Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) system is online (but not announced as starting yet)

[Upnotover]

  On 4/2/2025 at 2:55 AM, notrub said:

I am 76yrs old, btw.  How do I access the priority lane at the AP?  Also, I have had many covid vaccinations and travelled out of Thailand and back again during that time.  Are my old vaccination records required and still valid? 

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The priority lanes are clearly signposted.  Just follow the signs.  No vaccination records are required, unless you have been in a yellow fever country. 

[ozfarang]

  On 4/2/2025 at 3:22 AM, Burgo1979 said:

To complete the form fully you need to put your arrival date in, and it only lets you up to three days in advance, so you must be travelling into Thailand soon, or were you able to put in a future date of arrival?

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I was just seeing if the TDAC was working as the web site suggested and put in a date 3 days from yesterday and then completed the rest of the details and it worked fine

[Burgo1979]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:08 AM, ozfarang said:

I was just seeing if the TDAC was working as the web site suggested and put in a date 3 days from yesterday and then completed the rest of the details and it worked fine

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Ah ok, thanks. I presume you then somehow cancelled it, or it would be in the system?

[ozfarang]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:11 AM, Burgo1979 said:

Ah ok, thanks. I presume you then somehow cancelled it, or it would be in the system?

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That's correct on, the last page you can cancel and discard all information

[Burgo1979]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:13 AM, ozfarang said:

That's correct on, the last page you can cancel and discard all information

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Many thanks.

[Harrisfan]

So within 72 hours means 0-72 hours before arrival?

[ozfarang]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:16 AM, Harrisfan said:

So within 72 hours means 0-72 hours before arrival?

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You can only select, for instance, todays date and the next 2 days.

All other future dates are greyed out and not selectable

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:20 AM, ozfarang said:

You can only select, for instance, todays date and the next 2 days.

All other future dates are greyed out and not selectable

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What happens if u dont fill it out? Separate line for those people? This is a stupid idea. Some people will forget.

[Ralf001]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:27 AM, Harrisfan said:

What happens if u dont fill it out? Separate line for those people? This is a stupid idea. Some people will forget.

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sucks to be them !!

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:29 AM, Ralf001 said:

sucks to be them !!

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What is the point of this stupid idea? 

[Ralf001]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:32 AM, Harrisfan said:

What is the point of this stupid idea? 

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to fuel threads like this.

Highly amusing to read posts from nobodies having a whinge.

[StayinThailand2much]

Will arrive in Thailand on April 30th. 😆 

 

Last time I arrived by air, and overland, the TM6 forms were still used. What is the latest on providing accommodation information (Email, screenshot...) to the IO?

[DrJack54]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:52 AM, StayinThailand2much said:

 

Last time I arrived by air, and overland, the TM6 forms were still used. What is the latest on providing accommodation information (Email, screenshot...) to the IO

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That must have been some time ago as the TM6 has not been required for entry via air 

Dont think io would ask for accommodation info. Screenshot fine.

Have it on hand along with money. 

[Caldera]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:27 AM, Harrisfan said:

What happens if u dont fill it out? Separate line for those people? This is a stupid idea. Some people will forget.

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To streamline the process, it's possible that they will instruct the airlines to require the QR code when you check in for a flight to Thailand. Or they might have kiosks at the airports, like Cambodia. Time will tell.

[brewsterbudgen]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:27 AM, Harrisfan said:

What happens if u dont fill it out? Separate line for those people? This is a stupid idea. Some people will forget.

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Good question.  Assuming that people who have not completed it are still allowed to board the flight at the point of departure, I would guess they will have to complete it in the arrivals area, just like they would have had to have done with the paper TM6.  

 

Or maybe, during the flight, cabin crew will go around checking that everyone has completed one and help those who have not (like they did with the paper TM6 cards)?

[ozfarang]

  On 4/2/2025 at 5:49 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Good question.  Assuming that people who have not completed it are still allowed to board the flight at the point of departure, I would guess they will have to complete it in the arrivals area, just like they would have had to have done with the paper TM6.  

 

Or maybe, during the flight, cabin crew will go around checking that everyone has completed one and help those who have not (like they did with the paper TM6 cards)?

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That would assume all pax have internet access. TDAC is only available to access via the www

[brewsterbudgen]

  On 4/2/2025 at 5:57 AM, ozfarang said:

That would assume all pax have internet access. TDAC is only available to access via the www

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 Of course.  But don't most airlines have wifi these days?

[Paul45]

  On 4/2/2025 at 4:27 AM, Harrisfan said:

What happens if u dont fill it out? Separate line for those people? This is a stupid idea. Some people will forget.

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Similar systems are already implemented in many, many countries.  Usually the airline will remind you--often before checkin via email, during checkin, and on the flight.  If you still forget, there are usually giant signs to remind you before you get in the immigration line.  If you didn't complete the form by then, just scan a QR code and it takes a minute or two to complete.  It's really not any more complicated than filling out a paper form.

[ozfarang]

  On 4/2/2025 at 5:59 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

 Of course.  But don't most airlines have wifi these days?

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No. A lot of legacy carries have free wifi.

Most LCC's do not offer or have free wifi

 

[Liquorice]

  On 4/2/2025 at 5:49 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Good question.  Assuming that people who have not completed it are still allowed to board the flight at the point of departure, I would guess they will have to complete it in the arrivals area, just like they would have had to have done with the paper TM6.  

 

Or maybe, during the flight, cabin crew will go around checking that everyone has completed one and help those who have not (like they did with the paper TM6 cards)?

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I doubt the airline will allow you to board without TDAC clearance.

[UWEB]

May be a bit of clarification

 

 

[Upnotover]

  On 4/2/2025 at 7:17 AM, Liquorice said:

I doubt the airline will allow you to board without TDAC clearance.

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I would hope that won't be happening until the ETA gets finished. The TDAC is simply a self made statement, not a "clearance".  They will have a stack of TM6 forms on arrival, as they always used to, for the incapable travellers.

[VR333]

  On 4/2/2025 at 7:17 AM, Liquorice said:

I doubt the airline will allow you to board without TDAC clearance.

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It will probably be like what happens in Singapore.

 

No problem boarding. On arrival at Changi, there is an area with tablets you can use to complete the form, then you enter via the automated gates.

 

For those who do not know what a tablet is and how to use it, there will be airport staff who will assist, just like supermarkets with self-scan only checkouts.

[Maestro]

  On 4/2/2025 at 7:48 AM, Upnotover said:

I would hope that won't be happening until the ETA gets finished. The TDAC is simply a self made statement, not a "clearance".  They will have a stack of TM6 forms on arrival, as they always used to, for the incapable travellers.

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The ETA plan has been abandoned. The TDAC takes its place .

[Caldera]

  On 4/2/2025 at 7:48 AM, Upnotover said:

I would hope that won't be happening until the ETA gets finished. The TDAC is simply a self made statement, not a "clearance".  They will have a stack of TM6 forms on arrival, as they always used to, for the incapable travellers.

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I don't think they will still have any paper forms, the whole idea is not having to deal with them any longer.

 

They want YOU (the traveler) to do the data entry for them, instead of having to decipher your handwriting.

 

They might offer a way to enter the information in arrivals (by providing tablets or kiosks), but I wouldn't count on that. 

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notrub.

 

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We are guests here and should be thankful for the generosity of our hosts and their tolerance of our western ways.😵‍💫🙏

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 Oh behave.

But nice pictures of what you can't and don't own yourself. 

 

[Liquorice]

  On 4/2/2025 at 7:48 AM, Upnotover said:

I would hope that won't be happening until the ETA gets finished. The TDAC is simply a self made statement, not a "clearance".  They will have a stack of TM6 forms on arrival, as they always used to, for the incapable travellers.

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That's an assumption and speculation on your part.

Why develop an online system that clearly states the application must be submitted within 3 days of arrival, when they could continue with the old TM6 being completed in flight or on arrival as before. I think airlines will insist on receipt of approval of the TDAC application before boarding.

[VR333]

  On 4/2/2025 at 9:10 AM, Liquorice said:

I think airlines will insist on receipt of approval of the TDAC application before boarding.

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They don't for Singapore.

 

They don't for Malaysia.

 

Why would Thailand be any different?

 

 

[Upnotover]

  On 4/2/2025 at 9:10 AM, Liquorice said:

That's an assumption and speculation on your part.

Why develop an online system that clearly states the application must be submitted within 3 days of arrival, when they could continue with the old TM6 being completed in flight or on arrival as before. I think airlines will insist on receipt of approval of the TDAC application before boarding.

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Yes it is.  But because this is only an arrival card and not an authorisation that needs approval it is easy for there to be a on arrival backup.  My only direct experience of this in Japan where there are paper forms for those who didn't complete the online arrival information in advance, works fine and only delays those who couldn't or didn't bother in advance.

 

But when this perhaps morphs into an ETA, which does need approval, that will be a different matter altogether.

[Liquorice]

  On 4/2/2025 at 9:27 AM, Upnotover said:

But when this perhaps morphs into an ETA, which does need approval, that will be a different matter altogether.

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  On 4/2/2025 at 8:57 AM, Maestro said:

The ETA plan has been abandoned. The TDAC takes its place .

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