Jonathan Fairfield Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 New immigration form goes into effect in October A new immigration form will replace the existing one on October 1 in line with a Cabinet resolution in January approving a Tourism and Sports Ministry request for changes to the “TM6” form. Following that request, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in July instructed the Immigration Bureau to decide whether to cancel the requirement for visitors to use the TM6 form as part of measures to improve immigration procedures at airports and reduce waiting times. Prayut then signed an order on August 4 to issue a ministerial regulation to cancel the existing form and replace it with a new one. However, the Cabinet resolution allows the use of the old TM6 form, which has two separate sections for arrivals and departures, to be used until September 30. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports requested the delay until the end of September to adjust to the new form to help the agency analyse and plan tourism marketing strategies. The new form has only one side for visitors to record both arrival and departure information, with an “automatic channel” barcode for more convenience. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30323322 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcomer71 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 No changes then... P.s. TM6 has a barcode already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 What's this, I can't clearly read SH******* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVGerry Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 What the hell for? It's the same crap! Just cancel the whole damn thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Same horse different jockey, creative thinking, yeah right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 same same but different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Thailand's way of embracing the digital age: there's a space for email address (though probably not enough room to write it legibly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I have always thought they could save an immense amount of time at immigration, if they only used this for people who do not already have a visa. Given that if you have a visa, they already have all of your details anyway. So reserve this only for the 30 day/15 day on arrival stamps. Massive time savings going in and out of the country, and loads of money saved for the Thais. Probably contains too much common sense to be seriously considered here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 This is nuts. It's the same thing but squeezed into half the size! 50% chance the whole idea is forgotten and they stick with what they have had for decades. I hope so any way as I have about 20 of the old ones already pre-filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I bet someone made a hell load of $$$ with this new design.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Okay, so basically nothing has been changed. The current form consists of 2 equally large sheets, one for arrival, the other for departure. The new one is divided into an arrival and departure information section crammed onto 1 single sheet. I can even see a perforated line where the form can be separated so the arrival portion can be kept by immigration and the departure portion in the passport. The only thing different is that the space provided to fill in the information looks miniscule, provided the form has the same size as the current one. And let's wait and see how well that "automatic channel bar code" will work. Is everybody allowed to use the automated channels on departure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Well japan got it. S korea got it SingapooreSent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Tango Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 They changed the form so they can acquire additional information, such as: Facebook account, Bank account number, Body-bag size (only for visits to Kho Tao), Fingerprints, Shoe size, YouTube account, High School GPA, etc, etc.... Furthermore, on the backside of the form you must write a short essay expressing your love for Thailand and what a wonderful country it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 So no more yearly income and occupation field (and all the other nonsense that was on the backside on the old one)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggers Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 When are they going to do something really radical & introduce electronic Passport ID???? This is simply continuation of an antiquated system, certainly will not improve ingoing/outgoing traffic flow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 So will this new form also update the Immigration computer-system, so that we can stop reporting our return for TM30, as well ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark01 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 More from the Thai Ministry of Stupid Ideas and pointless changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 The pictures in the linked Nation article also has a questionnaire on the reverse side. I guess we have to wait and see what the final version will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Just another example of change for the sake of it. And to show that the beribboned ones are improving things. In more than two decades I have never entered the same information on each successive form, but TAT users that fake news to analyse tourism data. Rotf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 46 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said: So no more yearly income and occupation field (and all the other nonsense that was on the backside on the old one)? Really, was that stuff there? I never noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 this is all the effect of corruption. the Thais don't want a modern "bullet proof" immigration system. they want a system that can be manipulated for profit my various individuals as the need arises. No one wants a computer record or log of their actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trollmann Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I wonder why it is needed to write the birth date on both the enter and exit part. With 60 million forms every year, how many of the travellers change their day of birth before leaving the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 34 minutes ago, Ricardo said: So will this new form also update the Immigration computer-system, so that we can stop reporting our return for TM30, as well ? No. How many per cent of the foreigners arriving in Thailand ever see a TM.30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensei Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Cancel the old one that causes delays and replace it with a NEW ONE. Makes perfect sense SMH Throw this one out together with that 90-day check in and I'll be a happy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Looks even worse than the existing one: The usual questions PLUS Telephone Number, Email and length of stay. Whatever prompted these changes, convenience for the traveller certainly was not one of them. What happens if you don't want to give your email address? Refusal of admission? To me this looks like that intrusive form which was quietly abandoned a while ago, implemented more sneakily... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, Maestro said: No. How many per cent of the foreigners arriving in Thailand ever see a TM.30? I take your point ... pity ... always nice to get two birds with one stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Its still easy to loose.and many foreigners still confused to fill it in especially chinese hence the delay.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobwolf Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Luckysilk said: And the UK just announced the elimination of landing cards to speed up the border process. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/outdated-landing-cards-to-be-withdrawn-as-part-of-digital-border-transformation Why would they do that, soon nobody will land there any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Gee already a couple of pages of TV posters making a big deal out of what thy crankily assert is not a big deal. "Oh good. Something new to whinge about." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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