New dual citizen & digital arrival card

[BaanOz]

Aussie with new Thai passport with zero stamps, never used it before and traveling back to Thailand soon.
Is the procedure?...

Buy a flight ticket using Australian passport name (different to Thai passport name).

Show airline in Sydney the Thai passport as being able to enter Thailand.

Arrive in Phuket, show Thai passport and airline boarding pass. Boarding pass has Australian name so required to show Australian passport.

 

Reverse for coming back home but is the new digital arrival card necessary to do please?
I suspect not.

[Maestro]

Why not use the Thai passport and name for buying the ticket and enter Thailand as a Thai citizen, using the automatic gates? No TDAC and boarding pass necessary for Thai immigration.

[TheAppletons]

18 hours ago, BaanOz said:

Aussie with new Thai passport with zero stamps, never used it before and traveling back to Thailand soon.
Is the procedure?...

Buy a flight ticket using Australian passport name (different to Thai passport name).

Show airline in Sydney the Thai passport as being able to enter Thailand.

Arrive in Phuket, show Thai passport and airline boarding pass. Boarding pass has Australian name so required to show Australian passport.

 

Reverse for coming back home but is the new digital arrival card necessary to do please?
I suspect not.

 

  Why would you even do this?

 

  Just use one passport.  Pick one.

[Equatorial]

20 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

 

  Why would you even do this?

 

  Just use one passport.  Pick one.

 

If the wife has status in Australia based on her Australian citizenship, which is most likely, exiting Australia with a Thai passport would flag her as being in violation. So it makes sense to get the tix and exit Australia with an Australian passport/name. 

 

If DTAC is not required for Thai citizens, then she doesn't need to do it. She's entering Thailand as a Thai citizen, and her Australian status, citizenship, and name are irrelevant. 

 

At times, Thai immigration will ask to see the foreign passport. E.g. when existing Thailand with a Thai passport without a foreign visa. I believe the intent is to verify that the traveler can actually enter the destination country and, in my experience, this has never caused any issues. 

[DrJack54]

@BaanOz covered in this thread. 

First reply. 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1279008-thai-national-travelling-back-to-thailand-with-dual-passports/

[Maestro]

There is also this topic about the passport use by dual nationals: 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1305176-immigration-news-for-all-thai-dual-citizens/?do=findComment&comment=18315531

 

[LukKrueng]

23 hours ago, Equatorial said:

At times, Thai immigration will ask to see the foreign passport. E.g. when existing Thailand with a Thai passport without a foreign visa. I believe the intent is to verify that the traveler can actually enter the destination country and, in my experience, this has never caused any issues.

You might be confusing immigration officers with airline check in staff as it's the airline's responsibility to make sure passengers are allowed to enter the destination country, nothing to do with immigration officers at the exit point.

 

[Freddy42OZ]

On 4/22/2025 at 8:41 AM, Equatorial said:

 

If the wife has status in Australia based on her Australian citizenship, which is most likely, exiting Australia with a Thai passport would flag her as being in violation. So it makes sense to get the tix and exit Australia with an Australian passport/name. 

 

If DTAC is not required for Thai citizens, then she doesn't need to do it. She's entering Thailand as a Thai citizen, and her Australian status, citizenship, and name are irrelevant. 

 

At times, Thai immigration will ask to see the foreign passport. E.g. when existing Thailand with a Thai passport without a foreign visa. I believe the intent is to verify that the traveler can actually enter the destination country and, in my experience, this has never caused any issues. 

Where did the Thai wife come from?   There was no mention in the OP of any Thai Wife.

Or are you just someone who assumes all Western blokes in Thailand are interested in Thai women.