Thailand visa for Indians: 30 days visa free, and TDAC

Indian passport holders do not need a visa to visit Thailand for tourism. The stay allowed is 30 days. If you want to stay longer, you apply for an e-Visa before you travel, on thaievisa.go.th.

Everyone also files the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) at tdac.immigration.go.th before arrival. It is not a visa.

Everything below was read on official Thai government pages on 18 October 2026.

The visa exemption: 30 days, not 60

The Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi says that on 14 July 2026 Thailand’s Cabinet approved “a 30-day visa exemption scheme” for Indian passport holders entering Thailand for tourism (embassy of Thailand, New Delhi).

The revised scheme “officially takes effect on 15 September 2026” (embassy of Thailand, New Delhi). The embassy’s visa page now reads:

The 30-day visa exemption for Indian ordinary passport holders for tourism and short-term business engagements purposes remains effective from 15 September 2026 until further announcement.

(embassy of Thailand, New Delhi)

Some websites, travel agents and older posts still say Indians get 60 days. Follow the embassy: plan for 30 days. If an airline, agent or app tells you otherwise, check the embassy page before you book.

Two points from the July notice:

• Indians who entered under the old rules before the change could stay until the end of the period they were given.
• After the change, anyone who wants to stay longer than 30 days for tourism “may apply for an appropriate e-visa through thaievisa.go.th”.

Entry conditions

The New Delhi pages we read do not list proof of funds or an onward ticket. The Royal Thai Embassy in Helsinki lists the conditions for the same 30-day exemption, with India on its list of eligible countries (embassy of Thailand, Helsinki):

• Cash. You must have “adequate cash of or equivalent to 20,000 Baht per person or 40,000 Baht per family”.
• Onward travel. You need proof of planned travel, such as confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets, to leave Thailand within 30 days. Without it, the embassy says you need a visa before you travel.
• TDAC. File the arrival card before you arrive (see below).

The final decision rests with the immigration officer at the border. Keep your return ticket and money where you can show them.

Passport. The Helsinki page sets a six-month rule only for temporary or emergency passports. We found no official page that sets a minimum validity for Indian ordinary passports under the exemption. Six months is the safe margin. Check with your airline. See our guide to passport validity rules.

Staying longer: the Thai e-Visa

Since 1 January 2025, every visa for Thailand is applied for online. The embassy in New Delhi says applicants “must apply for all types of visas at the website” thaievisa.go.th (embassy of Thailand, New Delhi). You can apply yourself or through a representative.

The same notice says:

• You pay the fee offline, using the options the embassy gives you.
• Processing is “approximately within 14 working days from the date the receipt of the visa fee is issued.”
• “Visa fees are non-refundable under all circumstances”, even if you are refused.

What it costs in rupees

The New Delhi embassy’s visa page lists these fees:

Visa	Fee
Tourist visa, single entry	INR 3,000
Tourist visa, multiple entry	INR 13,500
Transit visa, single entry	INR 2,500
Non-immigrant visa, single entry	INR 7,000
Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)	INR 30,000

The embassy also posted a notice in April 2026 called “The updated fees for all visa applications, legalization, and consular services”. Its fee table is an image we could not read. Confirm the fee on thaievisa.go.th before you pay.

We could not read thaievisa.go.th itself: the site runs in JavaScript and showed us no text. Its checklists and FAQs are also linked from the New Delhi embassy’s visa page, which says “All applicants are required to read the FAQs.”

The Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC)

The Royal Thai Embassy in Abuja sets out the rules (embassy of Thailand, Abuja):

• “All travellers must complete the TDAC regardless of visa type.” That includes visa-exempt Indians.
• File it again on every trip.
• Submit it no more than three days before you arrive.
• It is free. If anyone asks you to pay, do not pay.
• The only official site is tdac.immigration.go.th, run by Thailand’s Immigration Bureau.
• The TDAC is not a visa and does not change any visa or exemption rule.

Fake TDAC and e-Visa sites

Search for “TDAC” or “Thailand e-Visa” and you will find paid sites that look official. The embassy warns about fake sites that ask for payment for the TDAC. Any site that charges for it is not the Immigration Bureau.

For the e-Visa, the official site is thaievisa.go.th, and fees are paid only through the options your embassy gives. A middleman site adds its own charge, and you cannot get the visa fee back. Check the address ends in .go.th before you type anything. See our guide to spotting fake visa websites.

Checklist

• Tourism trip of 30 days or less? No visa needed. Ignore pages that still say 60 days.
• Staying longer? Apply for an e-Visa on thaievisa.go.th before you travel. Allow about 14 working days. The fee is not refunded.
• Check the fee in rupees on thaievisa.go.th. The embassy lists INR 3,000 for a single-entry tourist visa, but a newer fee notice exists.
• Carry 20,000 baht per person (40,000 per family) in cash or equivalent.
• Carry proof of onward travel within 30 days.
• File the free TDAC at tdac.immigration.go.th, within 3 days before arrival, every trip.
• Have a passport with 6 months left, to be safe.
• See Thailand for Indian passport holders and who needs a visa for Thailand, and check every figure on the official page.