What the Thailand visa rules mean for Trinidad and Tobago travellers
Trinidad and Tobago 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. Trinidad and Tobago citizens are treated the same way as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and Bolivia. Overall the Trinidad and Tobago passport ranks #56 in the world with 98 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Trinidad and Tobago passport you can also visit 7 countries in the region without a visa, including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Türkiye and Uzbekistan.
In the other direction, Thailand citizens need a visa to visit Trinidad and Tobago.