Online TM6 form for visitors to Thailand coming on May 1

[sqwakvfr]

It does not sound like this is going to be an ETA which requires approval? Or does it? How long will it take to process? Will there be a fee?  "Things always go smoothly"??? At least I hope so. 

[Upnotover]

Did you read something somewhere about May 1st?

[UWEB]

16 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Did you read something somewhere about May 1st?

Here we go

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2945991/online-tm6-form-for-visitors-to-thailand-coming-on-may-1

[DrJack54]

OP, it's unknown when ETA will be up and running. 

The plan is process time overnight.

There is no fee.

 

"Things always go smoothly" 

Not a hope in hades.

 

[DrJack54]

10 minutes ago, UWEB said:

Here we go

Thanks for the article. My favorite bit is .....

"The government wants the TM6 process to operate without any problems, and it could take months or a even a year until the system runs smoothly, said the source." 

 

To refer to this as an online TM6 is bit of a joke. In my tourist visa days I used to put for address "Nana Plaza Soi 4"

They type about "keeping a track on tourists" surely that's a joke. 

Many tourists wing it. 

[sqwakvfr]

This plan for the obline TM 6 sounds a little bit like the MDAC(Malasian Digital Arrival Card). I went to KL two weeks ago and had to apply for an MDAC on the Malaysian Immigration website.  The usual questions were asked: passport, flight arrival and departure and the address of my accommodation. Obviously Malaysia has never had 30 to 40 million arrivals per year and so i thought it would be a seamless process. It was not.  I could only submit the MDAC application two days before departure. Also, Malaysian mmigration never sent me an email to confirm the MDAC had been approved.   I had to track my MDAC applicaton on the Malaysian website and after about 20 minutes I found the MDAC Pdf.  I had the MDAC pdf one day before departure.  I wonder how Thai immigration will roll out the online TM 6?  Also, when I checked in for my flight from CNX to KL the checkin desk asked to see my MDAC.  So the next question is if one does not have an Online TM 6 will an airline deny checkin?  

[Classic Ray]

Makes you wonder how we’ve all been managing since the paper TM6 forms have gone out of use. Almost all of the necessary information, except accommodation address, already available from the airline.

[DrJack54]

50 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

I had the MDAC pdf one day before departure.  I wonder how Thai immigration will roll out the online TM 6? 

That's a scary question. 

Also obtaining MDAC one day prior would be stressful 

[Drumbuie]

5 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Thanks for the article. My favorite bit is .....

"The government wants the TM6 process to operate without any problems, and it could take months or a even a year until the system runs smoothly, said the source." 

 

To refer to this as an online TM6 is bit of a joke. In my tourist visa days I used to put for address "Nana Plaza Soi 4"

They type about "keeping a track on tourists" surely that's a joke. 

Many tourists wing it. 

 

Think about it. Immigration will have every tourist's passport details, date of entry, and visa length on their database. Then it's the work of a moment to query that database and produce an easily circulated list of overstayers. 

So then police in tourist hotspots can keep an eye open - and so can CCTV with facial recognition software. 

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, Drumbuie said:

Think about it. Immigration will have every tourist's passport details, date of entry, and visa length on their database

They already will have that when you are stamped in.

You mention "visa length" 

The ETA is for visa exempt entry..

6 minutes ago, Drumbuie said:

Then it's the work of a moment to query that database and produce an easily circulated list of overstayers.

Nothing to do with ETA.

6 minutes ago, Drumbuie said:

So then police in tourist hotspots can keep an eye open - and so can CCTV with facial recognition software. 

You serious. Again nothing to do with ETA. 

[Ralf001]

8 minutes ago, Drumbuie said:

 

Think about it. Immigration will have every tourist's passport details, date of entry, and visa length on their database. 

 

 

the airline has that info already... you think they do not give it to immigration ?

[Ralf001]

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

They already will have that when you are stamped in.

You mention "visa length" 

The ETA is for visa exempt entry..

Nothing to do with ETA.

You serious. Again nothing to do with ETA. 

 

This thread is about TM6.... nothing to do with ETA.

[Caldera]

This is how it looks like to me:

 

It has dawned on them that they haven't made much progress with implementing the ETA. They want to do "something", so this is what they came up with.

 

A bit of a joke, really. 

[DrJack54]

9 minutes ago, Caldera said:

This is how it looks like to me:

 

It has dawned on them that they haven't made much progress with implementing the ETA. They want to do "something", so this is what they came up with.

 

A bit of a joke, really. 

You are 100% correct.

The online TM6 is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.

They have realized the ETA is bit more difficult than they envisaged.

Perhaps waiting for the IT team that created online reporting to iron out the bumps. 

[OJAS]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

The online TM6 is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.

 

The $64,000 question, of course, is whether it will only be those entering Thailand on the basis of tourist visas or visa exemptions who will be required to file an online TM6. Or will this requirement apply equally to longstayers entering/returning to Thailand on the basis of non-immigrant visas/re-entry permits?

 

[Pattaya57]

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

They already will have that when you are stamped in.

You mention "visa length" 

The ETA is for visa exempt entry..

Nothing to do with ETA.

You serious. Again nothing to do with ETA. 

Neither does this thread have anything to do with ETA. This is a new TM6 online application system (thread in news forum)

 

 

This is an absolute joke. If implemented we'll have to do a TM6 online application to give address before entry, do a TM30 to give address within 24 hours of arrival and then a 90 day report to give an address. How many time do we have to give an address before they can find us if needed?

 

Same with a tourist. They'll have to do an online TM6 and an ETA before arrival and then ensure a TM30 after arrival. 3 tines to formally give an address just to be on holiday