Arrival/departure landing cards no more!

[simon43]

Was this already mentioned?

 

Arrival and departure cards cancelled (Myanmar Times)

[sanmyintmaung]

Arrival/Departure form is cancelled. You still need to fill up custom declaration form on arrival though.

[1337markus]

So many developing countries are taking this step. So much easier on arrivals, no searching for a pen and reading glasses and it speeds up the time going in and out.

[Sydebolle]

Well, in Thailand this is not possible. The 30+ million tourists (so lied upon us by the Tourism Authority of Thailand) feed thousands of Somchais with these cards. 

Do away with these cards and you generate a lot of unemployment.

On a more sombre note, those days are gone. In Thailand only the non-Thais complete this form TM6 and I always wondered, if/what they could decipher from shaky hand writing by foreign hands ......... 

[MyFriend You]

Vietnam stopped them about three years ago, they have computers, and know how to use them  

[PoorSucker]

On 10/17/2018 at 10:15 AM, Sydebolle said:

Well, in Thailand this is not possible. The 30+ million tourists (so lied upon us by the Tourism Authority of Thailand) feed thousands of Somchais with these cards

Only one family provide this cards, latest figure was 5 baht / card. 

[Sydebolle]

7 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Only one family provide this cards, latest figure was 5 baht / card. 

I meant with my remark, that thousands of "officials" are busied with punching in illegible information from these cards, stapling them into passports etc. 

The printer's goose laying golden eggs is a different (albeit most likely true) story 8-) 

[Tomtomtom69]

Arrival/departure cards still need to be filled in when arriving/departing at land borders.