What the Palestine visa rules mean for Thailand travellers
Thailand citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Palestine. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Israeli B/2 Visitor Visa, which costs 32 USD.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Palestine applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says the Israeli authorities control entry to Palestine, and that to enter Israel or Palestine your passport must have an expiry date at least 90 days after the date you arrive. Israel's Population and…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors entering through Israel on an ETA-IL. Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists, for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa, health …
- Return or onward ticket: Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists round-trip tickets to Israel among the required documents for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa. No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-e…
- Proof of funds: Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists, for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa, proof of monetary means: bank account statements for the last three months, approval from the bank of financial feasibility, or a docum…
Palestine entry rules compared
Palestine lets 3 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 102, issues eVisas to 2 and requires an embassy visa from 91. Thailand citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Brunei. Overall the Thailand passport ranks #123 in the world with 40 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Thailand passport you can also visit 21 countries in the region without a visa, including Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia and Kazakhstan.
In the other direction, Palestine citizens need evisa to visit Thailand.