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How Much Does a Thailand Visa Cost for Indians in 2026? (Quick Answer)
Most Indian tourists pay nothing to enter Thailand. Since 15 September 2026 Indian ordinary passport holders get visa-exempt entry for tourism for up to 30 days, and the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi publishes that scheme as effective from exactly that date. No application, no fee.
What changed on 15 September was the clock, not the price. Thailand revoked the 60-day visa exemption and replaced it with a 30-day one covering 60 countries and territories, India among them. Anyone admitted before that date keeps the stay stamped in their passport, so a 60-day permission granted in early September still runs to its last date.
Costs appear only when 30 free days are not enough, or the trip is not a plain tourist trip. Headline figures, as of 22 September 2026:
- Visa-exempt tourist entry — THB 0, up to 30 days
- Extension of stay at a Thai immigration office — THB 1,900 for up to 30 extra days
- Tourist e-visa, single entry, 60-day stay — INR 3,000
- Multiple-entry tourist visa — INR 13,500
- Destination Thailand Visa — INR 30,000, official fee THB 10,000
- Thailand Digital Arrival Card — free
- Overstay — THB 500 per day, capped at THB 20,000
One number trips up more readers than the rest. Sixty days is the tourist e-visa stay, and the September change left it untouched. Thirty days is the free stay granted on arrival. That gap is the whole reason an Indian traveller would still pay for a Thai visa.
Government fees are quoted in baht where Thailand sets them in baht. The rupee fees come from the Royal Thai Embassy's schedule in force since 27 April 2026 and are charged in rupees on thaievisa.go.th, so check the amount there on the day you pay.
Visa-Free Entry - What Is Free and What Changed in September 2026
The Royal Thai Government Gazette published four Ministry of Interior announcements on 31 August 2026, rewriting Thailand's visa exemption and Visa on Arrival system. The Thai government's own summary lists what they do: grant one exemption scheme per country, revoke the 60-day exemption, expand the 30-day exemption for tourism to 60 countries and territories, add a 15-day scheme for two more, and cut Visa on Arrival to three. All of it took effect on 15 September 2026.
If you enter on or before 14 September 2026
That window has closed, and it cost nothing while it was open. It still matters for travellers already inside Thailand: the official statement says anyone admitted under the previous measures may stay until the last date of their permitted period of stay, the one stamped in the passport. A 60-day permission granted on 14 September runs deep into November. The revoked scheme had launched on 15 July 2024 for 93 countries and territories.
If you enter on or after 15 September 2026
Visa-exempt tourist entry runs to 30 days, and the fee is still zero. The Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi confirms the 30-day exemption for Indian passport holders entering for tourism from that date. Visa on Arrival now covers only Azerbaijan, Belarus and Serbia, so there is no arrival fee for Indians on that route either.
What free entry does not cover
The exemption is granted for tourism; the New Delhi embassy words the Indian scheme as tourism and short-term business engagements. Any stay past the permitted 30 days moves you onto a paid route: an e-visa applied for in advance, or an extension bought inside Thailand.
Visa-exempt entries by land are limited to two per calendar year, with exceptions for arrivals from Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore. That matters for border runs, not for flying in.
Thailand eVisa Fees for Indians by Visa Type
Thailand's e-visa portal, thaievisa.go.th, has been open to Indian applicants since 1 January 2025, and that is where the fee is charged in rupees. The Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi announced a revised schedule for all visa applications in April 2026, reported in force from 27 April 2026 at the Embassy and every Royal Thai Consulate-General in India, which is why older figures still circulate.
Tourist visa (TR), single entry
Under that schedule the single-entry tourist visa costs INR 3,000, up from INR 2,500. The Royal Thai Embassy's own visa page for India carries the same figure, though the portal is the final word, so confirm the amount charged before paying.
The e-visa allows a stay of up to 60 days, double the free 30 days now granted on arrival, and the September rule change left that untouched. It is the main reason an Indian traveller still applies when entry is free. It is single entry: anyone hopping to Cambodia or Vietnam mid-trip and returning needs a re-entry permit or a multiple-entry visa.
Multiple-entry tourist visa (METV)
The multiple-entry tourist visa is INR 13,500 on the same schedule. Aggregator sites still quote figures several thousand rupees lower, so take the portal's number over theirs.
Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)
The DTV is INR 30,000 under the April 2026 schedule, against an official fee of THB 10,000, and is described as a five-year multiple-entry visa allowing stays of up to 180 days per entry. Confirm it with the Royal Thai Embassy before applying.
Fees are not refundable
Thai e-visa and Visa on Arrival fees are processing charges, generally kept even if the application is refused. The decision belongs to the Thai consulate, so no agency can promise an outcome. Visarun's e-visa processing options are Standard at 2-3 business days, Express at 24 hours and VIP same day.
Visa on Arrival Fee - Who Still Pays It
Short answer for Indian passport holders: not you, not any more.
The Visa on Arrival fee is a flat THB 2,000, paid in cash, non-refundable even if the application is denied, and it buys a stay of up to 15 days. That fee is real; it simply stopped being an Indian cost on 15 September 2026, when the revised scheme cut the eligible list to three countries and territories — Azerbaijan, Belarus and Serbia. Indian tourists enter visa-free instead, for twice as long and for nothing.
That also settles an old cash rule. The THB 10,000 per person figure still circulating comes from an older Thai foreign ministry page that lists it for the exemption as well as Visa on Arrival; Royal Thai Embassy pages for the visa exemption scheme ask for adequate cash of THB 20,000 per person or THB 40,000 per family. The Embassy of India gives Indian travellers the same THB 20,000, and that is the figure to plan around.
Extension of Stay Fees Inside Thailand
One extension of up to 30 additional days at any immigration office costs THB 1,900 — the number that matters now that the free window is 30 days rather than 60.
The extension survived the September change. Royal Thai Embassies state that travellers admitted under the new 30-day exemption may apply for an extension of no more than 30 further days, filed inside Thailand on form TM.7 at an immigration office. Approval rests with the officer, not on payment alone, so treat the second month as likely rather than guaranteed.
The same THB 1,900 applies on the e-visa route: a 60-day e-visa stay can be extended for an additional 30 days at any Thai immigration office for that fee.
Mandatory and Hidden Costs - TDAC, Insurance, Proof of Funds, Airport Fees
Thailand Digital Arrival Card
The TDAC became mandatory for all foreign arrivals on 1 May 2025, replacing the paper TM6 form, and the Embassy of India's advisory confirms that completing it before arrival is mandatory, in the 72 hours before landing. It is filed free of charge on the official portal, tdac.immigration.go.th. Any site charging for a TDAC is a paid reseller, not the government.
Cash in hand
The Embassy of India in Bangkok advises Indian travellers to carry at least THB 20,000 per person in cash, and the shorter 30-day stay has not changed that figure. It matches Thailand's own entry condition: Royal Thai Embassy pages for the visa exemption scheme require adequate cash of THB 20,000 per person or THB 40,000 per family. The embassy stresses actual cash, since immigration officers may not accept a credit card, debit card, bank statement or digital wallet as proof of funds. It is not a fee and nobody takes the money, but immigration can ask to see it: officers do not stop every traveller, and have the authority to do so at any point. Any rupee equivalent is approximate on the day of travel.
Documents
The advisory, as reported by Indian media, tells travellers to carry confirmed return flight tickets, hotel booking confirmations and a clear travel itinerary, and to hold a passport valid for at least six months from arrival. Everyone in a group carries their own set.
Travellers staying with friends rather than in hotels keep asking what immigration accepts instead of a booking. The reported advisories name hotel confirmations and say nothing about private stays, and we found no published Thai rule setting out a substitute, so we suggest asking the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi before departure.
Insurance
Travel insurance is not mandatory for a Thailand tourist visa, though it is highly recommended given how much treatment costs foreigners in Thai hospitals. Premiums depend on age, cover and trip length.
Entry and airport fees
No tourist entry fee is being collected today, in September 2026. The earlier 300-baht plan was never implemented; a replacement flat 450-baht fee went to public consultation from 24 August to 28 September 2026 and still needs committee sign-off, Cabinet approval and Gazette publication, with collection from air arrivals targeted for 2027. Nothing is payable at the border yet. On airport and departure charges we have no current official figure, so we are not quoting one.
Total Cost Scenarios for a 7, 14 and 30-Day Trip
Visa and entry costs only. Flights, hotels, food and spending money are not included.
Seven days, arriving on or after 15 September 2026
Visa THB 0, TDAC THB 0. Total government cost: nothing. A week sits well inside the 30-day visa-free allowance.
Fourteen days, arriving on or after 15 September 2026
Same answer, THB 0. Still inside the 30 days.
Thirty days, arriving on or after 15 September 2026
THB 0, provided you leave on or before the last day of the 30-day stay granted at entry. Count from the entry stamp, not from your booking.
Thirty days that turn into fifty
Visa-free entry at THB 0, plus one extension of up to 30 days at THB 1,900, subject to immigration approval. Total THB 1,900, and that same THB 1,900 buys the full month whether you use twenty days of it or thirty.
Longer stays, or a trip with a hop out of Thailand and back
The e-visa route: single entry at INR 3,000 for a 60-day stay, extendable by 30 days for THB 1,900, which is the cheapest lawful way past two months. Travellers who need to re-enter look at a multiple-entry visa at INR 13,500, or a re-entry permit.
Arriving on or before 14 September 2026
THB 0 under the revoked 60-day exemption, and the stay granted at entry runs its full course, so anyone stamped in during early September is still inside a free 60-day permission.
Overstay Fines and Penalties
Overstaying a permitted stay results in a fine of THB 500 per day, capped at THB 20,000. At that rate the cap is reached after 40 days.
Beyond the money, an overstay past 90 days brings a one-year re-entry ban for travellers who surrender at departure, rising to three, five or ten years as it lengthens. Anyone arrested instead is banned for five years, ten past a year.
The arithmetic runs the other way too: three extra days costs THB 1,500, most of the price of a lawful extension at THB 1,900 that covers a full month.
Recent Changes (2025-2026 Updates)
A short timeline, newest first, because most of the confusing advice online is simply out of date.
- 15 September 2026 — the 60-day visa exemption is revoked and India moves onto a 30-day visa-exempt stay for tourism, still free of charge
- 3 September 2026 — Thailand's MFA confirms the effective date
- 31 August 2026 — the Royal Gazette publishes the four Ministry of Interior announcements
- July 2026 — the Cabinet reverses course and puts India on the 30-day exemption list rather than Visa on Arrival
- 19 May 2026 — the Cabinet approves a plan that would have narrowed the 30-day list to 54 countries
- 27 April 2026 — the Royal Thai Embassy's revised fee schedule takes effect across India
- 1 May 2025 — the TDAC replaces the paper TM6 form
- 1 January 2025 — the e-visa portal opens to Indian applicants
- 15 July 2024 — the 60-day visa exemption launches for 93 countries and territories
Country counts are easy to mix up: 93 was the old 60-day list from July 2024, 54 the abandoned May 2026 draft, and 60 the 30-day list running now. The notices also add a 15-day tier for two countries and cut Visa on Arrival to three, both outside the scope of this guide.
The Embassy of India in Bangkok issued an advisory for Indian nationals in September 2026. As reported, it confirms the TDAC is mandatory before arrival and asks travellers to carry at least THB 20,000 per person in cash, with return tickets, hotel bookings and an itinerary. We have seen news coverage rather than the full text.
FAQ
Do Indian passport holders need a visa for Thailand right now?
Not for tourism. Since 15 September 2026 Indian tourists get visa-exempt entry for up to 30 days, free of charge. Longer or non-tourist stays need a visa.
How many days can Indians stay in Thailand visa-free?
Thirty days per entry. Anyone admitted on or before 14 September 2026 keeps the longer stay granted at the time under the old 60-day exemption.
Do Indians pay the THB 2,000 visa on arrival fee?
No. Since 15 September 2026 Visa on Arrival has covered only three countries and territories — Azerbaijan, Belarus and Serbia — with India on the 30-day exemption instead. Indian tourists enter visa-free.
How much is the Thailand tourist e-visa for Indians in 2026?
INR 3,000 for single entry under the Royal Thai Embassy schedule in force since 27 April 2026, up from INR 2,500. Check the amount charged on thaievisa.go.th before paying.
Is it 60 days or 30 days for Thailand?
Both, on different routes. Sixty days is the tourist e-visa stay, and still is. Thirty days is the free stay granted on arrival since 15 September 2026.
Can a 30-day visa-free stay be extended?
Yes. One extension of up to 30 further days at a Thai immigration office costs THB 1,900, filed on form TM.7 and granted at the officer's discretion.
Is the Thailand Digital Arrival Card paid?
No. The TDAC has been mandatory for all foreign arrivals since 1 May 2025 and is filed free of charge on the official portal, tdac.immigration.go.th. Sites charging for it are resellers.
How much cash should an Indian traveller carry?
The Embassy of India in Bangkok advises at least THB 20,000 per person in cash, and cards or wallets are not a substitute. Royal Thai Embassy pages set the same condition for visa-exempt entry: adequate cash of THB 20,000 per person, or THB 40,000 per family. The lower THB 10,000 figure comes from an older Thai foreign ministry page.
What does overstaying cost in Thailand?
THB 500 per day, capped at THB 20,000, which is reached after 40 days. An overstay of more than 90 days also brings a re-entry ban of at least one year.
