Do you need a visa?
Not for a holiday. Chinese passport holders enter Thailand without a visa and stay up to 30 days under a bilateral agreement with Thailand.
That agreement is separate from Thailand's exemption scheme, and the 2026 changes to the scheme do not touch it.
You do need a visa if you want to stay longer than that, or if you are coming to work, study, retire or join family. Those routes are below.
Where your application is handled
Thailand has 10 offices in China. Your application is reviewed there. You still apply online.
Royal Thai Embassy, Beijing
- Address: No. 21 Guanghua Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100600, China
- Phone: +86 10 8531 8700. Visa and consular +86 10 6566 2564
- Opening hours: Mon-Fri 09.00-11.00 and 14.00-16.00, except Thai and Chinese public holidays.
- Official site: https://thaiembbeij.org/th
Contact detail recovered from MFA contact-point list; this mission runs its own website off the MFA platform, so it is not machine-readable.
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Guangzhou
- Address: No. 36 Youhe Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510310, China
- Phone: +86 20 8385 8988. Thai nationals emergency +86 188 1938 6191, +86 188 1938 6190
- Fax: +86 20 8388 9567
- Consular: [email protected]
- Official site: https://guangzhou.thaiembassy.org
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Hong Kong
- Address: 8/F Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, Hong Kong
- Phone: +852 2521 6481 to 6485
- Fax: +852 2521 8629
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. Document legalisation submission and collection 09.30-12.30. Closed official holidays.
- Visa: [email protected]
- General enquiries: [email protected]
- Official site: https://hongkong.thaiembassy.org
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Kunming
- Address: 18th Floor, Shuncheng Twin Towers East Building, Dong Feng Xi Lu, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Phone: Visa +86 871 6316 6616. Thai nationals +86 871 6314 9296
- Fax: +86 871 6316 6891
- Consular: [email protected]
- Official site: https://kunming.thaiembassy.org
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Shanghai
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Xian
- Address: Room 104, 1st Floor, Building A, China Railway First International, No. 9 Yanta North Road, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710000, China
- Phone: +86 29 6125 3668 ext. 801
- Fax: +86 29 6125 3670
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09.00-12.00 and 13.30-17.00. Visa enquiries by phone Monday to Friday 15.00-17.00.
- General enquiries: [email protected]
- Official site: https://xian.thaiembassy.org
The consulate moved. An older address (Diamond Peninsula, Yannan 3rd Road, Qujiang New District) still appears on some of its pages.
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Nanning
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Chengdu
- Address: 12F Building C, Fund International Plaza, No. 6 Hangkong Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China (Metro Line 1 to Tong Zi Lin, exit C or D)
- Phone: +86 28 6689 7861 (press 1 for consular, Monday to Friday 09.30-11.30). Thai nationals emergency only +86 157 0842 8656
- Fax: +86 28 6689 7863
- Visa: [email protected]
- Passport: [email protected]
- Consular and legalisation: [email protected]
- Official site: https://chengdu.thaiembassy.org
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Xiamen
Royal Thai Consulate-General, Qingdao
- Address: Unit 1503-05, 15th Floor, Shangri-La Centre Tower, No. 9 Xianggang Zhong Road, Qingdao 266071, China
- Phone: +86 532 6887 7038, +86 532 6887 7039
- Fax: +86 532 6887 7036
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09.00-12.00 and 13.00-17.00.
- Visa: [email protected]
- Office: [email protected]
- Official site: https://qingdao.thaiembassy.org
Longer stays
If 30 days is not enough, these are the routes Chinese passport holders use most.
See every country’s Thailand visa rules, or ask us about your trip.
