Tarukhtah

How to put this more

clear...

It is not an arbitrary choice. It is just a compound of coincidences that happened so that in that exact day I cannot have my passport with me because it will be in the immigration office. This is not like I forgot my passport there. Really it needs to be that day.

And yes it is really unfortunate. Still I cannot change the world. 

Thank you guys.

Thank you so much for the info. Indeed, if so many people could fly so much domestically with the driving license, I hope I won't be different. And yes I will check-in online and print the boarding passes. But I have flewn many times from DMK and when going to the gates they always tell me I need to get a boarding pass from the check-in counter. They never allowed me to fly with the boarding pass from the check-in online.

Any clue if that has changed? Last time was like 1 year ago.

The other thing is, you guys flew during "normal" times. What if now they are eager to catch foreigners with expired visas or something? That's my fear, that they would insist in seeing my passport. But given the multiple positive reports in this thread, I guess it should be all good.

Hello guys,

Thank you so much. Really. Great to know you could fly with the Thai driving license.

One issue though is the passport number in the driving license is my old passport, although I can have that old passport with me for sure.  I have a certification from the embassy about the passport change, also the old passport.

And also agreed, I talked with Nokair. They said "yes". I mean... it sounded not very convincing but said yes they can issue the boarding passes even if I come just with the driving license. So I am more worried by the people in the security checks etc. Maybe some will insist I cannot go through without passport. That'd be a mess.

And yes it would be great if I had some proof that my passport is submitted to immigration... but I screwed a bit that part. I'll try to see if the agent has something but I am quite afraid no. Let's see.

Backup plan is I take a bus LOL. 

Hello,

I am not a Thai national. I have a flight booked (was booked and the itinerary and planning was done before I knew this) within Thailand, from DMK to a local town. Unfortunately and by many reasons it happens that my passport will be in the immigration office right at the time my flight takes off.

Question: Is it possible to take the flight with the Thai driving license?

Thai driving license is valid, i.e. not expired, has my picture and same name as my passport. Otherwise I can obviously bring a copy of my passport with me, which otherwise is also valid, not expired, and has a valid tourist visa on it. I do not hold a work permit.

I contacted Nokair, they claim on their side is ok with the driving license, i.e. they will issue the boarding pass. However, I am wondering... in the passport / IDs controls in the airport... will it be ok? Has anyone made this experience before?

I called again to another number of Nokair. They said the government U-turned and said they won't open... weird.

I mean, this morning I read in Thethaiger that the airport is confirmed to be opening tomorrow. This afternoon I get a call from the airline telling the airport is closed and my flight out is cancelled.
I think they meant there are no fly-outs. But only flights-in.

Anyone knows?

So this is only for incoming flights to Phuket, right? We cannot fly out yet, right? 

And tomorrow, will they open they let 5k people more go?

Agreed. I understood the same as pagallim concerning the quarantine. But also agreed. Too mudy. 

And the question is, did anyone ever see the QR code !? i.e. did these people have a queue position they got with the QR Code? I never saw that QR Code at all. Wondering what's gonna happen. Probably they will put some red tape on the ground to indicate the distance between people. And I think that's all that will change till Sunday.

From what I understood they set the sticker in the checkpoint indicating your destination province, that "grants" you to some extent (not sure which) a drive through, up till the destination province.

But hej... I saw things change quite fast so I'd be wondering if the story of the stickers is over.

That's why I said "probably" and "for instance" as it depends on the case of each person. Anyway, just wanted to share the info. 

I can confirm. In the immigration they do extends visas if you wish. However, the officer told it is probably not worth since you'll need to pay the fee for the extension, and if you get for instance 30 days, you'll be getting less window than July 31st.

Other than that, does anyone have a clue where we can register to leave? In the last 24 hours I have heard 20 different versions and none works.

Do you know where can one register now?

What does CCSA stand for?

What a pity. Wondering... is a controlled airport transit such a high risk that they wanna completely ban it? On the money side... it should be really interesting because the airport gets some income on airport taxes, without getting the burden of having incoming passengers that intend to enter the country.  I would think it's an interesting deal. And low risk since the passengers are supposed to leave within "hours" without going out of the airport. 

Damn... is quite crepy. So actually... then the QR thing, and the queuing was for nothing... right? 
So according to the info today, you just need to park your car in the queue, no matter if you registered anywhere? Right? i.e. they did not give slots like "you can go on this date on that time". Right?

@pagallim Yes we saw some ads in Facebook. I am even considering creating a Facebook account ????

@stevenl  do you know if they are extending visas or they are telling you do not need to do it, go back home?

@pagallim Thank's! 

@pagallim Those are phone numbers where we need to inform that we go to "the check point" or what can we do with those?

So now no need to register and no need for a queue slot?!

Does anyone have a link to the QR code?

@pagallim So if you register claiming to go to Bangkok, will you have to get stuck anyway in Phang Nga or let's say you can arrive till the province you said is your destination and do the quarentine there? You know that part?

@pagallim Thank you for the tip.

@saakura True. Is a risk.