What the Thailand visa rules mean for Gabon travellers
Gabon passport holders need an eVisa to enter Thailand. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Tourist Visa (TR) — single entry, which costs 40 USD.
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. Gabon citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Gabon passport ranks #152 in the world with 27 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Gabon passport you can also visit 4 countries in the region without a visa, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.
In the other direction, Thailand citizens need evisa to visit Gabon.