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One of the most exciting part of a foreigner’s stay in Thailand is the Visa Run. A visa run is the journey towards a neighboring country where a foreigner (whether tourist or professional) needs to apply a visa to stay legally back in the kingdom. Due to the government’s complicated visa laws and provisions, a falang (Thai term which means foreigner) is rendered to apply for it outside the country upon the visa’s expiration. Destinations practically include all the neighboring nations, but we will discuss the visa run to Malaysia in particular.

Malaysia is located just south of Thailand’s border. One can travel towards it via land or via airliner. If you want to make the visa run from Bangkok on land, you can do it by train or by bus. A good chunk of your time will be spent on the traveling alone. The last major city of Hat Yai in the south is a good 15 – 18 hours away from Bangkok via the highways and the railroads. The city is the jump-off point for the travel across the border to Malaysia.

On the other hand, if you’re not much on long-distanced travel you can choose to enter Malaysia via an airliner. There are lots of daily flights from Bangkok and Phuket to Malaysia, so pretty much the choosing for the cheaper plane ticket and flight schedule is left at your discretion. Depending on your Malaysian destination, the flight can range from about an hour or two, so it’s worth taking the option if you don’t want to spend more than half of your day in the confines of a train or a bus.

The Tourist Visa Exemption scheme only applies to aliens holding passports issued by the countries listed below. Travel documents for aliens issued by these countries are not acceptable.

Andorra (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil*
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong**
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea (ROK)*
Kuwait
Latvia (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Leichtenstein
Lithuania (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Maldives (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Mauritius (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Monaco
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Peru*
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
San Marino (effective as of 14 April 2019)
Singapore
Slovak
Slovenia
Spain
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine (effective as of 14 April 2019)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Vietnam**

Remarks:

* Nationals of Brazil, Republic of Korea and Peru are entitled for tourist visa exemption scheme. Meanwhile, Thailand also holds bilateral agreements on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, official and ordinary passports for a visit of not exceeding 90 days with Brazil, Republic of Korea and Peru.

** Nationals of Vietnam and Hong Kong SAR are entitled for tourist visa exemption scheme. Meanwhile, Thailand also holds bilateral agreements on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, official and ordinary passports for a visit of not exceeding 30 days with Vietnam and Hong Kong SAR.
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