Info via AOT app required from inbound passengers at airports

[emptypockets]

2 hours ago, lockyv7 said:

my phone is about due to be replaced so i may just load everything into the cloud and buy a new phone after i arrive next time. This could be there way of implementing this as it sounds like what they wanted to do 4 or 5 years back. 

You do realise that the cloud is a fancy name of someone else's hardrive, where you give all your data to freely.

[AAArdvark]

What happens when you arrive with three kids under that age of 10, do they all have to have their own phones and speak Thailish?

[Cake Monster]

6 hours ago, Salerno said:

No, because it's not on any of the stores, nor is it a workable solution.

 

IMO they should stick to the actual form that is designed for this eventuality instead of trying to catch up with this century at this point in time.

The problem is that the Authorities and Government in Thailand kept trying to take the Tourist  Bucks, and have been extremely slow to react to any threat from Covid19.

Now the reality is starting to hit them, they are attempting to save face by announcing more Covid19 cases each day, and this APP is also an attempt to say to the wider World " Hey!  we are so proactive with dealing with the Virus - look at us , we even have an APP "- but they dont yet.

This is just another example of the incompetent, and shoddy way in which the Government has dealt with the crisis from day one.

[mtls2005]

The paper T.8 form may be handed out on the plane, it's definitely available on arrival. or you can download it and fill it in before/during your trip.

 

https://www.caat.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/T8_form.pdf

 

See page 19 (of 20)

[Salerno]

4 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

" Hey!  we are so proactive with dealing with the Virus - look at us , we even have an APP "- but they dont yet.

They do actually, but not using it unless only way past immigration.

[maprao]

They will sell you a data SIM for 45 Baht????

[justin case]

is this a android only app ?   

[maprao]

There is a field (box)

For your Thaivisa name ????

[Salerno]

2 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

See page 19 (of 20)

 

Or just click the link ...

  

7 hours ago, Salerno said:

IMO they should stick to the actual form that is designed for this eventuality instead of trying to catch up with this century at this point in time.

????

[Salerno]

1 minute ago, justin case said:

is this a android only app ?   

No https://apps.apple.com/au/app/aot-airports/id792579639

[mtls2005]

3 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Or just click the link ...

 

Yes, I forgot to mention/acknowledge your TG link. Apologies.

 

I just thought that the full document might give folks additional/historical background.

 

Just to reiterate. Providing the information appears to be required upon entry, definitely if coming from one of the countries listed in the "two danger zones) list.. One can use the paper form, or potentially, the app.

 

Using the app is NOT REQUIRED/MANDATORY

 

 

 

 

[Salerno]

1 minute ago, mtls2005 said:

Yes, I forgot to mention/acknowledge your TG link. Apologies.

555 just extracting the urine mate, wasn't being serious.

[rossco1]

mmmmm  ok sounds good

but are we still looking for 80 or so people that did a runner 

 

[metempsychotic]

2 hours ago, dhind1 said:

What if you go into Flight mode while in Thailand - effectively incognito, they will not be able to trace you. Will there be mandatory fines for this?

What if, as the very worst scenario you delete it as soon as it has served its purpose.

 

Far more likely is I use an old clean phone without any info on it or sim and wipe it again after.

 

Given we are already tracked by so many different organizations anyways I feel no need to add another, especially one run by the present government.

 

But, in reality, I suspect the paper form will suffice.

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by metempsychotic

[metempsychotic]

2 hours ago, legend49 said:

Well there goes another 10 million lost tourists. They are totally clueless.

I suspect you arernt any more clued up.

[SupermarineS6B]

Can you imagine the confusion at the land borders if you tried something like this, i mean usually they're all on speaking English.......... How much more information do you need ????????    I said to someone last night, i bet shortly after a few cases with immigration staff they'll close the place and run off home........ Here it's coming......

[metempsychotic]

1 hour ago, Tchooptip said:

find on App Store: This app may use your location even when it isn't open which can decrease battery life.☹️

Yes battery life is the issue here.

[Gandtee]

8 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Still people out there without smartphones. A store to buy on arrival?

Like wat i is. Would it not make more sense to issue the relevant form aboard the aircraft? 

[dogfish180]

I just installed it on my spare phone. Good luck entering your date of birth!!! Toggle through every month one by one. I would need to toggle through 600 months to reach mine! Sadly I didn't have several hours to spare, so lied about my age.......not for the first time ????

[robertson468]

But surely this information is contained on the Arrival Card, which you hand in at Immigration?  Amazing how little these people think before implementing spurious rules.  Even my lovely Thai Wife suggested yesterday that we go somewhere else that is not governed by crooks and numtees!

[OffshoreMig]

8 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Still people out there without smartphones. A store to buy on arrival?

The Airlines could provide this app on the Onboard Entertainment system and when landed upload the data to Thai Immigration. When passport is scanned It would show up on Immigration's computer. Would mean you do not have to fill in that hard copy TM6 form.  I could design a form that was universal to all flights and all countries

[mtls2005]

10 minutes ago, dogfish180 said:

I just installed it on my spare phone. Good luck entering your date of birth!!! Toggle through every month one by one. I would need to toggle through 600 months to reach mine! Sadly I didn't have several hours to spare, so lied about my age.......not for the first time ????

 

If it's like other apps (Immigration: TM47, TM30) here just click on the year and scroll that.

 

 

[Salerno]

4 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

But surely this information is contained on the Arrival Card, which you hand in at Immigration? 

Where on a TM6 do you list countries you've been in the past 14 days, what seat you where in on the flight and indicate any symptoms you may have?

[johnarth]

what the hell is wrong with the tm 30 surely that should work

[justin case]

Ios :  this app needs IOS11 ... I have an old Iphone, I am not going to buy anything NEW for a stupid app with no backwards compatibility

[Metropolitian]

11 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Where on a TM6 do you list countries you've been in the past 14 days, what seat you where in on the flight and indicate any symptoms you may have?

White space reserved for govrrnmenral uses.

 

Or write on a napkin and staple it to the card. 

[Salerno]

or just download the T8 and fill it in 

[TheFishman1]

Is this the best they can come up with for stopping this virus TIT what a joke

[buffallobill]

I think I will just use a old phone, which I have deleted all my information ect, No way I will put the app on my every day phone 

[sahibji]

9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Still people out there without smartphones. A store to buy on arrival?

thai policies amaze me. sure there may be some people who do not have a smart phone.