# Do Australian citizens need a visa for Thailand?

Visa-free · 30 days since 15 Sep 2026 (was 60) — checked 2026-10-10.

**Note.** Thailand replaced its 60-day visa exemption with a 30-day one on 15 September 2026 — for tourism only, and entries through land-border checkpoints under it are generally limited to two per calendar year (checked 2026-10-10).

## Entry rules at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Entry requirement | visa-free |
| Maximum stay | 30 days |
| How you enter | passport stamp on arrival |
| Data snapshot | visa-matrix 2026-07-19 |

## Which passports need a visa for Thailand?

| Passport | Entry | Max stay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| US | visa-free | 30 days |
| UK | visa-free | 30 days |
| CA | visa-free | 30 days |
| AU | visa-free | 30 days |
| NZ | visa-free | 30 days |
| IE | visa-free | 30 days |

## Official sources

- the Royal Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs — https://www.mfa.go.th/en/
- Australian Government Smartraveller — https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations
- Tourism Authority of Thailand — 30-day visa exemption from 15 September 2026 — https://www.tatnews.org/2026/09/thailand-introduces-new-30-day-and-15-day-visa-exemption-rules-from-15-september/

## Informational, not legal advice

Entry rules change without notice, and individual circumstances — passport
validity, prior visas, purpose of travel — change outcomes a status table
cannot capture. Verify with mfa.go.th and smartraveller.gov.au
before booking.

_Source: the open visa-matrix dataset (https://github.com/xpressmike/visa-matrix), snapshot 2026-07-19, CC BY-SA 4.0._