TM6 cards scrapped?

[StayinThailand2much]

14 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

And how long did the fill in take.

60 seconds.

Took me almost half an hour one time. Didn't have a pen on me, landed in Don Muang. All designated pens ripped off and stolen (by Chinese tourists?) ... Tried in vain to borrow a pen from Thai staff, but they wouldn't lend out a pen. Since then I always make sure to have one or two pens handy when landing in Thailand. (Strangely, never had such a problem in other countries.)

Edited July 2, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[DrJack54]

11 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Took me almost half an hour one time. Didn't have a pen on me, landed in Don Muang. All designated pens ripped off and stolen (by Chinese tourists?) ... Tried in vain to borrow a pen from Thai staff, but they wouldn't lend out a pen. Since then I always make sure to have one or two pens handy when landing in Thailand. (Strangely, never had such a problem in other countries.)

All you are showing is fact your a poor traveller.

I always have few pens.

Not because I want to help people but so they don't hold me up at immigration upon arrival in Thailand.

The number of dumb folk in front of me.

If I don't see TM6 I ask if they have one along with pen.

Also remind them that boarding pass is often required.

 

[hotandsticky]

42 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

And how long did the fill in take.

60 seconds.

 

Not the point Doctor ????

 

 

....and you know it, a pointless waste of time.

[StayinThailand2much]

57 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

All you are showing is fact your a poor traveller.

I usually have pens on me. But this was a short trip from Thailand, and I had just forgotten to take a pen. 

[The Theory]

I did my 1st time 90 day on the new website last night. I was surprised that TM-6 number was not asked !!!!

Edited July 2, 2022 by The Theory

[geisha]

What’s all the fuss about filling in a TM6 ? Just do it .

[jesimps]

Still needed a copy of it for my recent "Proof of Residency" letter from immigration.

[Digitalbanana]

 A colleague of mine flew into BKK today using a reentry permit for Non O from Europe and was given a TM6 to fill in on the flight but said immigration didn't want it, so believes it to be scrapped for now.

[LogicThai]

Just flew in this evening (at Suvarnaphum). The airline did not distribute TM6 forms, none were available at the desks prior to immigration, the IO stamped my passport with a permission to stay date  in sync with my Work Permit (well into 2023, and that was it. No mention of TM6 at all.

Also, the entire immigration process took about 3 minutes, no queue anywhere. 

[ujayujay]

6 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

I care.

 

I actually prepare mine ahead of a return journey and would be very happy if that was no longer necessary.

 

I think that, along with 90 day reporting, TM6 cards are a waste of everybody’s time.

 

‘’scrapping” them, temporarily , is what was announced. I haven’t seen any evidence of that happening.

Waste 1 Min of your Time....????????????

[Stefanix]

30 minutes ago, LogicThai said:

the IO stamped my passport with a permission to stay date  in sync with my Work Permit (well into 2023, and that was it.

What about Covid Vax Certs? Did they check any docs regarding covid?

[LogicThai]

7 minutes ago, Stefanix said:

What about Covid Vax Certs? Did they check any docs regarding covid?

No. There was no check whatsoever. At the check-in in Singapore, I was asked if I was vaccinated, but that was it, no request to prove anything. At arrival in BKK, no mention of any vaccination. I did not see any thermo scanners either.

[Sydebolle]

10 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

Indeed.

 

But PR holders are not Thai.

Only semi-dirty farang then ???? 

[scorecard]

11 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

I didn't say you did.

 

I was highlighting the irrelevance of your post as the thread is about the CURRENT +supposed( scrapping of the TM6.

Wow, I've got a headache now. Don't fight please girls. 

[Tuvoc]

I flew in last night. No checks at all on insurance, TP (these are gone now anyway) or vaccination certificates. Back to pre-Covid times.

 

The airline gave out TM6 to everyone and I filled it out, but there was no stub in my passport when the IO gave it back to me.

 

The thing they do insist on is the boarding pass.

[jphasia]

I landed in Thailand (Phuket) on Friday 1st July from Vietnam. TM6 form were distributed on the plane. I filled it as usual. I asked the immigration officer who told me still not cancelled, waiting official confirmation.

I was asked for vaccine certificate at check in by the airline but not on arrival in Thailand.

[hotandsticky]

59 minutes ago, Tuvoc said:

I flew in last night. No checks at all on insurance, TP (these are gone now anyway) or vaccination certificates. Back to pre-Covid times.

 

The airline gave out TM6 to everyone and I filled it out, but there was no stub in my passport when the IO gave it back to me.

 

The thing they do insist on is the boarding pass.

Thank you, excellent report.

 

They also asked for a boarding pass when I returned last month - only the second time in 16 years that I have needed to show it 

[transam]

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

All you are showing is fact your a poor traveller.

I always have few pens.

Not because I want to help people but so they don't hold me up at immigration upon arrival in Thailand.

The number of dumb folk in front of me.

If I don't see TM6 I ask if they have one along with pen.

Also remind them that boarding pass is often required.

 

I always fill mine in, my gray cells can't remember the visa code number, and fluffing around to copy it is a drag....????

[transam]

10 hours ago, geisha said:

What’s all the fuss about filling in a TM6 ? Just do it .

Weeeell, it's a bit like the mask thing for some..........????

[LoeiI]

21 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

There have been few similar threads.

I'm amazed.

If the airline hands you a tm6 or they are handed out in immigration queue then fill it in.

If the io accepts it and hands you back the departure section then take it.

Job done. Who cares. 

I flew into BKK last week from the UK with Thai air and they gave me one on the plane to complete, at immigration the IO kept the arrivals section and gave the departure section back to me

[LoeiI]

8 minutes ago, LoeiI said:

I flew into BKK last week from the UK with Thai air and they gave me one on the plane to complete, at immigration the IO kept the arrivals section and gave the departure section back to me

I was also asked by the IO for my boarding pass (Never been asked before) but I couldn't find it and she didn't seem too bothered and stamped me in anyway 

[DrJack54]

42 minutes ago, LoeiI said:

I was also asked by the IO for my boarding pass (Never been asked before) but I couldn't find it and she didn't seem too bothered and stamped me in anyway 

Common practice is to provide your boarding pass.

Surprised you experience is that not asked for. 

However many folk chuck their boarding pass so io don't insist.

[Maestro]

In forty years of flying to Thailand at least once a year I have never been asked for my boarding pass by Thai immigration on arrival at Bangkok airport. For the past many years, I did the online check-in, got a QR sent to my phone and got no paper boarding pass that I could have shown or given anybody asking for it.

[alien365]

Flew Heathrow to bkk on the 30th and was asked for proof of vaccination while checking in. Thai Airways required everyone to check in at the counter! No online offered. The immigration officers in bkk were asking for tm6 cards on June 1. One officer in the queue next to me was rather angry with someone who hadn't completed one. 

[OJAS]

4 hours ago, alien365 said:

The immigration officers in bkk were asking for tm6 cards on June 1.

Surely you mean July 1?

 

I flew into BKK from CDG (Paris) on 2 July. Thai Airways handed out blank TM6 cards on the plane and I dutifully completed mine. However the immigration officer I dealt with at BKK Arrivals showed absolutely no interest in doing anything with it, but I won't be binning it in case my local immigration office query why I haven't entered the TM6 number on the TM7 form when applying for my next retirement extension next week. In anticipation of them doing so I plan to arm myself with the fruits of my labours plus multiple copies thereof for them to do with as they see fit.

 

Edited July 3, 2022 by OJAS

[hotandsticky]

1 hour ago, OJAS said:

Surely you mean July 1?

 

I flew into BKK from CDG (Paris) on 2 July. Thai Airways handed out blank TM6 cards on the plane and I dutifully completed mine. However the immigration officer I dealt with at BKK Arrivals showed absolutely no interest in doing anything with it, but I won't be binning it in case my local immigration office query why I haven't entered the TM6 number on the TM7 form when applying for my next retirement extension next week. In anticipation of them doing so I plan to arm myself with the fruits of my labours plus multiple copies thereof for them to do with as they see fit.

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

Would you mind letting us know how you get on next week  - let's see how joined up Immigration are????

[sawadee1947]

Yes, went to the bin 

[alien365]

3 hours ago, OJAS said:

Surely you mean July 1?

 

Yes, sorry. July 1st. I can't edit my post though for some reason. 

[Searat7]

Came in Monday morning on SWISS and they handed them out but the Immigration Officer said no longer needed and did not look at it.

[todlad]

Arrived last night. Filled in the form and presented it. Passport duly stamped but she returned the entire TM6 to me, unstamped. Of course, i was in a hurry to leave and didn't notice I'd got the whole form back until later so couldn't question it.