Apply for your Thailand Digital Arrival Card online

Yes. Even if you are from a visa-exempt country (like the US, UK, or Australia), you are still required to complete the Digital Arrival Card (TDAC). It is an administrative requirement for all foreign arrivals to streamline immigration. Failure to submit the TDAC within the 72-hour window before arrival may result in denied boarding by your airline or significant delays at Thai immigration checkpoints.

Once your application is processed, you will receive an email containing a PDF confirmation and a unique QR code. You do not need a physical sticker; simply show the QR code on your mobile device or a printed copy to the immigration officer upon arrival. You can also find a copy of your confirmation in your iVisa dashboard if you applied through us.

The Digital Arrival Card itself does not determine your length of stay; it is an entry registration. Your permitted stay is based on your nationality's rules. Most visa-exempt travelers are currently permitted to stay for up to 60 days per entry; for arrivals from September 15, 2026, that drops to 30 days for most nationalities, including US citizens. If you wish to stay longer, you must apply for a visa extension at a local Thai immigration office.

The Thai government requires the card to be submitted in the 72 hours (3 days) before your arrival. With iVisa, you can submit your info even before that; we will automatically queue your application to ensure it is processed and sent to you exactly within that 72-hour window so your registration is valid when you land.

Yes. Every traveler, including infants and young children, must have their own registered Digital Arrival Card. You can use iVisa's "Add another person" feature to manage applications for the whole family in a single session.

If you are transiting through Thailand and staying within the international transit area (not clearing immigration), you do not need a TDAC. However, if you plan to enter the country, even for a few hours, or if you must clear immigration to collect bags for a self-transfer flight, the card is mandatory.

The most common mistakes are a mismatched passport number, a typo in the name (which must exactly match the machine-readable zone of your passport), or an incorrect arrival date. There's no approval or denial step; it's a declaration, not an application. But your name, passport number, nationality, and date of birth can't be corrected once submitted, so a mistake in one of those fields means filing a brand new card. iVisa's review process is built to catch these errors before you submit.

No. The card is for single entry only. You must complete a new Thailand Digital Arrival Card registration for every entry into the country, regardless of whether you arrive by air, land, or sea.

iVisa is an independent service that reviews your details, catches mistakes before they cost you a resubmission, and files your card within the government's 3-day window, with live support throughout the process. If you'd rather go straight to the source, the Thai government's own portal is tdac.immigration.go.th, where submitting directly is free.

Our service fee is separate from any government fee. The Thailand Digital Arrival Card is free from the Thai government; when you apply with us, you're paying for the guided application, review and error-checking, multilingual support, processing, and status tracking we offer, not the card itself. The final document still comes from the Thai government; we just deliver it straight to your inbox once it's ready.

No. Thailand Pass was a separate registration Thailand used during the COVID-19 period, and it's no longer in use. Every foreign traveler entering Thailand today completes the Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) instead.