Do I need a visa or passport to go to Thailand?

Both. You need to get a passport first, and you can choose landing visa for a visa when you go to Thailand.

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Passport application materials

(a) a recent bareheaded photo, fill in the complete "China citizens to go abroad for personal reasons application form";

(2) Resident identity card; During the collection, renewal and replacement of resident identity cards, temporary resident identity cards may be submitted;

(3) Citizens under the age of 16 shall be accompanied by their guardians, and submit exit opinions, resident identity cards, passports and photocopies issued by their guardians;

(4) State functionaries shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions, submit the certificate that their unit or the competent unit at a higher level has approved to leave the country in accordance with the personnel management authority;

(5) Other materials required by the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the provincial local people's government after being approved by the exit-entry administration department of the Ministry of Public Security.

Passport processing program

Citizens applying for ordinary passports shall submit to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their household registration is located, and submit the above-mentioned authentic and valid materials.

Servicemen shall, after going through the approval formalities in accordance with the administrative authority, submit them to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their troops are located.

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Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China-Entry and Exit of China Citizens