TDAC - is it checked?

[SABloke]

So I arrived at DMK with my dutifully created QR Code for the first time since TDAC and 2 things happened (or didn't): Waited in Thai line as usual (kids travelling with me) and when arrived at counter IO told me that since I'm foreign we have to use counter 3 (Diplomat/Priority) lane - no biggie since actually a shorter Q than the Thai one because nobody in it so will go straight there next time, but I thought it must've been due to the QR code and that they (Thai line) didn't have the tool to scan it, so then went to Counter 3. There, the IO didn't ask to see or scan my QR code - it was just business as usual (stamp and through).

 

So what is supposed to happen? Do they normally scam the QR code? If not, what's the point? 🤪

[UWEB]

2 minutes ago, SABloke said:

So I arrived at DMK with my dutifully created QR Code for the first time since TDAC and 2 things happened (or didn't): Waited in Thai line as usual (kids travelling with me) and when arrived at counter IO told me that since I'm foreign we have to use counter 3 (Diplomat/Priority) lane - no biggie since actually a shorter Q than the Thai one because nobody in it so will go straight there next time, but I thought it must've been due to the QR code and that they (Thai line) didn't have the tool to scan it, so then went to Counter 3. There, the IO didn't ask to see or scan my QR code - it was just business as usual (stamp and through).

 

So what is supposed to happen? Do they normally scam the QR code? If not, what's the point? 🤪

They get your TDAC details right away on the screen, no need to scan the QR Code.

[SABloke]

4 minutes ago, UWEB said:

They get your TDAC details right away on the screen, no need to scan the QR Code.

 

Ah, ok - thanks. So the information is linked from the the passport number. Makes the whole QR code side of things a bit moot - I guess the higher ups thought it would make them appear modern, cool and with the times 🤣

[Maestro]

I have seen it mentioned on this forum that the TDAC may be an experiment, a test run for something that may or may not come, for example the collection of the tourist tax.

[ChristianPFC]

On 6/21/2025 at 9:20 AM, UWEB said:

They get your TDAC details right away on the screen, no need to scan the QR Code.

 

Not in my case. As requested (written above immigration counters), I handed my  phone with email with QR-code open to immigration officer. He opened the attached pdf and zoomed in to read it. 

 

(I would have printed the TDAC, but where I came from that would have taken me at least half an hour to find somewhere to print. I have spent a long time in Thailand on TV or visa exempt, that might be the reason why IO took a closer look at my TDAC?)

[LukKrueng]

On 6/21/2025 at 9:16 AM, SABloke said:

So what is supposed to happen? Do they normally scam the QR code? If not, what's the point? 

The point is that if once you've completed the form nothing happened at your end, you'd probably panic and keep sending the form over and over. Also, if there's any problem and it doesn't show on the IO's screen, you have a link to your form.

[alien365]

They don't need to look at it as they have the data in their screen. I think they are just copying what Singapore has in place. With a bit of luck, they will get rid of the majority of immigration officials too by using the electric gates to enter and leave the country.

[NoshowJones]

On 6/21/2025 at 9:20 AM, UWEB said:

They get your TDAC details right away on the screen, no need to scan the QR Code.

So up to three days before you come to Thailand you just go on to your laptop or desktop and fill everything in you are asked for and that's it? 

[Upnotover]

6 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

So up to three days before you come to Thailand you just go on to your laptop or desktop and fill everything in you are asked for and that's it? 

Correct.

[grain]

On 6/21/2025 at 8:11 PM, Maestro said:

I have seen it mentioned on this forum that the TDAC may be an experiment, a test run for something that may or may not come, for example the collection of the tourist tax.

Bingo 

[grain]

12 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

So up to three days before you come to Thailand you just go on to your laptop or desktop and fill everything in you are asked for and that's it? 

I flew Australia to Swamp a week ago. Filled in the TDAC at home 3 days before departure. It was very straight forward and took me a couple of minutes, and I got the email confirmation almost immediately, which surprised me because I thought they needed some time to check us against the bad guy lists. And soon after I got an email from my airline informing me I had to complete the TDAC as it was a requirement to board the flight. When I checked in at Perth airport I was asked if I had done the TDAC, I replied yes but the check-in lady didn't ask to see it. When I got to Imm at Swampy I had my smartphone ready to show the Q code but the lady IO said she already had it on file on her computer. 

[Ralf001]

On 6/21/2025 at 8:11 PM, Maestro said:

I have seen it mentioned on this forum that the TDAC may be an experiment, a test run for something that may or may not come, for example the collection of the tourist tax.

QR code will be for payment, 100%.

[Sydebolle]

Your TDAC code is linked with your passport and once the passport is scanned, the TDAC pops up - simple as that... 

[Upnotover]

1 hour ago, grain said:

And soon after I got an email from my airline informing me I had to complete the TDAC as it was a requirement to board the flight

It isn't.  Or at least shouldn't be.  They'll get the hang of it one day.

[brewsterbudgen]

9 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

It isn't.  Or at least shouldn't be.  They'll get the hang of it one day.

It's frustrating how little airlines know about things and then make their own 'requirements'!

[Burma Bill]

3 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

So up to three days before you come to Thailand you just go on to your laptop or desktop and fill everything in you are asked for and that's it? 

 

That is what I do, apply for TDAC on my home computer however, I then print the pdf file that is sent with the confirmation and present the form with my passport at Immigration control. The form is always handed back to me once scrutinised. I do not have a smartphone.

[NoshowJones]

1 minute ago, Burma Bill said:

 

That is what I do, apply for TDAC on my home computer however, I then print the pdf file that is sent with the confirmation and present the form with my passport at Immigration control. The form is always handed back to me once scrutinised. I do not have a smartphone.

Yes but you are in a very small minority not having a smartphone, but am I in a very small minority not having a printer?

[StayinThailand2much]

4 hours ago, alien365 said:

With a bit of luck, they will get rid of the majority of immigration officials too by using the electric gates to enter and leave the country.

 

Can't wait for a computer voice to ask me: "Why do you come to Thailand so often..." 😆