Do you need a visa?
Yes. Ethiopia is not on Thailand's visa exemption list and not on the visa on arrival list, so Ethiopian passport holders need a visa before travelling. Airlines will stop you at the gate without one.
The good news is that you apply online and you keep your passport. Nobody has to visit an embassy in person.
Where your application is handled
There is no Thai embassy or consulate in Ethiopia. Your application is handled by the Royal Thai Embassy, Nairobi, which is accredited to Ethiopia. You do not travel there. Everything is done online, and this is simply the office that reviews your file.
Royal Thai Embassy, Nairobi
- Address: Rose Avenue (off Denis Pritt Road), P.O. Box 58349-00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya
- Phone: +254 20 291 9100. Visa +254 20 291 9111 to 9113
- Opening hours: Office Monday to Friday 09.00-12.00 and 13.30-16.30. Consular counter Monday to Friday 09.00-12.30.
- Visa: [email protected]
- General enquiries: [email protected]
- Official site: https://nairobi.thaiembassy.org
The honorary consulate cannot issue your visa
Thailand has an honorary consulate in Addis Ababa. It is easy to find and easy to mistake for the real thing. It cannot issue visas, Thai passports, ID cards or certificates, and it cannot authenticate documents. Do not send your application or your documents there.
Addis Ababa: Mr. Tsegaye Abebe Adugna, Honorary Consul · Kirkos Sub City, Woreda 05, Gedey Gebrehiwet Building, 3rd Floor, House No. 1163, Office No. 301, Roosevelt Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · +251 114 660 982, mobile +251 911 254 077 · [email protected]. Contact hours 09.00-13.00 and 15.00-18.00.
Longer stays
These are the routes Ethiopian passport holders use most.
See every country’s Thailand visa rules, or ask us about your trip.
