What the Thailand visa rules mean for Micronesia travellers
Micronesia 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. Micronesia citizens are treated the same way as Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Papua New Guinea. Overall the Micronesia passport ranks #94 in the world with 69 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Micronesia passport you can also visit 5 countries in the region without a visa, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Tajikistan.
In the other direction, Thailand citizens can visit Micronesia visa-free for up to 30 days.