Do you need a visa to visit Thailand from Canada?
Do you need a visa to visit Thailand from Canada?
No, you do need Thailand visa if you carry Canadian Passport holder. You can enter the country for a 30 day visa exemption, which means you can stay in Thailand quite long period. Or you can enter Thailand and the access Thailand neighbor country too. After that you can reentry the country very easy.
Useful information
There are also some other useful information for Canadian to visit Thailand. What you need before plan the trip to visit Thai? Additional suggestion begins with interesting destination that you may like. Do you need vaccinations?
Do you need to vaccinate before visit Thailand?
If you travel in the city the area, you do not need to worry about malaria since most common for travellers to contract the disease while in rural areas, especially near the Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar borders.
Some doctor may advice to protect following this list.
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Rabies
- Tetanus
- Zika
- Typhoid
- Cholera
- Malaria
- Japanese encephalitis
- Dengue fever
Good Idea for registration of Canadians abroad
This is a free service on a website that you can access to register for notifying Canadian government know about your travel in case of emergency and receive important information before or during a natural disaster or civil unrest.
Canadian embassy in Thailand
Canadian embassy and consular section are based in Bangkok and Chiang mai. Those who travel to Phuket , Krabi and Phangna can contact the Australian Consulate general in Phuket.
Embassy of Canada in Bangkok
Online Appointment Service: Please be advised that only clients with an appointment will be accepted for routine services.
Consular Section
15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place,
990 Rama IV Road,
Bangrak Bangkok 10500
Thailand
Telephone: +66 (0) 2646-4300
Fax: +66 (0) 2646-4345
Email: bangkok-consul@international.gc.ca
Email (passports): bngkk-passport@international.gc.ca
Consulate of Canada in Chiang Mai
The Consulate of Canada in Chiang Mai offers consular services to Canadians living and travelling in the north of Thailand.
151 Super Highway,
Tambon Tahsala
Amphur Muang,
Chiang Mai 50000
Telephone: +66 (0) 5385-0147 or +66 (0) 5324-2292
Fax: +66 (0) 5385-0332
Email: cancon@loxinfo.co.th
Australian Embassy in Phuket
6th Floor CCM Complex
77/77 Chalermprakiat Rama 9 Road (Bypass road)
Muang Phuket 83000 THAILAND
In Thai: ชั้น 6 อาคาร CCM คอมเพล็กซ์ 77/77 ถนน เฉลิมพระเกียรติ ร.9 (ถนนบายพาส) จังหวัดภูเก็ต 83000
Phone: +66 (0) 76 317 700
Fax: +66 (0) 76 317 743
Stay connect with your embassy is a good idea before your trip.
Loss or stolen the passport and what to do?
I hope this doesn’t happened to you. But it is best to prepare for the worse.
You can get a new passport at the nearest Canadian embassy.
What to do if your passport is lost or stolen
In Canada
Call 1-800-567-6868 (TTY services: 1-866-255-7655) to report the details of the loss or theft.
For refugee travel document and certificate of identity.
Call 1-888-242-2100 (TTY services: 1-888-576-8502) to report the details of the loss or theft
Outside Canada
Report the loss or theft to the nearest Government of Canada office abroad.
Is Thailand safe to travel alone?
Thailand is safe to travel alone event you are female. Just keep in mind that do not walk in quiet area, dress appropriated to avoid unwanted attention. And travel with official transport companies.
What time to visit?
Thailand is in tropical client so it’s warm all year long. The best time to visit in November to February. However, you may consider visiting during the monsoon period during June- August which is also around rural area are totally green.
Where to go in Thailand?
Quick guide for what city that we recommend to visit
For a good time spent in each city I think 3-5 days is good for observing around. Many bloggers already explain and give more information in each destination. As I work with Canadian too. This is a destination I recommend to visit.
- Bangkok
- Suukhothai
- Chiang mai , Chiang rai , Lampang
- Khaolak or Krabi
Lets me tell why I recommend those places.
Why Canadian should visit Bangkok ?
Bangkok is a city that hard to skip. why ? This is the easiest place to get more option of arrival, flight and departure flight. And if you look often enough, you can get a good ticket flight rate. I know that Bangkok well known as a traffic jam. I am not saying that you should come to see traffic jam. There is something cool here that worth visit.
- First, 400 temples that are very interesting to see.
- Cheap Food , that you will love it here.
- Culture and history are in the Grand Palace and Ayutthaya world heritage that you can make and extension too.
- Floating market, which is sound touristy for most so called traveller, But you do not have this in America Convenient.
Why Sukhothai?
Just know the meaning for Sukhothai means, you will love to come. Sukhothai means the dawn of happiness. Cool name right. Visitor can enjoy easy sightseeing by grab a bike and observe the world heritage. Another way to enjoy the time in Sukhothai is to visit an organic farm. Riding on the back of a buffalo is a little adventure and working in rice field will make you know the farmer life better.
Visit small village to make gold or take part in a village to do craft work . Do you like this kind of authentic experience when visits Sukhothai?
Why Chiang mai , Chiang rai , Lampang ?
This is a city in the north of Thailand, which is totally different from central and southern part of the country. Those three cities is very near one another, but you can select to spend more time in different place as you like
I want to give a guideline as table for comparison of different point of interest
| Less | In the middle | More |
Traffic jam | Lampang | Chiang rai | Chiang mai |
Yummy local food | Chiang mai | Lampang | Chiang rai |
Number of Tourist | Lampang | Chiang rai | Chiang mai |
Old houses in city | Chiang rai | Chiang mai | Lampang |
Old temple | Chiang rai | Lampang | Chiang mai |
Horse riding | Chiang rai | Chiang mai | Lampang |
Hill Tribe village | Lampang | Chiang mai | Chiang rai |
Flight arrival/ departure = easy to access and connect to other destination | Lampang | Chiang rai | Chiang mai |
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I hope you like my comparison of three cities. And I hope this will not lead to confusion and it can help to pick the right destination to visit the north of Thailand.
Why Khaolak or Krabi ?
I love this beach town which is less busy and easy to rich beautiful marine national park.
What can I bring to Canada?
A lot of things in Thailand you can bring back to Canada. The Buddha image is not souvenir and when take out from Thailand you need permission. Thai people are really serious about the misuse of Buddha statues and put to impropriate area.