What the Thailand visa rules mean for Belarus travellers
Belarus passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Thailand. There is nothing to apply for in advance — the visa is issued at the airport or land border after you pay the fee. Bring cash in a major currency, a passport valid for at least six months, a return ticket and the address of your first night's accommodation, and expect a queue at busy airports.
The main option is the Visa on Arrival (VoA), which costs 2,000 THB.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Thailand applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government tells British nationals that to enter Thailand the passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 1 blank page.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK government says that to enter Thailand you must have a certificate to prove you have had a yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk. WHO's country list gives the req…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read requires travel insurance of visa-exempt visitors or tourist-visa holders. The Royal Thai Embassy in Washington says certain types of visas (O-A and O-X) require the applicant to submit …
Thailand entry rules compared
Thailand lets 78 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 3, issues eVisas to 117. Belarus citizens are treated the same way as Azerbaijan and Serbia. Overall the Belarus passport ranks #115 in the world with 43 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Belarus passport you can also visit 16 countries in the region without a visa, including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Laos and Myanmar.
In the other direction, Thailand citizens need a visa to visit Belarus.