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The SMART Visa is a new type of visa designed to attract highly skilled manpower and investors to help accelerate the development of the country’s targeted industries. SMART Visa is offered to foreign experts, executives, entrepreneurs and investors who wish to enter into the Kingdom of Thailand to work or to invest in the “13 S-Curve industries” or the country’s targeted industries.

Procedures for visa issuance

1. Register for online qualification endorsement application for SMART Visa on https://smart-visa.boi.go.th and activate an online account through a confirmation e-mail.

2. Complete an application form for the type of SMART Visa you wish to apply.

3. Within 30 working days after having received complete documents, OSS will notify the applicant, the Immigration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant agencies of the result of qualification endorsement application.

4. After receiving SMART Visa result via email, please inform the Smart Visa Unit via email at [email protected] which Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General you plan to receive SMART Visa at least one month in advance before the tentative date of flight to enter Thailand. Your notification letter will automatically be forwarded to your selected Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General. When this is done, you will be informed by SMART Visa unit via email. This process normally takes around 7-14 working days.

5. Apply for the e-Visa at www.thaievisa.go.th

6. After arriving in Thailand, please send a copy of the e-Visa document and arrival stamp to [email protected]. In order to ensure the correctness of your SMART Visa information and receive the notification letter of rights for SMART Visa holders. 

Fee and Validity of SMART Visa

Required documents

1.  SMART Visa for Talents  (SMART-T)

2.  SMART Visa for Investors (SMART-I) 

3.  SMART Visa for Executives (SMART-E) 

4.  SMART Visa Unit (BOI) for Startups (SMART-S) 

5.  SMART Visa Unit (BOI) for spouse and children of a SMART visa holder (SMART-O)