Visa requirements, every country.

People ask “do I need a visa for Thailand” as if there is one answer. There is not. The same flight carries a German passport that walks in visa-free and an Indian passport that needs a sticker from the consulate. The destination sets the rules, your travel document decides which row of those rules applies to you. That is why every page on this site is organised by passport, not by where you happen to live.

Four words that cover almost every case

Visa-free means you show up with your passport and get stamped in, usually for 30 to 90 days. Visa on arrival means you still get in at the airport, but you pay a fee and fill a form at a desk before immigration. e-Visa or ETA means you apply online days before you fly and arrive with an approval already attached to your passport. Visa required means a consulate, an appointment, documents, and lead time measured in weeks. Most trips fall in the first three. The table above tells you which one is yours.

The trap that catches visa-free travellers

Visa-free does not mean unlimited. The clearest example is Europe: most non-EU passports get 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole Schengen Area, not per country. People burn the allowance country-hopping and only notice at the airport on the way out, which is the expensive way to learn. If your trip is anywhere near that line, run the dates through the Schengen calculator before you book the return leg, and read the ETIAS explainer if you are travelling from late 2026 on.

e-Visa and ETA are not the same thing

An e-Visa is a real visa you apply and usually pay for, just online instead of at a consulate. Processing can take days, sometimes longer in peak season, so it is not a thing you do in the taxi to the airport. An ETA (the US ESTA, Canada eTA, UK ETA, and the EU ETIAS) is a lighter pre-screening for people who are already visa-exempt. It is quick and cheap but still mandatory, and airlines will refuse boarding without it. The practical rule: apply the moment you book, not the night before.

What to check before you trust any table

Visa policy moves with politics and reciprocity deals, faster than any reference site can promise to track in real time. Treat the figures here as a strong starting point, then confirm two things on the destination’s official immigration site: that your passport has at least six months of validity left, and that the rule did not change in the last few weeks. The day count and visa type are what get people turned around at the border, so those are the two worth a second look.