Updated measures on traveling to Thailand from 1 February 2022 onwards (for Non-Thais)
All travelers wishing to enter Thailand must complete pre-travel registration via “Thailand Pass” (http://tp.consular.go.th) at least 7 working days before departure.
Successful registrants will receive a QR Code sent via email. They must present this QR Code for boarding and entering Thailand.
From 1 February 2022, three entry schemes are available for registration via Thailand Pass platform:
(1) Test & Go scheme (registration opens on 1 February 2022; travelers are advised to plan their departure from 7 February 2022 onwards)
- Travelers must be fully vaccinated at least 14 days before departure.
- No quarantine, but need fully paid reservation at SHA Extra+/AQ hotel for Day 1 (must include airport pick-up and one RT-PCR test) and Day 5 (must include one RT-PCR test).
- Travelers may book two different hotels located in two different provinces.
- Travelers must stay at the hotel while waiting for the results of RT-PCR tests taken on Day 1 and Day 5.
- Travelers must have health insurance with minimum coverage of 50,000 USD (except for Thai nationals).
- Travelers must have negative RT-PCR test result issued within 72 hrs. before departure.
(2) Alternative Quarantine (AQ) scheme
- 10-day quarantine at an AQ facility for non-vaccinated travellers
- Hotel reservation must be inclusive of 2 PCR tests, airport pick-up, and 3 meals per day (full board).
- Travelers must have health insurance with minimum coverage of 50,000 USD (except for Thai nationals).
- Travelers must have negative RT-PCR test result issued within 72 hrs. before departure.
(3) Sandbox programmes
- Sandbox Areas : Phuket, Krabi, Phang-Nga, Surat Thani (Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan), Chon Buri (Bang Lamung, Pattaya, Si Racha, Si Chang, and Sattahip – only Na Jomtien and Bang Saray), Trat (Ko Chang)
- Travelers must be fully vaccinated at least 14days before departure.
- No quarantine, but need to stay in the area for at least 7days before travelling to other parts of Thailand.
- Need paid reservation at SHA Extra+ hotel in the area for at least 7
- Hotel reservation must be inclusive of airport pick-up.
- Must have evidence of pre-payment for two RT PCR tests.
- For Phuket, Krabi, Phang-Nga, the RT-PCR tests must be booked and paid here: www.thailandpsas.com
- For other areas, RT-PCR tests must be booked and paid for through the SHA Extra+ hotels, and must be included expressly in hotel reservation
- Travelers must have health insurance with minimum coverage of 50,000USD (except for Thai nationals).
- Travelers must have negative RT-PCR test result issued within 72 before departure.
- Points of entry :
By air at Phuket International Airport for Krabi, Phang-Nga, and Phuket.
By air at Krabi International Airport for Krabi.
By air at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, then transfer for a sealed flight for Ko Samui or Phuket.
By air at Suvarnabhumi Airport, then travel by a prearranged vehicle on a sealed route to Bang Lamung, Pattaya, Si Racha, Si Chang, and Sattahip – only Na Jomtien and Bang Saray – in Chon Buri, and Ko Chang in Trat.
More information on certificate of vaccination
- Issued by a government authority, containing personal information of the travelers (name, date of birth, passport number) and information on the vaccine (name, batch number, vaccination dates).
- Without the certificate of vaccination, travelers are required to enter 10-day quarantine at an AQ hotel.
- Accepted vaccines: Sinovac (2 doses, 2 weeks apart) / AstraZeneca (2 doses, 4 weeks apart) / Johnson & Johnson (1 dose) / Pfizer (2 doses, 3 weeks apart) / Moderna (2 doses, 4 weeks apart) / Sinopharm (2 doses, 3 weeks apart) / Sputnik V (2 doses, 3 weeks apart) / Covaxin (2 doses, 4 weeks apart) / Medigen – accepted for Sandbox scheme only (2 doses, 4 weeks) / Sputnik Light – accepted for Sandbox scheme only (1 dose)
- If the duration between two doses are less than that set by the manufacturer, the certificate of vaccination will be rejected.
- Combination of different vaccines is accepted provided that the period between the 1st and 2nd dose was in accordance with the period set by the manufacture of the first dose.
- Those infected and have recovered may present certificate of recovery together with evidence of 1 dose of vaccination administered after infection.
- Children under 12 travelling with parents are exempted from having to present a certificate of vaccination.
- Children above the age of 12 but under 18 are required to present a certificate of vaccination showing 1 dose of vaccination, unless they are travelling with parents, in which case they will be exempted from having to present a certificate of vaccination.