What the Thailand visa rules mean for Canada travellers
Canada citizens can enter Thailand without a visa and stay for up to 30 days. You only need a valid Canada passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 30-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
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. Canada citizens are treated the same way as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and United States. Overall the Canada passport ranks #32 in the world with 117 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Canada passport you can also visit 18 countries in the region without a visa, including Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
In the other direction, Thailand citizens need a visa to visit Canada.