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Every recognised country maintains at least one diplomatic mission in its most important partner nations. This directory lists the embassies and consulates accredited to ราชอาณาจักรไทย, covering the capital and every major consular city.
Whether you need to apply for a visa, renew or replace a passport, legalise a document for use abroad, register a birth, marriage, or death of a national abroad, or request emergency help after losing travel papers, the embassy that serves your country of citizenship is your first point of contact. Use the search box at the top to jump to a specific country, or browse the alphabetical grid.
An embassy is a country's primary diplomatic mission and is almost always located in the host country's capital. A consulate is a satellite office in a major city that handles everyday consular work — visa applications, passport services, notarisations, and citizen support. For most travellers and expatriates, a consulate is the correct starting point; the embassy handles state-level diplomatic affairs and complex consular cases.
Most consular visits fall into one of five categories. Visa applications — tourist, business, student, work, and transit — are the most frequent. Passport services cover new issues, renewals, and replacements after loss. Document legalisation, including apostille certification, is required whenever a civil document (birth certificate, marriage certificate, diploma) needs to be recognised abroad. Emergency consular assistance helps nationals who are arrested, hospitalised, or stranded. Finally, civil registrations record births, marriages, and deaths of citizens overseas.
Most embassies and consulates now require an appointment booked online — walk-ins are increasingly rare, particularly for visa interviews. Bring original documents plus photocopies, the exact application fee in the accepted format (many embassies take only cash, cashier's cheque, or money order), and passport-size photos that meet the receiving country's specifications. Processing times vary widely: routine tourist visas may be issued in three business days, while work or family-reunification visas can take six to twelve weeks. Check each embassy's website for the most current fee schedule and document checklist.
If you'd prefer not to deal with the embassy directly, VisaHQ prepares and submits visa applications on your behalf for most countries, and can obtain document legalisations and travel documents by mail — no embassy visit required. Each country's dedicated page on this site links directly to the matching VisaHQ service so you can start an application in minutes.
No. You can only apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate of the country you intend to visit. If you want to travel to France, you apply at the French embassy or a French consulate; an embassy of another country cannot process a French visa.
Not always. Some countries accept visa applications entirely online or through authorised visa service providers such as VisaHQ. Others — notably the United States, China, Russia, and several Schengen members — typically require an in-person biometric appointment at a consulate.
As early as the receiving country allows. Most embassies recommend applying four to eight weeks before travel for a tourist visa, and three to six months in advance for work, study, or long-stay visas. Peak seasons (summer, December holidays) can double normal processing times.
Functionally they are the same. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth call their diplomatic missions to other Commonwealth states "High Commissions" rather than embassies; the services and authority are identical.