fill in E-Visa on Arrival application form correctly can be found here: Thailand E-Visa on Arrival Application.

There's also another Thailand E-Visa on Arrival system that can be used as an alternative. More info about it: Thailand eVisa on Arrival (eVOA) by VFS Global.

Other types of Thailand Visa for Chinese

If you're a citizen of China and planning to visit Thailand for more than 15 days, you should choose another type of Thailand Visa that is available for Chinese and other nationalities.

In such a case you can choose to get Thailand Single Entry Visa from Thai Embassy or Thai Consulate in China. Thailand visa for Chinese is also issued at Thai Embassies and Thai Consulates in other countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore etc.

Thailand E-Visa Application

Thailand E-Visa Application service giving an opportunity to apply for Thai visa online is available. E-Visa service will make application for Thailand visa at Thai embassies and consulates much easier. 

Thailand E-Visa application service is available for visa submission at the Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing as well as in Thai consulates in other Chinese cities.

More information about application for Thai visa online can be found here: How to Apply for Thai Visa Online.