The EU adopts more favourable Schengen visa rules for Thailand

The European Union and Thailand are getting closer! Relations took another step forward with the adoption of Schengen visa facilitations for Thai nationals residing in Thailand through a “visa cascade” system. The new rules will further enhance people-to-people exchanges and the abilities of Thai nationals to experience Europe.

The cascade regime applies to Thai nationals residing in Thailand applying for short-stay Schengen visas* at an Embassy or Consulate of a Schengen state in Thailand. Bona-fide Thai travellers with no history of overstaying may now be entitled to progressively longer visa validity periods. Travellers who have obtained and lawfully used a Schengen visa in the past two years can now be issued a multiple-entry visa with a validity of one year. Following this, frequent travellers can obtain multiple-entry visas with a two- and eventually five-year validity period.

Read the full Press Release from; EU Delegation in Thailand web pages