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I don't know what country issued your passport, but in my Swiss passport the passport number is not encrypted but shown in plain script. On the ID page, at the top of the page, the number is shown in a regular font, in the second line of the machine-readable zone at the bottom of the page in a special font designed for that purpose.

On the TDAC form, it is currently not a required field. If you don't have a visa, leave the field blank. If you have a visa, you can choose between leaving it blank or giving the visa number.

It is correct that a foreigner who has legal residence in a country other than his passport country should indicate the actual country of residence on the TDAC form. Currently, the TDAC form does not allow foreigners with legal residence in Thailand to select Thailand as their country of residence. There has been an announcement that this will be corrected and that in the meantime the country of citizenship should be indicated. https://www.tatnews.org/2025/04/thailand-digital-arrival-card-system-set-to-launch-on-1-may-2025/

There has been no information that PR holders will be exempt from doing the TDAC.

No information has been published on this subject.

No. It means that you did not read or cannot understand the following earlier post in this topic: The last paragraph of that post applies to the situation you have described.

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If your scheduled arrival date in Thailand is within three days after your departure date from Thailand, eg a so-called border run, you can complete and print the TDAC before leaving Thailand. Otherwise, you can go to a business centre or a so-called Internet café in the location where you stay outside Thailand or, alternatively, as a last resort, do it on arrival in Thailand using the facilities provided at the arrival point before going to the immigration desk.

Seeing that you have a re-entry permit, you have a temporary permission to stay in Thailand and therefore Thailand is, for immigration purposes, not your country of residence. In your case you should give the name of the country that issued your passport as your country of residence.

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The discussion about the TDAC continues in tis new topic:

Following this official announcement from immigration, the previous topic https://aseannow.com/topic/1356064-thailand-digital-arrival-card-tdac-system-is-online-but-not-announced-as-starting-yet/ is now closed. Starting 28 April, foreign travelers to Thailand can submit their data for the TDSC on https://tdac.immigration.go.th/arrival-card/#/home Please post your experience with the TDAC or remaining questions about it here in this topic.

Did your wife get a receipt for the 2000 Baht?

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Already discussed here (as mentioned above): https://aseannow.com/topic/1357924-uk-supreme-court-rules-‘woman’-means-biological-female-in-landmark-decision/#comment-19736132

Seeing that the use of the Vonage VOIP service needs a modem or some kind of adapter or other device issued by Vonage, it would be an unlikely substitute for the OP as a replacement for the Skype service he currently uses.

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Thank you for that new screenshot. It shows that the form is till a work in progress, being improved steadily. It's a good thing to see.

What makes you say that the VOIP hardware died? Over the past four weeks, I made several VOIP calls from Switzerland to landline numbers in the USA and Japan and a mobile number in Switzerland.

In your screenshot, what does the absence of the red asterisk next to "Date of Departure" signify in your opinion?

Not relevant to the TDAC, just advertising the beauty of Thailand. Perhaps they are placeholders for instructional videos to follow later.

One cannot forget to do something that one is not required to do.