In my news feed I noticed an item posted today from the International Medical Travel Journal about some new visa exemptions for medical tourists. The story says “The new regulations allow nationals from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, to stay in Thailand for medical treatment up to 90 days without a […]

Three leading private hospitals in Bangkok are working with Thai immigration to make it even easier to extend your stay for medical treatment purposes. Thai immigration code has a special clause allowing for long stay visas for health rehabilitation. And to make it even easier, Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok International and Samitivej hospitals have each established […]

Visitors from most western countries can arrive in Thailand without a visa and get a 30-day “visa on arrival” stamp in their passport that allows a 30 day stay in the Kingdom. This is the normal process for tourists who typically stay only a week or two. Foreigners wishing to stay longer are required to […]

Something to be considered by serious medical tourists would be options for long stay medical tourism. This would be something more than a quick vacation for a face lift or other elective procedure, even more than a longer medical vacation such as needed for joint replacement or heart surgery. One might think of a chronic […]